Bonus Episode: People Getting Loose - The Music of Saturday Night Fever
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Back in December 1977, a young actor named John Travolta (by then only known for his role as Vinnie Barbarino on the TV comedy "Welcome Back Kotter) strutted across the streets of New York to the funky beat of an English trio that reinvented themselves from Soft Rock gentlemen to the purveyors of the global Disco explosion.
While The Bee Gees' music was the centerpiece of "Saturday Night Fever," the film's soundtrack gave a spotlight to notable pop performers like Yvonne Elliman, masterful musicians and arrangers like David Shire, Ralph McDonald, and R&B veterans like The Trammps and Tavares that were also heavily instrumental in creating the blueprint of Disco in the early 70s.
Show Tracklisting:
- Jive Talkin' (Bee Gees)
- You Should Be Dancing (Bee Gees)
- I Don't Know How To Love Him (Yvonne Elliman)
- Love Me (Yvonne Elliman)
- How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees)
- If I Can't Have You (Yvonne Elliman)
- More Than A Woman (Bee Gees)
- More Than A Woman (Tavares)
- It Only Takes A Minute (Tavares)
- Boogie Shoes (KC & The Sunshine Band)
- Open Sesame (Kook & The Gang)
- K-Jee (MFSB)
- A Fifth Of Beethoven (Walter Murphy)
- Calypso Breakdown (Ralph McDonald)
- Night on Disco Mountain (David Shire)
- Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (The Trammps)
- Disco Inferno (The Trammps)
Host and Producer: Diego Martinez
Executive Producer: Nicholas "NickFresh" Puzo
Audio Engineer: Adam Fogel
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Bonus Episode: People Getting Loose - The Music of Saturday Night Fever
Back in December 1977, a young actor named John Travolta (by then only known for his role as Vinnie Barbarino on the TV comedy "Welcome Back Kotter) strutted across the streets of New York to the funky beat of an English trio that reinvented themselves from Soft Rock gentlemen to the purveyors of the global Disco explosion.
While The Bee Gees' music was the centerpiece of "Saturday Night Fever," the film's soundtrack gave a spotlight to notable pop performers like Yvonne Elliman, masterful musicians and arrangers like David Shire, Ralph McDonald, and R&B veterans like The Trammps and Tavares that were also heavily instrumental in creating the blueprint of Disco in the early 70s.
Show Tracklisting:
- Jive Talkin' (Bee Gees)
- You Should Be Dancing (Bee Gees)
- I Don't Know How To Love Him (Yvonne Elliman)
- Love Me (Yvonne Elliman)
- How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees)
- If I Can't Have You (Yvonne Elliman)
- More Than A Woman (Bee Gees)
- More Than A Woman (Tavares)
- It Only Takes A Minute (Tavares)
- Boogie Shoes (KC & The Sunshine Band)
- Open Sesame (Kook & The Gang)
- K-Jee (MFSB)
- A Fifth Of Beethoven (Walter Murphy)
- Calypso Breakdown (Ralph McDonald)
- Night on Disco Mountain (David Shire)
- Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (The Trammps)
- Disco Inferno (The Trammps)
Host and Producer: Diego Martinez
Executive Producer: Nicholas "NickFresh" Puzo
Audio Engineer: Adam Fogel
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