| Everybody's Dancin' | ||||
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| Released | October 1978 | |||
| Genre | Disco, funk | |||
| Length | 35:58 | |||
| Label | De-Lite | |||
| Producer | Kool and the Gang, Ronald Bell | |||
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Everybody's Dancin' is a studio album by the American band Kool & the Gang, released in 1978. It peaked at No. 71 on Billboard's Top Black Albums chart. [1]
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In 1978, despite their music's recent feature in Saturday Night Fever , Kool & the Gang were "at a low point" [3] of commercial decline. [4]
The Rolling Stone wrote that the band struggled to maintain its relevance in the disco world, despite a prominent horn section. [3] Speaking of the circa-1978 era, drummer George "Funky" Brown stated, "We tried our version of disco. It didn't work." [3]
The Detroit Free Press opined that "Kool and the Gang have gone bland," noting that "they've joined the disco lemmings...The edge has gone". [5]
The year of its release, the band played at a record store to promote Everybody's Dancin'.[ where? ] When nobody showed up for the performance, the band was "humiliated".[ citation needed ] Ronald Bell recalled that a teenager visiting the store told the band "something they all vaguely sensed": that despite the success of "Jungle Boogie" (1973), "Hollywood Swinging" (1974), and "Funky Stuff" (1973), Kool & the Gang was "now...washed up". Bell claimed he took it as a wake-up call to "make something pop" the next time the band was in the studio.
The following year, producer Eumir Deodato arranged for traditional choruses, a front man vocalist (J. T. Taylor) and the band released Ladies' Night. It was their first major success and their first album to go platinum. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Everybody's Dancin'" | Ronald Bell | 8:02 |
| 2. | "Dancin' Shoes" | Claydes Smith | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Big Chief Funkum" | Ronald Bell | 4:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Like Music" | Ronald Bell | 3:37 |
| 2. | "You Deserve a Break Today" | Ronald Bell, Deborah Bell | 3:36 |
| 3. | "At the Party" | Ronald Bell | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Stay Awhile" | George Brown, Cynthia Huggins | 4:43 |
| 5. | "It's All You Need" | Claydes Smith | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Peace to the Universe" | Claydes Smith | 0:33 |
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B, soul, and funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964. Its founding members include brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, Woodrow "Woody" Sparrow, and Ricky Westfield. They have undergone numerous changes in personnel and have explored many musical styles throughout their history, including jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, disco, rock, and pop music. The group changed their name several times. Settling on Kool & the Gang, the group signed to De-Lite Records and released their debut album, Kool and the Gang in 1969.
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