Disco made its first serious footprint on this chart in 1975. Chestnuts like “Fly Robin Fly,” “The Hustle,” “Shame, Shame, Shame,” and a couple of Wayne Casey singles did well and crossed over pop, not to mention fellow traveler Barry White and Smokey Robinson in the here-goes-nuthin’ phase of his solo years. Ohio Players experimented with kiddie Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel co-wrote the Temptations’ “Shakey Ground”). The O’Jays confirmed the eternal verities, their biggest hit of the year conferring a name on my most frequented message board. My jam, though, is ” You’re the First, the Last, My Everything,” a master class in the arrangement of strings and to my ears the greatest thing White heaved, groaned, and croaked over
Meh
War – Low Rider
Labelle – Lady Marmalade
Natalie Cole – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting
Kool & the Gang – Spirit of the Boogie
Tavares – It Only Takes a Minute
Joe Simon – Get Down, Get Down
Sound, Solid
Al Green – L-O-V-E (Love)
The Temptations – Shakey Ground
Major Harris – Love Won’t Let Me Wait
Silver Connection – Fly Robin Fly
The Commodores – Slippery When Wet
B.T. Express – Express
Smokey Robinson – Baby That’s Backatcha
KC & the Sunshine Band – That’s the Way (I Like It)
Gwen McCrae – Rockin’ Chair
Pointer Sisters – How Long (Betcha’ Got a Chick on the Side)
KC & the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
The Temptations – Happy People
Eddie Kendricks – Shoeshine Boy
The Moments – Look at Me (I’m in Love)
Ohio Players – Sweet Sticky Thing
Good to Great
The Isley Brothers – Fight the Power (Part 1)
Ohio Players – Fire
Barry White – You’re the First, the Last, My Everything
Earth, Wind & Fire – Shining Star
Ohio Players – Love Rollercoaster
The Spinners – Games People Play
The O’Jays – I Love Music (Part 1)The Staple Singers – Let’s Do It Again
Barry White – What Am I Gonna Do with You
Shirley & Company – Shame, Shame, Shame
Ben E. King – Supernatural Thing
Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony – The Hustle
Al Green – Full of Fire
Faith, Hope & Charity – To Each His Own
People’s Choice – Do It Any Way You Wanna
Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman
Humanizing The Vacuum 
Richard Nixon was culprit of many nasty things, but he certainly produced great art. I’m thinking from Joe South’s “Games People Play” trough the 2 Stevie Wonder’s to this list’s “Shame Shame Shame” (glad it had also an upgrade from last time around). I bet you could come up with a good top 10 about him. I also wonder why he didn’t produced a movie as good as these songs. Is it because he was ugly?
I should have added “Instant Karma”, though he might have been referring to Paul. We’ll never know. “Gimme Some Truth”, on the other hand… Other notorious presidents channeled some embarrasements like “When the President Talks to God”. There hasen’t been a massive upgrade on this topic, isn’t it.
Dude, even those Meh songs were good tunes. What a great era! What a great time to be alive!