Crazy Disco Madness

From 1979, Roy Ayers performing “Fever.” From Wikipedia: ”Fever” is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym John Davenport. It was originally recorded by Little Willie John in 1956. It has been covered by numerous artists from various musical genres, notablyPeggy Lee, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Nancy Sinatra, The McCoys, The Blues Band, Boney M., Amanda Lear, La Lupe, Madonna, Beyoncé Knowles, Fishtank Ensemble, The Jam, The Cramps, Wanda Jackson, Bette Midler^[1] and even Suzi Quatro.^[2]

From 1980, Player [1] (aka PlayBack) performing “Fire.” Although it’s definitely not Disco, I think it’s interesting because of its contemporary sound.

And here’s the original! From 1968, Arthur Brown performing “Fire.” Click here for the Wikipedia entry for this song. Click here for Arthur Brown’s official site.

From 1980, Mantus’s Disco cover of the Arthur Brown song, “Fire.” Click here for the original version.

French artist Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s 1979 Disco cover of the Arthur Brown song, “Fire.” Click here for the original version.

From 1977, T-Connection performing “On Fire.”

The 1977 LP from T-Connection, “On Fire.”

From Discogs: Late 70s funk and disco band from Nassau, Bahamas who moved to Miami and signed to TK Records where they released a number of funky disco classics. The group consisted of the band leader Theophilus Coakley, Kirkwood Coakley on bass and drums, David Mackey on guitar, and Anthony Flowers on drums and percussion. They broke up in the early 80s having signed to Capitol Records and released several albums.

From 1978, Silver Blue’s hilarious Disco version of “Light My Fire.”

From 1979, Frisky performing “Burn Me Up (With Your Love).”

From 1979, Dante’s Inferno performing “Fire Island.”

The 1979 self-titled LP from Dante’s Inferno. Produced by Harold Wheeler and led by Ron Dante (Carmine Granito) who also produced The Archies. See—everything in the Disco Universe is connected. My new tag for this artwork is “Disco LP Art with Flaming Lady Parts,” as it seems her woofer and tweeter are on fire.

Goodness.

(via balsanja)

From the 1979 LP “Hot Foot (A Funque Disco Opera),” here is Harvey Scales performing “Disco Fire.” (I previously posted a youtube link to this song, but that account seems to have been deleted.)

From 1976, Barrabas performing “Fire Girl.”

From 1976, a live performance of “Disco Inferno” by The Trammps.