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"Disco Duck" is a satirical disco novelty song performed by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a Memphis disc jockey. It became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 (and ranked #97 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year according to Billboard magazine).
Billboard declared the album an "utterly inane disk that does not lack charm and merit". [3] Record World said that the second single "Dis-Gorilla" was "every bit as outrageous [as 'Disco Duck'] and could be every bit the hit." [4] "Dis-Gorilla" did not repeat the success of "Disco Duck", only reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5]
Irwin the Disco Duck, a.k.a. Irwin the Dynamic Duck, is a fictional character who was featured on a series of children's records from Peter Pan Records. [1] He's depicted as an anthropomorphic white duck with a head of brown hair, usually dressed in 1970s-style clothes ( platform shoes , bell-bottoms , et cetera).
Billboard began compiling the top-performing dance singles in the United States with the Disco Action chart in 1974. Premiered on the issue dated October 26, the chart ranked the popularity of songs in New York City discothèques , expanded to feature multiple charts each week which highlighted playlists in various cities such as San Francisco ...
Rigdon Osmond Dees III (born March 14, 1950), best known as Rick Dees, is an American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the 1976 satirical novelty song "Disco Duck".
Mickey Mouse Disco is an album released by Disneyland Records in 1979. [2] A late entry in the genre of disco, Mickey Mouse Disco included disco versions of Disney songs and Disney-fied versions of disco hits. The album was re-released on CD in 1995, and later as a download.
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Sesame Street Fever is a concept album made by the cast of Sesame Street in 1978. It follows the characters as a love of disco sweeps Sesame Street.. The album heavily parodies Saturday Night Fever, and the cover features Grover where John Travolta should be, and Ernie, Bert, and Cookie Monster in the place of the Bee Gees.