Larry Blackmon turns 70 today 🎂 Cameo legend. Funk icon. And owner of perhaps the most famous red codpiece in music history 😂 Maybe it’s time for a comeback? 😁 Happy birthday Larry! #Cameo #LarryBlackmon #Funk #80sMusic #NowPlaying

Stargard’s second album is a bit less known than the debut or the third one. But it still delivered the gem What You Waitin’ For — a pure late-70s funk jam, while everyone else was busy making disco. MCA Records supported the release with some beautiful trade-mag ads. #Stargard #Funk #music

Who says writing disco songs required no talent? ASCAP clearly disagreed. In 1979, they organized their first Disco Writers Workshop — whatever that looked like 😁 I’ve never seen it mentioned again afterwards… so perhaps it wasn’t a huge success. #Disco #MusicHistory #ASCAP #TheTwelveInch

In 1979, Deniece Williams scored a disco hit with “I’ve Got The Next Dance.” Her label supported the album with full-page trade ads. She was signed to ARC Records, a Columbia/CBS imprint revived 40 years after closing in 1938 #Disco #TheTwelveInch #music

Tomorrow: one of the most important disco tracks of the late 70s. It began as a protest after being refused entry to a legendary nightclub… and ended up becoming Atlantic Records’ best-selling single ever. #Disco #AtlanticRecords #Disco #Music #TheTwelveInch

Any idea who I’m impersonating now? 😁 Hint: one of France’s most successful artists, with a short disco moment that reached the US dance Top 5. Tomorrow I’ll explain how it happened… but first: who is it, and which song am I covering? #Disco #DanceMusicHistory #FrenchMusic #TheTwelveInch #music

By the end of the 70s, every major label wanted in on disco. Elektra’s 1979 advert says it all, promoting Sparks’ No.1 in Heaven (produced by Giorgio Moroder) and Supermax’s Fly With Me. Music that moves. #Disco #Eurodisco #GiorgioMoroder #Sparks #Supermax #DanceMusicHistory #TheTwelveInch

Still, Mercury Records believed in him — advertising heavily at the time. Like this promo for his 1979 album Cut Loose. 🎧 What’s your favourite Bohannon track? #Vinyl #RecordCollector #SeventiesMusic #music #musicsky

When disco was climbing to its absolute peak in the late 70s, one of its key architects was quietly looking for a new direction… #Disco #DanceMusicHistory

For once, the hype was justified. When A&M promoted the third Brothers Johnson album in 1978, they weren’t exaggerating. The duo were clearly on a spectacular upward curve. You could do a lot worse in 1978 than pick up and play their third album, Blam!. #funk #music #musicsky

The Shape of Things to Come (in 1979, that is) 😁 One of my all-time favorite albums. What about you? #newwave #seventies #postdisco #music #musicsky

That’s what we were dreaming of in the late seventies and early eighties, owning two of them. It was the gateway to mixing sets like a pro. They were the workhorses of any party. #music #musicsky #technics #turntables #disco #beatmixing

New York, London, Paris, Munich Everybody talk about pop music (Including the magazines) #m #popmusic #disco #music #musicsky

In ’76 disco was still fresh, not yet the big machine of ’78–’79. The Four Seasons marketed “Oh What a Night” as ROCK — definitely not disco 😂 Today? 100% disco. #disco #notrock #fourseasons #music #musicsky

This week's episode of the Twelve Inch is about Tavares and "Don't Take Away The Music" : www.thetwelveinch.be/p/before-sat... #disco #music #musicsky

Love Rush, Ann-Margret’s 1979 disco album, was one of my favorites that year. If you don’t know it, look it up and give “Midnight Message” a spin — pure disco gold. #disco #music #musicsky

Remember this one? Who would have expected Manhattan Transfer to dive into disco in 1979 and come up with one of the year’s best tracks. “Twilight Zone” still sounds like a classic today. #disco #eighties #music #musicsky

This Friday, I’ll be dropping the first episode of Season Two of The Twelve Inch newsletter. Who is it about? Here’s a clue: the group — and the song — were produced by the same super-talent behind this iconic duo. Any guesses? #disco #music #musicsky

Remember this one? Paul McCartney’s brush with peak disco, a track that even managed to survive the backlash a few months later. #disco #paulmccartney #music #musicsky

Digging through late-’70s music industry ads and this one made me smile. RSO, riding high on Saturday Night Fever & Grease, looked unstoppable in mid-1979. Not long after, it was swallowed by a much bigger dog: PolyGram 😂 #MusicHistory #RecordLabels #DiscoEra #music #RSO #PolyGram #musicsky

1979: the next decade’s stars are already forming. Rick James is Motown’s big hope, and his late-70s disco-funk is unreal. The title track is fire, and when the “Aah bang bang” hits on Love Gun, I’m gone. Motown even ran a full-colour double-spread ad. #RickJames #Motown #DiscoFunk

Ariola America was one of those short-lived disco labels of the late ’70s/early ’80s. They pinned big hopes on Taka Boom (Chaka Khan’s sister), who cut one album for them #disco #adverts #music #musicsky

Remember that iconic “Say Whaaaaaaat” from this 1979 gem? 😁 One of the biggest hits Salsoul ever had. #funk #disco #music #musicsky

The Beach Boys are one of those legacy pop acts who got scorched in the post-disco backlash — all because of their disco turn with “Here Comes the Night.” But in spring ’79, just months before Disco Sucks, they were still full of optimism, with CBS pushing them in the trades. #disco #music #musicsky

By 1979, disco had turned into a full-blown industry, and hardware companies were eager to cash in. Music-trade magazines became prime real estate for reaching DJs and professionals.

Blondie had to wait a few years before cracking the charts at home. Their breakthrough finally came in early 1979 with…a disco song: “Heart of Glass.” Here’s one of the earliest ads Chrysalis used to promote the single in U.S. music-trade publications. #music #musicsky #blondie #disco

In preparation for tomorrow’s episode about the 1979 Hi-NRG disco track we’ll be exploring, you’ll need the right gear. So grab your boxing gloves, because tomorrow we’re gonna fight, fight, fight… Any guesses which song and artist I’ll be diving into? #disco #hinrg #music #musicsky

The moment America was introduced to Patrick Juvet. I get the makeup. I even get the chest hair. But the ice skates? 😂 Ah, the wonderful world of 1978 disco. #disco #eurodisco #music #musicsky

Tomorrow I’m diving into why one of my disco favorites—who had four Billboard dance #1s—never broke through like Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor. Any guesses who it is? And which track I’ll focus on? #music #disco #musicsky

Tomorrow I’m heading to the land of the rising sun for the next episode of The Twelve Inch newsletter. Any guesses which artist or band I’ll be covering? Bonus points if you can name the song too 😁 (though I doubt I’ll get many right answers) #Japan #music #musicsky