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| Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Last Edit: PlazaBoy 11:41 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| I imagine many of us are aware of the Ethel Merman Disco Album, but this seems a bit more obscure. Grace Jones singing What I did for Love. If you are of certain age and frequented gay bars in your youth you probably danced to Memory (Menage), And I am Telling You (Koffie), La Cage Aux Folles (Le Jeté) Yes, I was an avid club goer. I Am What I Am by Gloria Gaynor never fell out of rotation so I'd say that is the biggest hit of the genre. Any other favorites or otherwise? |
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| Link | What I Did For Love - Grace Jones |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Last Edit: mikem 10:42 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:42 pm EDT 09/01/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Not really disco per se, but Madonna's "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" got to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the dance charts in 1997. I believe that is the last time a song written for the theater hit the overall Top 10; hard to believe that was 25 years ago! Deborah Cox also had a dance hit with "Easy as Life" from Aida in 2004. |
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| Great prediction | |
| Last Edit: WayneM 06:19 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| Posted by: WayneM 06:17 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| I remember at a preview performance on Broadway of "la Cage' which ended the first act with" I Am What a Am in a very dramatic version. As soon as the curtain fell one of my gay friends immediately predicted that the disco version will be out next week ! |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: TMGnyc 03:05 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| There were also two songs from On The 20th Century that ended up with a disco treatment. One was Never,the other was Our Private World. They were done by a group called The Body Shop. | |
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| Thank you all! That was fun. I will listen to each of them over the next few days. (nm) | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 01:32 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| The Ethel Merman Disco Album | |
| Posted by: SidL 01:51 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Thank you all! That was fun. I will listen to each of them over the next few days. (nm) - PlazaBoy 01:32 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Nuf said ! | |
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| re: The Ethel Merman Disco Album | |
| Posted by: IvyLeagueDropout 10:16 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: The Ethel Merman Disco Album - SidL 01:51 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| It is a genre unto itself. It is bizarrely satisfying on a musical level, and gives me a chuckle with every track. It was brilliant, and whoever thought it up deserves credit for thinking way outside the box. I would actually love Patti or Bernadette do a similar treatment to some of their signature songs. |
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| re: The Ethel Merman Disco Album | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 02:32 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: The Ethel Merman Disco Album - SidL 01:51 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| I bought the Merman Disco Album when it came ut in 1979. It brought so much joy on so many levels. Not sure what she was thinking - assuming a colleague, agent, producer, thought it might make her more relevant. But what a wicked treat that album is! | |
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| re: The Ethel Merman Disco Album | |
| Posted by: tandelor 02:36 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Ethel Merman Disco Album - NewtonUK 02:32 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| I had it also and still have it digitally in my music library. From what I have read she first recorded the Disco version of There's No Business Like Show Business and when they started playing it in clubs they convinced her to record and release a whole album. If there is a gayer or campier album out there I haven't heard it :-) | |
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| re: The Ethel Merman Disco Album | |
| Posted by: mermaniac 04:09 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Ethel Merman Disco Album - tandelor 02:36 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| The best track is "Some People." | |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: pecansforall 12:48 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Disco Guys and Dolls. | |
| Link | Broadway Brass Guys & Dolls Disco! FULL ALBUM |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: jzken 12:26 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Disco version of The Phantom of the Opera | |
| Link | https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxI9A56Xtl80dFu5Ayco3mdBcKpEODGTXO |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: mermaniac 11:38 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Linda Clifford: If My Friends Could See Me Now |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 01:26 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - mermaniac 11:38 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| That's a particularly good one! Not campy, just great dance music. | |
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| re: Disco Sondheim | |
| Posted by: SuzanneR 10:45 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Link | Broadway Records |
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| Was there not also a Demon barber of Fleet street | |
| Posted by: WayneM 06:22 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Disco Sondheim - SuzanneR 10:45 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| n/m | |
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| re: yes | |
| Posted by: SuzanneR 08:34 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Was there not also a Demon barber of Fleet street - WayneM 06:22 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| mentioned earlier | |
| Link | here |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: tandelor 10:27 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Didn't quite make it to Broadway, but close enough. Was always a favorite of mine on the turntable. | |
| Link | Meco - The Wizard of Oz (Special Disco Version) (US 12'' Promo) (1978) FROM VINYL |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: blankjerri 09:27 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Liza's "Losing My Mind" with the Pet Shop Boys is 1988 so a bit post-disco. But wonderful. | |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 01:29 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - blankjerri 09:27 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Agreed. That album is a gem. PSB is sort of another iteration of disco. I think they have two albums actually titled "Disco." | |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 06:50 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Gordon Grody and His Master's Fish had a hit with "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" | |
| Link | Gordon Grody and His Master's Fish had a hit with "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: Live_From_London 05:44 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| On spotify, there is a playlist called 'High Flyin Adored presents Broadway in the Club' which has 184 disco/dance remixes of songs from shows. Norma Lewis 'Maybe This Time' is my favourite. |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 01:30 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - Live_From_London 05:44 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Another one I had forgotten, but yes, her version is fantastic. | |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: TGWW 05:14 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - PlazaBoy 11:31 pm EDT 08/30/22 | |
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| Disco EVITA! | |
| Link | Disco Evita |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: dbarnum 08:32 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - TGWW 05:14 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Who can forget the disco version of Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina by Festival. It was a classic to this then 24-year-old. | |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Posted by: TGWW 05:16 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Sarava | |
| Link | Sarava |
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| re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs | |
| Last Edit: SidL 06:24 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| Posted by: SidL 06:06 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Disco Versions of Broadway Songs - TGWW 05:16 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Gloria Gaynor had a hit with her single of “I Am What I Am” in 1983 Anyone out here that spent time in P-Town /Boston clubs over the years may have seen infamous drag performer,Mr.Sylvia Sidney aka as (rhymes with) “witch” of Boston, the Hag in Drag, the Mess in a Dress -he was quite a character He closed his act with Jerry Herman’s gay anthem as sung by the disco diva while audience members threw coins |
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| This is my favorite | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 02:30 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Link | All I Ask Of You |
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| Grace also recorded… | |
| Last Edit: Shutterbug 01:06 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
| Posted by: Shutterbug 01:03 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Grace also recorded disco versions of “Send in the Clowns” and “Tomorrow,” which are included on her first album PORTFOLIO (in addition to “What I Did for Love”). | |
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| re: Grace also recorded… | |
| Posted by: dbarnum 08:20 pm EDT 08/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Grace also recorded… - Shutterbug 01:03 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| Her three 70s albums (Portfolio, Fame and Muse) were the greatest. I was so happy they were finally released on CD. | |
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| re: Grace also recorded… | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 02:02 am EDT 08/31/22 | |
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| They are fun, but I think What I Did for Love is the most successful of the three. | |
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