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FRIDAY NIGHT DISCO!

D I S C O  A N D  B E Y O N D
Disco - Post-Disco - Groove - Fusion - Italo - Soul - Boogie - Funk - Electropop - and more 

I'm backing up all of the Discos on Spotify!

There are now 53 Friday Night Discos.
Over a hundred hours of disco, groove, funk, soul and all the rest! 
Scroll down and see for yourself... 
Pick / Play / Party!

Staying in? House party? Bored? Check out all the
archived playlists on YouTube, Twitter and Spotify. 

They can all be found below, or on the YouTube channel -
​just pick one and click the image!

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Artist Spotlight! 

Next:
​GIORGIO MORODER
!

Previously... 
#7: DONNA SUMMER 
#6: ODYSSEY
#5: VOYAGE
#4: SHALAMAR
#3: CHIC
#2: IMAGINATION
#1: CHANGE

New! GUEST Friday Night Discos:
<<< LIMMY! >>>
<<< SIXFOOT APPRENTICE! >>>




You can buy Friday Night Disco t-shirts, hoodies & more in the shop! 

The 1st Friday Night Disco interview:
<<< LEEE JOHN of Imagination! >>>

Pick a playlist... 

Looking for a particular artist?
Use Ctrl-F or Command-F!
MASTER PLAYLIST 
(all playlists combined; 647 videos and counting!)

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Imagination / Laura Branigan / The Promise / Lionel Richie / Malcolm McLaren / DJ Hell feat. Grace Jones / Hall & Oates / Talk Talk

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​​Miami Sound Machine / Grace Jones / Imagination / Lionel Richie / OMD / Communards / Ottawan / The Knife / ABBA / Boney M. / Baby D 



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Desireless / Visage / Jo Lemaire + Flouze / Elton John / Sylvester / Ann Steel / Howard Jones / Rick James / Colder / Talk Talk


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OMD / Pet Shop Boys / Kate Bush / Erasure / Ultravox / Hercules and Love Affair / Spilly Walker / Egyptian Lover / ABBA / Valerie Dore


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Chic / Tavares / Donna Summer / Cerrone / Róisín Murphy / Roxy Music / Tom Tom Club / Suburban Lawns / Devo / Squirrel Nut Zippers / The Fifth Dimension

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Commodores / Tears For Fears / Bill Wyman / Erasure / John Foxx / Gary Numan / Ladytron / Felix Da Housecat / Grandmaster Melle Mel





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David Bowie / Talking Heads / The Knife / Robyn / Annie / Róisín Murphy / iamamiwhoami / Empire Of The Sun / Late Of The Pier / Fine Young Cannibals / Roy Orbison




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ABBA / Whitney Houston / Mel and Kim / 808 State / The Isley Brothers / Curtis Mayfield / Stevie Wonder / Bill Withers / Tina Charles / Prince & The Revolution / Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams / Boney M. / M.I.A. / David Bowie / The Cure / Dire Straits

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Billy Idol / Kajagoogoo / A Flock Of Seagulls / John Maus / Billy Ocean / Bee Gees / Dionne Warwick / Barbra Streisand / ABBA / Kraftwerk / Felix / SL2 / Moby / The Prodigy




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#10 
( Arabesque / Anita Ward / Aneka / Pointer Sisters / Fleetwood Mac / Womack & Womack / Toto / Shalamar / Andrea True Connection / Baccara / Paul McCartney / Spandau Ballet / Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder )

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#11 
( Odyssey / Chaka Khan / Madonna / The Whispers / Indeep / Orange Juice / Beats International / Soul II Soul / Imagination / S-Express / Shannon / Joyce Sims / The KLF )

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#12 
( Cyndi Lauper / Mystery Jets / King / Waterboys / Aretha Franklin & George Michael / Marilyn McCoo & Billy David Jr. / 
Lipps, Inc. / Space / The Human League / ABBA / Pretenders / Billy Ocean / Tina Turner )

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#13 
( Donna Summer / Modern Talking / Sister Sledge / Azul Y Negro / Ken Laszlo / Eddy Huntington / Gazebo / Shana / 
Adriano Celentano / Paul Kalkbrenner / Vitalic / Fischerspooner / Soulwax / Justice / Blondie / Donna Summer )

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#14 
( Boney M. / Bee Gees / Secret Service / Pet Shop Boys / Eurythmics / ABBA / Baltimora / Bad Boys Blue / Olivia Newton-John / Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / The Style Council / Candi Staton / Bee Gees / Q Lazzarus )

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#15 
( The Rapture / Talking Heads / Forrest / The Real Thing / Odyssey / Yvonne Elliman / Adam and the Ants / Kano / Silent Circle / Trans-X / Ken Laszlo / Fancy / Mike Mareen / Savage / Moon Ray )

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#16 
( The Ronettes / The Shirelles / Little Peggy March / Del Shannon / Lynn Anderson / Dusty Springfield / Dionne Warwick / 
The Four Tops / The Marvelettes / Gloria Jones / Talking Heads / John Paul Young / Barry White / Madness )

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#17 
( Mariah Carey / Bobby Brown / Kool & The Gang / The Pasadenas / ABBA / Village People / ABC / Heaven 17 / Eurythmics / The Human League / Erasure / Sweet Connection / Shalamar / Smokey Robinson )

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#18 
( Bonnie Tyler / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Pointer Sisters / INXS / Fine Young Cannibals / Corey Hart / Todd Terje / Koto / Swan / Fair Control / Alphaville / Alba / Jürgen Paape / Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner )

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#19 
( Curtis Lee / The Drifters / Sam Cooke / The Rubettes / Cliff Richard / Andy Gibb / Eruption / Ottawan / Time / Wet / Blondie / Fancy / Fantastique / Black Devil Disco Club / Disco Dream and the Androids / Carrara / Vanessa / Sin With Sebastian )

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#20 
( Talking Heads / Jon Secada / Simple Minds / Lindsey Buckingham / Eurythmics / ABBA / Pat Benatar / Culture Club / Alba feat. Fred Ventura / Mirage / Digital Emotion / Casco / Sylvia / Lindstrøm / Decadance )

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#21 
( Talk Talk / David Bowie / Suede / The Smiths / Morrissey / Communards / Amanda Lear / Sylvester / Charanjit Singh / 
Bee Gees / Tavares / Chic / Imagination / Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer / Hall & Oates / Tears For Fears )

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#22 
( Earth, Wind & Fire / Madonna / Bruce Springsteen / Stevie Wonder / Blondie / Skee-Lo / Sister Sledge / A Taste Of Honey / Gloria Gaynor / Chic / Róisín Murphy / Opus III )

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#23 
( Paul Simon / Boney M. / Eruption / Fleetwood Mac / Barry White / Double Exposure / Lime / Modern Talking / The Hurricanes / Arabesque / A Flock Of Seagulls / Tubeway Army / David Bowie / The Jam / The Housemartins )

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#24 
( The Cure / REM / Boston / Gerry Rafferty / Hot Chocolate / Bee Gees / Peter Gabriel / Tori Amos / Supergrass / The Flirts / Gazebo / Michael Cretu / Fischerspooner  / u-Ziq )

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#25 
( The Supremes / Fairground Attraction / Jimmy Ruffin / Bobby Darin / Ashford & Simpson / Average White Band / Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Hot Chocolate / Charles & Eddie / Pointer Sisters / Yazz / Kylie Minogue / Future Islands / Beach House )

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#26 
( Isaac Hayes / Chic / ABBA / Tight Fit / Talking Heads / Chaka Khan / Diana Ross / Herb Alpert / Odyssey / Sandie Shaw / The Kinks / Manfred Mann / The Searchers / The Zombies / The Beach Boys )

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#27 
( Patrick Kelleher And his Cold Dead Hands / Lorraine Johnson / Chaka Khan / Gwen Guthrie / Aretha Franklin & George Michael / Air / Looper / Steve Miller Band / Dan Hartman / Ann Peebles / Hot Chocolate / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell / Smokey Robinson / The Spinners / The Style Council / ABBA / Bay City Rollers )

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#28 
( Patrick Wolf / Joe Dolan / Voyage / Dead Or Alive / INXS / Huey Lewis And The News / ABC / The KLF / The Knife / 
Grimes / Real Life / A-ha / Fleetwood Mac / Kate Bush / Stevie Wonder / Little Peggy March / The Squire Of Gothos )

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#29 
( Pulp / Dexys Midnight Runners / Junior / New Order / George Benson / Cheryl Lynn / McFadden & Whitehead / The S.O.S. Band / Imagination / Facts And Fiction / XTC / Terence Trent D'Arby / Princess / Sherrick / Grimes )

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#30 
( Robert Palmer / Glenn Frey / Deacon Blue / Dogs Die In Hot Cars / Terence Trent D'Arby / Jermaine Stewart / Boy Meets Girl / David Bowie / Duran Duran / Morris Day & The Time / Sweet Sensation / Le Jeté / Paul Parker / Shy Rose / Julius Brown / Helen / K.I.D. / France Joli / Voyage )

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#31 
( The Trammps / Commodores / Stevie Wonder / Candi Staton / Pet Shop Boys / Diamond In The Rough / Ritz / Starshine / Unique / Curtis Hairston / Central Line / C.C. Catch / Voyage / Amant / Lionel Richie / Pulp )

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#32 
( Ottawan / Heatwave / The Emotions / Samantha Sang / Indeep / Gladys Knight & The Pips / Londonbeat / Dr. Alban / 
Haddaway / When In Rome / Arpeggio / Patrice Rushen / Jessica Williams / Stephanie Mills / Van McCoy )

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#33 
( Stevie Nicks / Roy Orbison / The Rolling Stones / Little Eva / Chubby Checker / The Drifters / Bobby Vee / Tracey Ullman / Kirsty MacColl / The Bangles / The B-52s / Roxy Music / Super Furry Animals / Leo Sayer / The O'Jays / Elton John & Kiki Dee )

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#34 
( Deee-Lite / Ace / The Captain & Tennille / Dr. Hook / Earth, Wind & Fire / The Dooleys / Elkie Brooks / Sheer Elegance / Elton John / Billy Ocean / Stevie Wonder / Phil Collins & Philip Bailey / Luther Vandross / 5000 Volts / The Drifters / Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Cutting Crew )

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#35 
( Emily Woods / Kelly Marie / Amii Stewart / 5000 Volts / Grace Jones / Eruption / Leif Garrett / Amanda Lear / Sheila & B. Devotion / Roxy Music / Precious Wilson / Gloria Gaynor / George McCrae / KC & The Sunshine Band / Nik Kershaw / Squeeze )

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#36 
( Talking Heads / Basement Jaxx / Phats & Small / Daft Punk / C+C Music Factory / Snap / Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force / Queen / Feargal Sharkey / Dolly Parton / George Harrison / Aztec Camera / Ryan Paris / Edwin Starr / Jr. Walker & The All Stars / The Ritchie Family / Donna Summer )

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#37 
( Kool & The Gang / The Pointer Sisters / Sharon Redd / Peaches & Herb / Alicia Bridges / The Gap Band / Billy Preston / George Benson / Patrice Rushen / Curtis Mayfield / The Trammps / Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / Danny Williams / Imagination / The Michael Zager Band / Erasure )

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#38 
( Giorgio Moroder / Eddie Murphy / Luther Vandross / Mark Morrison / Bobby Brown / Adamski / Technotronic / Black Box / Grace / Jade / Blueboy / The Beloved )

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#39 
( DeBarge / Diana Ross / Spargo / Shalamar / Odyssey / Teena Marie / Dr. Hook / Barry White / ELO / When In Rome / Sylvester / Ultravox / Queen )

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#40 
( The Nolan Sisters / Shana / Cheryl Lynn / Evelyn "Champagne" King / T-Connection / GQ / Musique / Isaac Hayes Movement / Vivian Reed / Al Green / Al Wilson / The Three Degrees / George Baker Selection )

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#41 
( Santa Esmeralda / KC & The Sunshine Band / The Doobie Brothers / Raydio / Linda Clifford / Boney M. / Edison Lighthouse / The Spinners / Roxy Music / Earth & Fire / Lou Rawls / The O'Jays / The Spencer Davis Group / Them )

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#42 
( Lionel Richie / Leo Sayer / John Davis & The Monster Orchestra / Candido / Change / Terri Wells / Loose Ends / Slave / Average White Band / Goody Goody / Vicky D / Deodato / Donald Byrd & 125th Street, N.Y.C. )

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#43 
( CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ) 
( Chris Rea / Shakin' Stevens / Mariah Carey / Band Aid / Wham! / Boney M. / The Waitresses / Elton John / Mud / Brenda Lee / Darlene Love / Dana / The Drifters / The Darkness / Slade / Wizzard / Paul McCartney / Cliff Richard / David Bowie & Bing Crosby )

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#44
( iamamiwhoami / The Knife / Capella / Usura / Rozalla / Real McCoy / Inner City / Modjo / Tony di Bart / Billy Ocean / Shalamar / Earth, Wind & Fire / Evelyn "Champagne" King / Love & Kisses / TSOP )

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#45
( Change / Carly Simon / Gwen Guthrie / Jocelyn Brown / Hamilton Bohannon / Deodato / KC & The Sunshine Band / Jimmy Bo Horne / Vicki Sue Robinson / Loleatta Holloway / The Three Degrees / Gloria Gaynor / Jimmy James & The Vagabonds / Curtis Mayfield / Skyy / Change / Earth, Wind & Fire / Delegation / The B. B. & Q Band / Change )

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#46
( Blue System / Chic / Fonzi Thornton / Sharon Redd / S.O.S. Band / Chic / D Train / Nu Shooz / Chic / John Ireland / Mozzart / Roni Griffith / Mr. Flagio / Prins Thomas / Force Of Nature )

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#47 
( Sauveur Mallia / Planet Earth / Ganymed / Arpadys / Jumbo / Erotic Drum Band / Martin Circus / VIP Connection / Odyssey / Delegation / Skipworth & Turner / Bobby McFerrin vs Virgin Magnetic Material / Laser / Ganymed )

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#48 
( Finnebassen / Donna Summer / Komiko / Charlie / Nick Straker Band / Delegation / Teena Marie / Kleeer / The Strikers / Norman Connors / La Flavour / La Bionda / Phyllis Hyman / Finnebassen / Donna Summer / Transvolta / Pink Project / Space Art )
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#49
( Róisín Murphy / Average White Band / Kleer / Change / Linda Clifford / Norman Connors / Supermax / C.J. & Co / Alec R. Costandinos / Starpoint / The Bar-Kays / Skyy / The Spinners / Billy Ocean / Black Devil Disco Club / Ganymed / Lindstrøm & Todd Terje )

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#50 
( Arpeggio / The Whispers / The Salsoul Orchestra / GQ / Slave / Heatwave / The Dazz Band / The Brothers Johnson / Imagination / Denise LaSalle / Todd Terje / Starpoint / Lakeside / Evelyn "Champagne" King / Giorgio Moroder / Third World / Bruni Pagan / Pachanga Boys )
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#51 
( Phil Fearon & Galaxy / The Jets / Midnight Star / Mantronix feat. Wondress / K.I.D. / Brandi Wells / The Whispers / Deniece Williams / Nanette Workman / D.S.F. / John Monkman feat. Liz Cass )
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Guest playlist #1: 
SIXFOOT APPRENTICE
( K7 / MC Solaar / The Prodigy / The KLF / Nightcrawlers / De'Lacy / Robin S / Livin' Joy / The Shamen / Strike / Atlantic Ocean / Berri / Olive / Billie Ray Martin / White Town )
Guest playlist #2:
LIMMY
( Radiorama / Modern Talking / CC Catch / Silent Circle / Savage / Modern Talking / Radiorama / Kano / Kylie Minogue / Modern Talking / Radiorama / Savage / West End Girls / Modern Talking )


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