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"Disco Dancer" is a song by the American new wave band Devo, written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale. It was the first Devo single that was released without their most prominent drummer, Alan Myers , who was replaced by former Sparks drummer David Kendrick .
Disco Dancer is a 1982 Indian dance-action film, written by Rahi Masoom Raza and directed by Babbar Subhash. It stars Mithun Chakraborty and Kim in leading roles, with Om Puri , Gita Siddharth and Karan Razdan in supporting roles with Rajesh Khanna in a special appearance.
Paul Albert Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. [2] According to Anka's autobiography, My Way, both of his parents were of Lebanese Christian descent; however, he also states in his autobiography that his ancestors came from Bab Tuma, in Syria.
The original Disco Dancer song "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" was itself inspired by the 1980 song "T'es OK" ("You're OK" for international markets) by French Eurodisco group Ottawan. Following the moderate chart performance of "Boyz", "Jimmy" was released in Japan in July 2007 as the album's lead single, and the second single in other countries.
Anka recorded the song as a duet with Odia Coates, the second of four consecutive duets with Coates that he released as singles and became hits. The 1974 single release was an international hit, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 , No. 5 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart [ 2 ] and No. 2 in Canada. [ 3 ]
Paul Anka Sings His Big 15: ABC Paramount CD, LP 4 — 1961 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 2: ABC Paramount LP 72 — 1962 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 3: ABC Paramount LP — — 1962 Diana: ABC Paramount CD, LP — — 1963 Paul Anka's 21 Golden Hits: RCA Victor CD, LP 65 — 1969 Diana: Paul Anka Sings His Greatest Hits: RCA Victor LP ...
The song's name is an acronym and comes from the lyrics in its chorus, in which a woman is described as "D.I.S.C.O.". In other words, each letter of the word standing for a certain quality, except "O", which simply leads to singing "oh-oh-oh" ("She is D, delirious / She is I, incredible / She is S, superficial / She is C, complicated / She is ...
Rock Swings is an album by Paul Anka.Recorded in November 2004 and released on May 31, 2005 in Canada and June 7, 2005 in the United States, it contains swing jazz covers of popular rock and pop songs from the 1980s and 1990s.