Freda Payne-Peaches and Herb-Thelma Houston- All in one week?! It's Soul Train in the 70's all over again!!!
@punisher455Ай бұрын
I love me some Soul Train!
@kevindonovan842011 күн бұрын
It IS! AND I'm white and I get that comment! Lol😊
@kevindonovan842011 күн бұрын
They need some Dionne Warwick.
@marygoodson4920Ай бұрын
1977 Grammy winner for Best Female R & B song!
@bretkissinger5533Ай бұрын
Such a power ballad. The reason disco cannot be entirely discarded. 😃
@Jeff-fx1zyАй бұрын
Disco, in its time and place, was new and different. When everybody wore it out, America moved on, but this, was more R&B,so it's longevity was already established. That's why you young people are reacting to it at all. If it's good, it's good. Period. Labels don't mean nothin.
@rogerdodger6025Ай бұрын
@@Jeff-fx1zy Well stated, those 70's Disco hits have stood the test of time.
@batmanforpresident9655Ай бұрын
This is one of the greatest cover songs of all-time, and one of the definitive disco songs. The original was recorded by Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes, with Teddy Pendergrass on vocals.
@CynicAtLargeАй бұрын
As awesome as this version is, I prefer the Teddy rendition.
@Jude_196Ай бұрын
TEDDY P!!!! YES!!!
@user-gt2uf8cq9yАй бұрын
It was also a #1 hit in the UK by the Communards in 1986..
@cityzoo07Ай бұрын
I always wondered who did it first ❗❗❕
@ZlatkohmmmАй бұрын
Harold version is pure love
@db-gb5xiАй бұрын
This was originally done by Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes. It was also covered in the 80s by the Communards.
@icdogg2361Ай бұрын
Sung by Teddy Pendergrass. Maybe because I heard it first, but I like that version better than this one
@stevetici2668Ай бұрын
Love The Communards cover!
@gemini802Ай бұрын
@stevetici2668 So do I 😊
@gemini802Ай бұрын
@icdogg2361 the best version the original 😊
@gemini802Ай бұрын
She does a good version, does Thelma 😊🎉❤
@sunnybearbudsАй бұрын
This is why disco doesn't actually suck.
@scottodonnell71215 күн бұрын
There's good disco and there's bad disco. Same as rock, country and R&B.
@sussexdel4310Ай бұрын
That bassline!! 🪩 🎵
@batmanforpresident9655Ай бұрын
Fantastic.....
@adamgray6862Ай бұрын
it was banging
@davidpreciado4114Ай бұрын
So enjoyable! Quite lively!
@maggynewtown3500Ай бұрын
The bass sounds an awful lot like Ronnie Baker's bass on the original from Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, featuring Teddy.
@maggynewtown3500Ай бұрын
And the original drummer was Earl Young.
@user-pz1so2xu8jАй бұрын
Eurythmics- "Would I Lie to You'!!!!!!! Their most rocking song- and the horns!
@joy-jr7dgАй бұрын
YES!!!
@ShannonR1969Ай бұрын
Agree! It's a banger!
@rjjcms1Ай бұрын
Whenever the programme Would I Lie to You? comes on TV that's the song that comes into my head even though they don't use it in the programme.
@charlessheifer2264Ай бұрын
Can't count the number of times I danced to this back in the day. This would come on and the dance floor was instantly mobbed.
@dorothyirby5740Ай бұрын
I'm 66, and Lord this brings back memories of every club, bar, dance place in the late 70's and even beyond! Love this song!
@dianejohnson2644Ай бұрын
Yes, indeed. From New York, we partied hard.
@MOONSIP2Ай бұрын
I'm 71, and I'm right there with you, girl. NYC one love.
@dorothyirby5740Ай бұрын
@@dianejohnson2644 Chi-town as well!! There were many to choose from and they all played this gem and, my favorite, Do What you Want to do!!
@dianejohnson2644Ай бұрын
@@dorothyirby5740 OH yeah have family in Chi-Town I was getting in there too when I would visit. 70's and 80'S music was hands down the best period.
@surlechapeauАй бұрын
Her only really big hit. Very good voice, should have had more success.
@rjjcms1Ай бұрын
Apparently she also did some acting.
@db-gb5xiАй бұрын
If we're doing definitive disco diva songs, you need to check out Vicki Sue Robinson's song, Turn the Beat Around.
@KeffinatedАй бұрын
That was my song in 1975. It possesses me still.
@mrtim2kl4Ай бұрын
been asking for this one for a whie now, let's see if we are finally heard...can't help moving to it when you hear it and now it's in my head....oh noo...lol
@IllyOАй бұрын
YESSS!! Mentioned that in my comment before seeing this. Still get up and boogie to this song (wore my cassette tape out playing this back in the day).
@bigsteve9279Ай бұрын
@@db-gb5xi They reacted on Gloria Estefan’s cover… I must admit, it’s great! But I prefer Vicki Sue Robinson’s original… It’s fire!🔥🔥🔥
@mrtim2kl4Ай бұрын
@@IllyO Remember when we wanted to record a specific song and the DJ on the radio would tell us what time he'd be playing it and we'd be waiting with the cassette player ready so we cold record it...Life was so simple back then even if we had to work a little harder to accomplish what in today's world is almost instant.
@tinahairston6383Ай бұрын
She was just on this past season of The Masked Singer. Her one and only hit, beat out Aretha Franklin and Natalie Cole, for her one and only Grammy and it's still a jam!! It was originally assigned to Diana Ross to sing but then was given to Thelma.
@trevorteeters2383Ай бұрын
Because Do You Know Where You're Going to was Thelma's and given to Diana! 😊
@tinahairston6383Ай бұрын
@@trevorteeters2383 I love how back then they used to write songs for specific artists that would then end up with someone different. It makes you wonder if either song would've done as well if they had been given to the original singer? Sometimes covers are better than the original for sure.
@misterdoeАй бұрын
Her only pop hit, maybe, but there's also "You Used to Hold Me So Tight" and "It Must Be Love," R&B chart hits from what was probably her last album, in 1984.
@debibailey2968Ай бұрын
Part of the reason Disco was so fantastic!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@deborahpaley21Ай бұрын
IMO the #1 disco song all time. 1976ish. from experience, this was the song that filled the dance floor. pre saturday night fever. you had to be there.
@patrickmclain8735Ай бұрын
Actually, Thelma Houston's version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" was released the same year as Saturday Night Fever, 1977.
@markhagerman1837Ай бұрын
Agreed. This is my disco song. Total banger.
@rjjcms1Ай бұрын
@@patrickmclain8735 Chart hit in the UK in early 1977,some months before Saturday Night Fever hit - though the Bees had already had big hits in their disco incarantion with Jive Talking (1975) and You Should Be Dancing (1976) by then.
@patrickmclain8735Ай бұрын
@@rjjcms1 , I can't speak for the UK but I know they were very close in their release in the US because I was in college dancing in the local discos to both in 1977!
@naniwadogАй бұрын
FILLED the floor!!
@cbreez40Ай бұрын
Ms Houston is phenomenal and still jammin with us..
@susanliltz3875Ай бұрын
Gloria Gaynor : “I WILL SURVIVE “ Pure disco!!!
@allendixon7700Ай бұрын
Us, it's gonna Mike.You wanna put those shoes onn
@raymondohlsen5054Ай бұрын
YES!!
@angelaward7624Ай бұрын
Oh yes!
@alrivers2297Ай бұрын
Yes and then the cover by Cake. So good
@angien168Ай бұрын
She would be great for female friday.
@bigsteve9279Ай бұрын
We still haven’t touched disco era British superstar group HOT CHOCOLATE! 🤷🏻♂️ ‘You Sexy Thing’ ‘Every 1’s A Winner’ ‘So You Win Again’ ‘Emmaline’ (Emma)
@auldfouter8661Ай бұрын
That's a huge gap they are leaving right there.
@RobertoSantana61Ай бұрын
"You Sexy Thing" was Huuuuuuge.
@MrSteveLoucksАй бұрын
I’m still surprised they haven’t taken in You Sexy Thing yet!
@Xiroi87Ай бұрын
And they need to watch The Full Monty on the film channel. They've done Hot Stuff by Donna Summer already, so with You Sexy Thing, that's full circle.
@laineydaveyАй бұрын
I emailed them to tell them this!!! Hot Chocolate are a must!
@carolmartin4413Ай бұрын
Long live the disco sound!!! ❤
@PatrickChachulskiАй бұрын
The bass was just so sick in this song! I knew Jay would notice it right away!
@user-ep5kd4py6tАй бұрын
The Communards did a cover of this in the 80s. It's brilliant and Jay will LOVE Jimmy Somerville's falsetto!!!
@debbiemr6340Ай бұрын
Yes this the version I remember! Love it.
@alisonbush116023 күн бұрын
My absolute 'charge towards the dancefloor' song! Even on the radio, love it so much❤
@akastarchildАй бұрын
Another of our greats. A Disco Queen.❤❤❤
@zedkanata6495Ай бұрын
A few years back, I went to a "Disco" concert. It was a spin off of a PBS special. The Trammps, Village People, Thelma Houston and K.C. & the Sunshine Band. They all sounded great
@TarotMageАй бұрын
One of the most iconic songs of the Disco era! So glad you enjoyed it!! The album version clocks in at almost six minutes - definitely worth a listen!!
@d.overbeck94Ай бұрын
Oooh yesss !!!! Effing brilliant! Makes me wanna go roller skate 😂😂😂
@user-pz1so2xu8jАй бұрын
Featured in the 1977 Diane Keaton film- "Looking for Mr. Goodbar'.
@Wordsmyth8Ай бұрын
Great flick that never plays on streaming services.
@scottodonnell71215 күн бұрын
Summer of Sam too.
@agentsculder2451Ай бұрын
This song is all anout the delivery. It starts out with her pleading for this guy not to leave her. But by the end, even though she's singing "don't leave me this way", it's clear she is full of strength and doesn't need him any longer. That build is just pure brilliance.
@willswalkingwest7267Ай бұрын
Those of us who love Thelma Houston just do, we love her. She SHOULD HAVE BEEN a much BIGGER star. She's amazing. Thank you SO MUCH for reacting to her. I can never get enough of her voice. Such a gem.
@user-eh8zq1vi4eАй бұрын
Can't tell you how many times I danced to this angel. So happy that I grew up in this age and my older siblings age of music. When we came together in celebration of family and marriages. I had 9 sisters. We were a family in the tradition of groups like "Sister Sledge". My older sister Debbie was a disco dancer competitor, and teacher. I found my groove through her and her now husband of 40 years my brother in law Michael. They were brilliant in the 70 s. Thelma was one of the artists they danced to the championship with. So much fun. Thanks kids. Enjoying every minute. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
@jennyjenny4501Ай бұрын
Disco was such a fun period of music!
@sherrihimes7357Ай бұрын
Yes it was ❤
@stevegibson7464Ай бұрын
I boogied in my bell bottoms to this.
@scottodonnell71215 күн бұрын
me too. But i keep it secret, lol.
@helgar791Ай бұрын
Thelma Huston doing "You Used To Hold Me" is the real banger, although this was a great cut. Disco, the music of love and inclusion.
@jennyrivers44Ай бұрын
The Communards 😊did a fantastic version of this!
@bengilbert7655Ай бұрын
Jimmy Somerville's group after he left the Bronski Beat.
@BrendanAshtonАй бұрын
Harold Melvin and the blue notes do a class version
@adamgray6862Ай бұрын
@@bengilbert7655 my good old mate Jim and still going strong
@R-L-IАй бұрын
Dropped in 1976 Thelma Houston’s “Don’t leave me this way” is actually a cover song originally performed by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes in 1975 for their album and here’s the kicker, although the song was a success for both artists the originator’s version (H M & the Bluenotes) peaked at #3 on the charts, Thelma’s COVER of the song eventually reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1977!
@alanlucio3442Ай бұрын
This song is so well-written composed and performed it's just badass the sad thing about it is when it came out I was a Youngster and I was a hardcore rocker my sister had this 45 and when everybody would leave home I would sneak into her room and get it and listen to it and play it as loud as I could possibly play it back then I would have never admitted to liking it😂
@horacerobinson7149Ай бұрын
Thanks for this one Jay and Amber 😊
@sharonlabrecque1655Ай бұрын
Thelma Huston was great! This was very popular!!
@Whitebrowpriest21 күн бұрын
This was a disco remake of an R&B song sung by Teddy Pendergrass when he used to be the lead singer of Melvin and the Bluenotes. Both versions are spectacular!
@awoFalaseАй бұрын
THE ULTIMATE CLASSIC. MS THELMA HOUSTON. 🔥🔥🔥❤❤🔥🔥🔥
@CursiMusicАй бұрын
woo, I requested this one some time ago. probably my favorite disco song ;)
@duaneford8875Ай бұрын
Jay needs to hear some 1974 pop rap, "Life is a rock" by Reunion.
@JaDav40Ай бұрын
Before there was "We Didn't Start The Fire" there was "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)"...
@cla9085Ай бұрын
You Used To Hold Me So Tight by Thela Houston is a JAM!
@dugjxnАй бұрын
It Must Be Love, I’d Rather Spend The Bad Times With You Than Spend The Good Times With Someone New - love the whole album
@wallyllama2926Ай бұрын
I LOVE THIS SONG!! 💃
@sweetwillyАй бұрын
Beautiful pure disco. 🕺🏼
@garysunshine964320 күн бұрын
One of the best from the disco era, with the outstanding vocals, great bass line, percussion and organ tone, but this song also rocks.
@drc1989Ай бұрын
The baseline is so similar to Diana Ross' Love Hangover. The song was a huge club hit. Thelma has a beautiful voice! ✌️😁❤️🎶🎶🎶👍
@andymageen5308Ай бұрын
An absolute Disco banger, the ladies loved this track and the dance floor would fill as soon as that groove started. ✌️
@timfahey7127Ай бұрын
20 years ago there was a fire and my mother's huge vinyl collection was mostly destroyed...only a small few survived and Thelmas album was one of the few . Thanks for this reaction ❤
@MuzicTunes-lk6npАй бұрын
Turn the beat around by Vicke Sue Robinson ❤ ... turn it upside down... 👌
@scabbedwings6548Ай бұрын
Happy to see you all enjoying one of my favorite, if not top favorite, Disco songs. The pace of the song just gives a feeling of exhilaration. Some of my other favorite songs from the Disco era that you should check out if you haven't yet are "Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corp "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman "Native New Yorker" by Odyssey "In the Bush" by Musique "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross
@garylife5320Ай бұрын
This was SO big when I was about 16-18. Ms. Houston "turnt it up" with this song. Folks would flood the dancefloor. Would love to see you react to Claudja Barry's Boogie Woogie Dancin Shoes which was a pretty early but HUGE disco hit! Thanks for the great reaction and memories!
@ruelsmithАй бұрын
Goosebumps! Her voice is incredible! Sadly, I remember this song when it was new on Top 40 radio. She had one of the best voices I've ever heard.
@walterpanovsАй бұрын
This was a huge #1 hit and a wonderful cover of a song originally recorded by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes with Teddy Pendergrass singing lead. That splendid, huskier version is worth checking out as well.
@blackprixАй бұрын
Our disco days! I love disco music. It was great music to dance to. It was great music to listen to and it left a mark on all a lot of us very positively. This is terrific song by Thelma Houston unforgettable.😊
@finngirl1313Ай бұрын
Good reaction, thank you. Hands down, Art Bell had the best bumper music in overnight AM radio & this song was enshrined in his playlist. It was one of the songs he played for his wife Ramona (before & after her untimely death). Thanks to Art millions of us rocked to this song during the hours that belonged to neither daytime or nighttime. Rest In Power, Art & Ramona.
@GaryCain-qf5viАй бұрын
Thought you'd never get to this Disco Classic played at all the Disco's, another Classic you've missed is Vicki Sue Robinson "Turn the Beat Around" Peace✌️ and Love❤️ your 70 year old forever hippie Gary😊 you did the cover to "Turn the Beat Around" by Gloria Estefan 😊
@lauriebarrett6789Ай бұрын
1980 suggestion - "Me, Myself, I" by Joan Armatrading.
@darinariaАй бұрын
There were firve or six disco tunes that were always the bomb to dance to. This was one of em. Filled the floor every single time!!!!!!
@ddwm_mua27 күн бұрын
I always loved this song. Thelma Houston has a great vocal range. Thanks for your reaction :))!!
@kevinbutler3699Ай бұрын
Suggestions: The Sylvers: Boogie Fever Lakeside: I Wanna Hold Your Hand Shalamar: A Night To Remember Earth Wind and Fire: Be Ever Wonderful Michael Jackson: Turn This Disco Out
@user-pf9dt1fo8rАй бұрын
She was on the Masked Singer recently. Her voice is still awesome! 😊
@CapAnson1234529 күн бұрын
This was my favorite song to skate to back in the day.
@Jeff-jd3vlАй бұрын
I lived through the 70s and 80s. My mother had all these disco records. It was an amazing time. Music was wonderful.
@alexakl6445Ай бұрын
Ah, yes - this is one of the top disco songs of all time - the bassline, like you said is fire, as well as her amazing voice. Takes me back to a simple time dancing with friends (or by myself after doing homework in my room) as it comes on the radio. So glad you reacted to this, ya'll! I don't think I've seen anyone else do it!
@republicoftexas3261Ай бұрын
The TV series "Angel" introduced me to this song. Still can't hear it without seeing Harmony the vampire dancing
@waitn4theharpazoАй бұрын
We danced to this at our 8th grade pajama parties. That's when 70's disco line dances were the rage. Love it!
@victoriagrove5344Ай бұрын
One of the disco queens. Also does R & B. She is great.
@CBB1981Ай бұрын
This is a great one! The song is just pure excitement as the beat kicks up and that bass line comes in.
@tylerhackner9731Ай бұрын
Love that bass line
@brucedillinger9448Ай бұрын
Such a HUGE hit in the clubs back in the day!
@phasemalfunction5286Ай бұрын
The version by the Communards in the 80's is well worth checking out.
@primurphАй бұрын
One of the anthems of Disco
@JimLapine29 күн бұрын
Peaches & Herb & Thelma Houston? Yay! NOW, Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive needs to be added to your list!
@ikelidaАй бұрын
One of the best dancing songs … never get tired of listening to her and song ….. other dance song I love is Bonnie Pointers “ heaven must have sent you” … sister to the Pointer Sisters !
@everyoneshouldbvirgo12 күн бұрын
I first saw her at that time when song was hit and she opened for Teddy Pendergrass at the Hollywood Bowl. Met her later on. Great song! She also did a great duet album with Jerry Butler - R&B/Jazzy. So good!
@patrickmclain8735Ай бұрын
Besides being one of the best disco singers, another Houston, Cissy, was Whitney Houston's aunt!❤❤
@waynethompson8906Ай бұрын
She's not related to whitney houston or dionne warwick
@280Nox28 күн бұрын
They are NOT related. Do you think every Houston in America is related? lol
@MOS650Ай бұрын
Great dance tune Brainstorm- Lovin’ Is Really My Game.
@millpark26Ай бұрын
YES!
@sarahtooldtocare8561Ай бұрын
A great song I also love cover version done by the Communerds in the 80s.
@robertbuckelew7845Ай бұрын
The woman is a powerhouse!
@angelinaramonАй бұрын
I've always loved this song.
@christinadavison2783Ай бұрын
She just lets it rip. Love her voice.
@arsnb9m90710 күн бұрын
This disco song was one I didn't appreciate when it hit the airwaves. It's clean and crisp, with incredible bass moves. It pulled together everything disco had evolved to .
@sanzoftatooineАй бұрын
Finally! I've been waiting for this one!
@GrahamJones-k8sАй бұрын
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO. What a voice and expressed in a way that cannot be repeated
@CAA8470Ай бұрын
Another Disco classic - I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. If you haven't heard it or covered it - you won't be disappointed!
@leemcclements8889Ай бұрын
Good tune! Popular back in the disco era.
@user-fx8ql6xq5oАй бұрын
You have to listen to The Queen of Disco, Gloria Gaynor, "I Will Survive". One of the biggest Disco songs.
@sherigrow6480Ай бұрын
I burned some serious disco calories to this song, holy cow. One of the best disco tunes,
@elby6217Ай бұрын
Yep! it cracks me up the way people exercise, just go dancing.
@josephadiaz8343Ай бұрын
This was one of the best songs to dance to 👍🏼♥️🙏🏼✌🏼😎
@cherylmason9872Ай бұрын
Love this woman
@ChadWright-ip8vmАй бұрын
My very favorite disco song. I grew up in Tahlequah in the 70s, and have great, fond memories of this one. The bass is fire!
@jessejamessimons483Ай бұрын
All right my babies.....Much respect for pulling this one out. You've got to move to This groove ‼️💯🔥🕺🏻
@jellyrollnortonАй бұрын
The video you’re watching was made years after the song was released. I just looked it up and It was made in ‘95, 20 years later. (Explains the outfit!)
@davehess1019Ай бұрын
ahhh, the disco days, listen to that bass
@alleykeosheyan4779Ай бұрын
Rock and country may have had all the great guitar players back in the day, but for bass, it was definitely disco!
@biggmaqqАй бұрын
My favorite disco song.
@georgesmith2340Ай бұрын
One of my all-time faves from the disco era!! It was and still is a HOT song!!
@MikeOstrowski-iq8wfАй бұрын
…….this was the song !! Everybody got up to dance to this track ❤️
@subwaygoddess1Ай бұрын
The great thing about your reaction is that you finally got to one of my favorites from the disco era because I was on the dance floors back then. The sad thing is that when you hear the album versions of these disco songs is that you are missing the beautiful extended versions which often capture singers going crazy with their joy! Look for 12" versions or extended versions for old school disco songs. Go find this one. Thelma kills it!
@PanarchyInTheUKАй бұрын
Wonderful track. The Communards also did a great cover of this in the 80s. A real dancefloor banger.
@paulguthrie4857Ай бұрын
MY JAM!!! This is one of those songs that could go on forever and never get old!