Disco MP3
Disco MP3: "Doctor's Orders" was the first solo single by Carol Douglas, an artist with musical genes inherited from her blues and jazz singer Mother. Her cousin was the legendary Sam Cooke. The single hit #2 on the Disco Chart and #11 on the Pop Chart. In 1978, Carol scored a minor hit in the U.K. with a cover of the Bee Gees' "Night Fever". "Young Hearts Run Free" by Gospel singer Candi Staton became a disco hit in 1976. Although she had another hit in the U.K. with a cover of the Bee Gee's "Nights on Broadway", she is remembered as a one hit wonder in the United States. "Shame" was Evelyn "Champagne" King's biggest pop hit. The song, recorded when King was only 16, went top ten on the U.S. Billboard charts. "Shame" ultimately went gold and was followed by another top seller 1979's "I Don't Know If It's Right". Cheryl Lynn's "Got to Be Real" has been called one of the defining moments of disco. The track went to #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the R&B Chart. Cher's "Take Me Home" was her first and only hit single for the Casablanca label, peaking at #8. It is a little known fact that Casablanca founder Neil Bogart tried to convince Donna Summer to give "Bad Girls" to Cher in order to sign the later to his label. Summer refused and Cher ultimately signed anyway.
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