THE LABELS

Towards the end of the seventies the discomusic knows the moment of maximum shine. The harmony of the orchestral sounds sapiently joined to supported rhythmics marks the fortune of artists like Barry White, Village People, THP Orchestra. The vinyl sells well and many labels glimpse a businness not to underestimate. Also the BLUE NOTES, a prestigious label, for which the best musicians have recorded jazz opens to this type of sound. In the 1976 the pianist and singer Marlena SHAW affects for the BLUE NOTES "Love has gone away": a piece of extreme refinement. Many jazz artists follow this street: the percussionist Bill SUMMER affects for the PRESTIGE "Straint to the bank". Also the FANTASY, - Barkeley, California - have a series of artists between which SYLVESTER and his (or her?) vocalists TWO TONS O' FUN (Martha WASH and Izora ARMSTEAD) - famous their passage "I got the feeling".

For the AVI, - Hollywood - played famous artists like EL COCO and THE PAMPLEMOUSSE (with "Cocomotion" and "Le Spank"). Between the most important labels, is to remember the SALSOUL, - 240 Madison Avenue, New York - for which are recording Loleatta HOLLOWAY, FIRST CHOICE, JOE BATAAN (with the rare "The bottle").

The CAPITOL, one of the older labels (It bears in 1942 thanks to Glenn WALLICHS, Buddy From SILVA and Johnny MERCER) has between his artists TAVARES, TASTE OF HONEY, B.B. BAND (made by the Italian Mauro MALAVASI). Also the A&M (volute from Herb ALPERT- "Rise" and "Rotation") opened to this kind of sound with BROTHERS JOHNSON ("Stomp") and Quincy JONES ("I no corrida").

Other labels have done the history of the funky music: POLYDOR: with Gloria GAYNOR ("I will survive"), Alicia BRIDGES, Isaac HAYES, ARPEGGIO, CHILLY ("For your love") and Gregg DIAMOND; WARNER: with Gino SOCCIO, Candy STATON, DEODATO ("Night Cruiser") and Chaka KHAN; WESTBOUND: with C.J.& Co. ("Devil's gun"); ATLANTIC: with TRAMMPS ("Disco Inferno"), ABBA, THP ("Good to me") and the CHIC ("Le freak", "Good times").

The first "12'' of the CHIC was "Dance, dance, dance" and it was mixed by Bob DRAKE for the BUDDAH RECORDS. It didn't have much success and only when it was sold to the ATLANTIC and remixed by the DJ Tommy SAVARESE the song explosed until to sell a million of copies. It was 1979 and it is the year of Patric HERNANDEZ that records for COLUMBIA "Born to be alive", still considered a classical passage of the seventies. For COLUMBIA also played Chery LYNN ( "Got to be real"), BT EXPRESS ("Does it feel good"), GARY'S GANG ("Knock me out"). From Beverly Hills the ARIOLA sold the DELEGATION successes ("Put a little love on me" and "You and I") and Amij STEWART ("Knock on wood"). There was still COTILLON (Cerrone, Sister Sledge and Stacy Lattisaw), DE-LITE (Kool and the Gang and Crown Heights Affair), ARISTA (G.Q., Mandrill and Raydio with the "hard to find" mix "It's time to party now") and many other.