Disco Lady

"Disco Lady"
Single by Johnnie Taylor
from the album Eargasm
B-side	"You're the Best Girl in the World"
Released	1976
Format	7" 45 RPM
Genre	Soul, Disco
Length	4:27 (album version) 4:20 (single version)
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Harvey Scales, Albert Vance, Don Davis
Producer	Don Davis

"Disco Lady" is a 1976 single for Johnnie Taylor that went on to become his biggest hit. It spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks on the Billboard R&B chart in the U.S. It was also the first single to be certified platinum by the RIAA.^[1] The single was Taylor's first for Columbia Records, where Taylor signed after his long-time label, Stax Records, went bankrupt. The song was produced by Taylor's long-time producer, Don Davis.^[2] Among the guests on the song were three members of Parliament-Funkadelic: bassist Bootsy Collins, keyboardist Bernie Worrell and guitarist Glen Goins, and Dawn's Telma Hopkins.

"Disco Lady" was the first Hot 100 number-one hit with the word "disco" in its title, though there had been several disco songs that had already reached number one.

References

1. ^ "History Of The Awards". RIAA.com. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=historyx. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
2. ^ Disco Lady song review, Allmusic.com

Preceded by "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single April 3, 1976 – April 24, 1976	Succeeded by "Let Your Love Flow" by Bellamy Brothers
Preceded by "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single March 13, 1976 – April 17, 1976	Succeeded by "Livin' for the Weekend"/"Stairway to Heaven" by The O'Jays

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