❤ Vicki was a good friend, lived across the street from me in East Norwalk Ct. in early 80s. I was a club DJ and we’d spend many quiet sunny afternoons enjoying tea and playing with our cats laughing hysterically . We’d listen to classic old standards and often discuss her reworking and recording some. One afternoon she came by with a promo copy of her singing To Sir With Love. She loved that song. In1986 I moved to Boston. We lost touch till 1991when I moved back to Washington Ct. and her then in Wilton Ct. I drove down to visit her for a wonderful afternoon. We reminisced about so much. We laughed! That was last time I saw her. She was a good soul and I miss and think of her often.Turn the beat around Vicki Sue. I love you❣️
Lovely to look back in these lovely times having fun in a simple way as it was back then. She was a very talented lady whose life was too short. You have good memories of a great time in music and life in general 🥰
I think she did. She sung this song for many years, well after its release to her many fans. I mean this song put her on the map and was the source of her living a comfortable life right up until she died.
A lot of people that know this song may be unfamiliar with the part that begins at 3:23. In the 70s many radio stations played shortened versions of good disco songs, often reducing or eliminating the instrumental parts which were a major part of the songs.
Ah, spring 1976. Jeans and Frye boots and plaid gauze shirts with big collars and translucent ribbed plastic belts. Sometimes I think I’m the only person alive who remembers all this.
Yes. We loved it. It packed the dance floor in the Spring of 1976. Can still remember the women with their wedge hairstyles and pants tucked into boots and the hoopla about the coming Bicentennial, though the latter sort of fizzled.
Oh and one other thing. This song competed with Love Hangover by Diana Ross as “hottest” dance song, at least where I went in the Spring of 1976. Speaking of hot, in the Northeast U S Easter that year was very hot - out dancing the night before in summer clothes. A legendary time.
True story, I was in Berkeley in line for Sunday Brunch with this playing on my phone. An 80 something year old lady standing in line says, "Vicky Sue Robinson was my daughter". Then she talked about her daughter's life and her desire to be on the Broadway stage.
....VICKI SUE ROBINSON WAS THE "BOMB"..SHE WAS...FINE..DISCO AT IT'S BEST..MY TEENAGE YEARS IN NYC...GREW UP DOWN THE STREET FROM "STUDIO 54"..BOUGHT A BUNCH OF ALBUMS..SILVER CONVENTION..BELL & JAMES..DONNA SUMMER..SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER SOUNDTRACK..CHIC..TO ME THEY WERE QUALITY SONGS...2 ME..NOTHING LAST FOREVER..U CAN HOT!..TODAY..& FADE OUT TOMORROW..
It is. Makes me think of the movie “Dazed and Confused” where these boring Texas high school kids on the last day of school in 1976 thought they were so cool with their cheap discount clothes and AM radio rock music. We were dancing to music like this along with Love Hangover by Diana Ross and Sun Sun Sun by Ja Kki.
@Rugged Warrior disco didn't suck, it was the exact opposite. It was so popular it brought tense groups together and was an outlet for marginalized communities. Resentment of this was a major factor in the efforts to discredit and "kill" disco.
Narrow minded people don't always appreciate talent and art. Music is art and it affects the listeners in different ways. Thankful for people who appreciate a wife variety of music genres.❤
@@harriantoncornell5405 obviously it won’t seriously cure depression, but thank you for even thinking of sending her something that might make her a bit happy. Just the thought is sweet. That kind of consideration and support is really great, and I’m sure she appreciates it!
This can STILL get you on the dance floor. Studio 54's anthem. For this little lady, her one and only hit became the greatest disco song ever recorded.
Just curious how do you hear she did it in one take? That would be UNHEARD OF not only back in the day, but ever! I know because I have some experience in the way tracks were cut...not a lot but enough that it would be extraordinary!
@@sierra8186 I believe I heard it from the person on XM radio after the song was over. On WIKI it states it as well but I don't believe everything on that. Whatever the case, she nailed it.
Hell ya still bangin....loved this song from the 1st time I remember hearing it. Vicky Sue Robinson was in the forefront as the landscape of music was changing and it was this very song that brought the. Latin vibe into pop culture and securing its place in contemporary music. This song and others like it helped to usher in the upbeat & fast paced dance music that was reminiscent of Salsa Music & Dancing from Latin America and would soon be known as Disco. Thank you Vicky Sue Robinson for helping me over the course of some 40 years to TURN THE BEAT AROUND and get back on the dance floor of life!!!!
One of the reasons I just can't stand clubbing or going out to bars and stuff anymore. It's all modern BOOM BOOM BOOM. A lot of the music in this generation lacks soul in severe ways. Check out Leslie Gore. She's probably one of the last few modern ones to go with the old style.
I had just turned 18 in June 1976 and went to a disco for the first time(they were new then), and immediately fell in love with the song! I still love it to this day! Wonderful harmonies beginning with the strings and punched up by the brass, along with the guitars and percussion creating the rhythm! And Vickie Sue Robinson's voice performing multi-layered vocals is my musical euphoria of Disco! Love to hear percussion!
I was 17, just graduated high school. They’d play this on the way to work on the car radio at about 625AM. I can not begin to tell you how I miss that time.
In 1975, Van Coy's "The Hustle" touched off the disco craze of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Vicki Robinson's dynamic and unforgettable was one the next big disco hits, following shortly after in 1976 and endures as a classic of that era.
Most male and female singers had to have a great voice back then to even get a contract. Afterwards, they had to have a vocal coach and practiced their craft daily. Very few singers were chosen for their looks. I miss the days of powerhouse singers. We only have a few left these days. That's why I listen only to the oldies or classical (the original oldies LOL.)
Yes James you're right, It's a rare sight to see a performer just walk up to a microphone and give it hell, not in a long time. I 've been listening to some great singers from Europe. All these people sing RnR in English. A gal named Rhythm Sophie (Hungarian) Imelda May(Irish) and a group call the Relax Trio from Finland. Give it a listen, who knows ?
WOW!!!!! This song is nothing short of INCREDIBLE!!!! Turn the beat around epitomized the heart and soul of disco music when it TRULY was at its PEAK!!!! Vicki Sue Robinson gave Donna Summer tremendous competition when this "infectious" song "dropped" to the airwaves in the Summer of 1976!!!!
OH MY GOODNESS I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAME ACROSS THIS GEM!!!!!! I WAS ONLY 10 YRS OLD WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT AND I REMEMBER SINGING IT AND DANCING TO IT { I KNOW I KNOW I WAS SO YOUNG AND HAD AN EAR FOR GOOD MUSIC, BEAT AND GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC } IT'S 2022 AND I STILL LOVE THIS GEM!!!!!!!
This song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August, 1976. It should have been #1 but I think a lot of people didn't know what to think of it as nothing like it had been created beforehand. It was truly a game changer and ushered a new era in the music industry that went beyond just disco.
1976! "Released as a single, the song went to #10 on the Billboard pop charts, and #73 on the Billboard soul chart. The song earned Robinson a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The track also went to number one on the Billboard disco chart for four weeks." 👍
THIS SONG NEVER GETS OLD. IT'S STILL GROOVING. FOR ALL YOU DEAD PEOPLE THAT TALK BAD ABOUT DISCO, IT STILL LIVES. IT MAY NOT BE AS POPULAR AS IT ONCE WAS, BUT EVERYTHING LOSES SOME POPULARITY SOONER OR LATER.
@@dano3952people have been hoping that for 40+ years, following all those wishing for the death of disco, punk rock, rock 'n' roll, jazz, reggae,... Change keeps all music alive.
Vicki Sue Robinson was 10 years younger than I thought. I guessed her year of birth as 1944 because of her name and voice. She was actually born in 1954. If alive today she would be 65, not 75.
This song brings back a funny memory. I was at teenage disco. I turned to see my friend who was like 6'4, and he was strutting his hillarious moves- the stomp-to this song on the dance floor, never even seen him dance before, he looked like a giraffe on ice. Weird.
A classic disco song that sounds worthy today.......meaning ahead of it's time.......truly an innovator. People put disco down but look what it started....a multitude of dance music genre.
I would imagine that this song would be heard in a production of the "Barnyard Hero Brigade" franchise. This would be heard when some of the members of the Barnyard Hero Brigade are wearing some 1970's outfits and dancing together.
For those wondering, the musicians are lead and backing vocalist Vicki Sue Robinson; guitarists Bob Rose and Dick Frank; guitar soloist Elliott Randall; bassist Stu Woods; drummers Jimmy Young and Roy Markowitz; conga player-percussionist Ray Armando; conga player Carlos Martin; percussionist George Devens; keyboardist Ben Lanzarone; baritone saxophonist-flutist Artie Kaplan; tenor saxophonist-flutist George Young; trombonists Alan Raph, Tom Malone, Tony Studd, and Wayne Andre; and trumpeters Burt Collins and Joe Shepley.
Not nearly as old as some of the commenters here but grew up listening to 101.1 across the Hudson in New Jersey. They played this song even when they were more 50’s-60’ oriented with outliers in the 70’s. I grew up loving this song. I’m very critical of disco but this song...the instrumentals, the rhythm, the lyrics and their performance by VSR; the perfect blend to create something magical.
Loved loved love this song!!! and so many others..Disco days were some of the best days of my life. We had sponsors and would win dance contests..Dancing was everything in the discos..My boyfriend at the time was an Arthur Murray's dance instructor!! I was in heaven dancing with him!! We didn't go out to drink..We Went Out To DANCE!!!! Saturday night getting ready for the discotheque watching Denny Terio on TV and Solid Gold Dancing....we loved it..the best days ever!!! Discos in the Detroit area we're the best and beautiful..so classy inside and the dance floors were awesome..lite up and colorful!!! Cheeks Disco..The Rare Cherry...La Motte..just some of the many memories we all went dancing at these places!!! Bring back the dancing night life so these younger kids can really enjoy dancing!!!!
Gone too soon, like Gloria Estefan's remake but this is the original version, a junior in high school when this dropped, it was all over radio back then, she will be remembered for this forever..
I remember being a little girl when this song came out. My parents would have it playing and I would be dancing to it. All these years later I still get up to dance 💃 to it. One of the BEST Disco Songs of all time. What a beautiful VOICE💖
I would dance to this alone to get ready for the Disco on Friday nights. One of the best disco songs ever. The big band sound and song writing for these kind of songs is about extinct.
If you think about it, Most Orchestral Groups loved playing their instruments to Any type of Music 🎵 🎶 🎵 ! Whether it's Rock , Disco or Old School , like Sinatra , Dean Martin all the Greats !
Disco had it time and place in the music world, and it deliverd some great musicians and song. NO true musician can say the Bee Gees were any kind of joke. I don't and I've put in 53 years behind a drum kit.
