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[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #27: 1976

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Wings, Elton John & Kiki Dee, Johnnie Taylor, The Four Seasons, Wild Cherry, The Manhattans, The Miracles, Paul Simon, Gary Wright, Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band. End description]

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Disco has officially breached containment.

I've talked a bit about the stylistic origins of disco from the Philly soul scene and it's growing popularity in the Black and gay community. However, I haven't talked much about disco's presence in mainstream America. And now, since this is the year that Billboard started publishing their national Dance Club Songs charts (the previous two years gathered their data from dance clubs in major cities), this seems like the perfect chance.

To set the stage (or dance floor) for what will happen eventually, disco was everywhere at this moment in time -- not just in the clubs and also not just on the disco stations. As disco became the hot new thing, it seemed like everyone was scrambling to tear off a piece for themselves.

We're also seeing more disco fusions this year. Silly Love Songs by Wings is notable for its disco influence. However, the true sign of the times for me is Wild Cherry's Play That Funky Music. Twenty years before, there was a song on the Billboard Charts called The Rock and Roll Waltz, in which Kay Starr sings about seeing her parents try to dance the waltz to a rock and roll song. For the 1956 poll, I wrote about how this signifies the cultural shift in the mainstream (I like it when songs on here are about music. Gives me more to talk about). Play That Funky Music is notable for similar reasons, as even though it is a blend of these two styles. However, the lyrics seem to suggest that for a rock band to evolve, they had to incorporate funk and disco into their sound. Needless to say, not everyone was thrilled by that message. Parallel to the rise in disco's commercial popularity, the anti-disco backlash was growing as well -- and it was about to get ugly. But we'll get to that later.

Also, the first wave of punk rock was growing in popularity around this time in New York and London. Sadly, we won't see much of this movement represented in these polls. I still felt the need to mention it here, both for its place in music history, and we will be discussing the various descendants of this movement in due time.

#billboard music #billboard poll #tumblr poll #1970s #1970s music #1976 #wings #elton john #kiki dee #johnnie taylor #the four seasons #wild cherry #the manhattans #the miracles #paul simon #gary wright #walter murphy

[elejahfanfic]

Camilijah_

*

And since this is our last day together

I wanna hold you just one more time

When you turn and walk away, don't look back

I wanna remember you just like this

Let's just kiss and say goodbye

#camilijah #camille o'connell #elijah mikaelson #alternative universe #fanfiction #the originals #cami x elijah #the manhattans #kiss and say goodbye

[plus-low-overthrow]

The Manhattans - Crazy (CBS)

Flutes, 1983.

#The Manhattans #crazy #flutes #synthesizers #synth bass #1983 #soul #45

[domquixotedospobresblog]

#the manhattans #music #my playlist

[coloursteelsexappeal]

The Manhattans - Shining Star (1980)

#80s #80s music #1980 #The Manhattans #R&B #Soul #yacht rock #Spotify

[th3shuffleplaylist]

#kiss and say goodbye #the manhattans #love music #oldies #audio #Spotify

[sheabuttahwrites]

current obsession.

#been on repeat for weeks #the manhattans #music

[yessurwhateva]

#shining star #the manhattans #after midnight #Spotify

[dareartofsoul]

wanderd & snooze - breaking me lately out NOW Listen everywhere.

#new music #hip hop #rap #soul #j cole #the manhattans #kenny lofton #snooze #wander #spotify #apple music #therapy #houston #hurt #break #truly yours

[dduane]

I for one welcome our new strygine overlord. :)

Backstory: This gentleman escaped from Central Park Zoo in March after his enclosure there was vandalized, and there was a lot of concern over whether or not he could/would survive out of captivity. Unconcerned by this, Flaco settled himself in a particular area of Central Park and spent all the spring, summer, and most of the fall eating large numbers of rats, and genially allowing himself to be photographed by an ever-growing cadre of bird paparazzi.

Then a few weeks ago, possibly irked by repeated mobbing by assorted hawks and corvids, Flaco took off from his normal haunts and went on a brief tour of apartment-building courtyards on the Lower East Side. Now he's on the Upper West Side, within sight of Central Park (so food's no problem, should he feel like heading back that way to hunt), and shouting for everybody to hear that he owns the place. The image above shows him on the water tower of an apartment building at 86th and CPW.

If you look back through the Manhattan Bird Alert and Above 96th Twitter feeds, you'll see many splendid pictures of him. He's a handsome lad, and it's good to see him thriving.

What's in his future? Hard to tell. (Though some people on Twitter are suggesting he should run for mayor.) He may head upstate at some point. But he may decide he's quite happy to be a Manhattanite. As a fellow one, I wish him very well. :)

#Flaco #Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl #Bubo bubo #Manhattan

[zanygardenherowobbler]

The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye/ REACTION

#Manhattans #R&B #soul #The Manhattans #reaction #Youtube

[plus-low-overthrow]

The Manhattans - Summertime in the City (German, CBS)

arr. Bobby Martin, 1974

#The Manhattans #Summertime in the City #summer #1974 #bobby martin #soul #soul 45

[taevisionceo]

💭 #ThoughtInTheNight MY LOVE FOR YOU, THAT LOVE THAT GROWS DAY BY DAY… HOW EASY IT’S TO LOVE YOU. I’M LIVING THE SWEETEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE… MOMENTS THAT WILL NEVER END… BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK YOUR PHOTOGRAPH I FALL IN LOVE AGAIN… JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU… I FALL IN LOVE AGAIN… AND I’M THINKING OF YOU AT ALL TIMES. YOU’RE THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE… A LIGHT THAT SHINES MORE THAN THE SUN… YOU BRING JOY TO MY LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY. MY LOVE FOR YOU IS A BOND THAT WILL HOLD US TOGETHER FOREVER… BECAUSE IT’S DESTINED TO BE AN ETERNAL LOVE. IT’S AMAZING THE WAY TWO LIVES CAN BLEND. I’LL ALWAYS BE YOUR COMPANION, YOUR BEST FRIEND AND GUIDE. I’M AND WILL BE FOREVER BY YOUR SIDE. YOU’RE THE GREATEST TREASURE, I HOLD IN MY HEART. I FEEL YOUR CLOSENESS AT ALL TIMES… ONLY THINKING OF YOU. YOU’RE MY PERFECT ANGEL… YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU IN EVERY WAY ❤ FOREVER BY YOUR SIDE ❤

#ThoughtInTheNight #The Manhattans #FOREVER BY YOUR SIDE #Youtube

[greatestplaylist]

SHINING STAR - The Manhattans (1980)

follow the ONLY GOOD MUSIC playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNP57YPi9HzOzfgOqqHXCwUBXXu5tIpvX

#The Manhattans #1980s #soul #r&b #love song #slow dance #Youtube

[cuminthebackofmydragulaaa]

#the manhattans #SoundCloud

[hamletthedane]

There’s a lot of excellent examples of the difference between a million and a billion, but here’s my new personal favorite from a conversation I had today:

A million minutes ago was April 2021, the height of the COVID pandemic.

A billion minutes ago was November 121 CE, the height of the Roman Empire.

#Other favorite being the length of Manhattan in inches vs the distance between NYC and LA in inches #shut up e #mathematics