Disco Baby

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Released 1975 (1975) Disco Baby(1975) The Disco Kid(1975) Producer Hugo & Luigi Genre Disco		Love is the Answer(1974) Disco Baby(1975) Release date 1975 Label Avco Records

Recorded Media Sound Studios(New York City, New York) Artists Van McCoy, Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony Disco albums Disco Nights, A Night at Studio 54, Silk Electric, Endless Summer: Donna S, Saturday Night Fever

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Disco Baby is the second studio album recorded by Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony, released in 1975 on the Avco label.

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History

The album reach No. 1 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart and No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album features the single "The Hustle", which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts.

Personnel

Gordon Edwards – bass

Richard Tee, Leroy Leon Pendarvis, Jr., Van McCoy – piano

Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken – guitar

Leroy Leon Pendarvis, Jr. – clavinet

George Devens, Arthur Jenkins, Jr. – percussion

Rick Marotta, Steve Gadd – drums

Ken Bichel – Moog synthesizer (Arp 2600)

Philip Bodner, Melvyn Davis, Bernie Glow, Marvin Stamm, Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Robert Alexander, Seldon Powell, Michael Rod, Romeo Penque, William Slapin, Frank Wess – horns

Gene Orloff, Kermit Moore, George Ricci, Harold Kohon, Joseph Malignaggi, Max Pollikoff, Theodore Israel, Selwart Clarke, Emanuel Green, Emanuel Vardi, Julien Barber, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Kathryn Kienke – strings

Van McCoy, Brenda Hilliard, Albert Bailey – background vocals

Charts

Singles

Songs

1Disco Baby3:34
2Fire3:34
3The Hustle4:09

References

Disco Baby Wikipedia

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