Seventies and Eighties..

GLORIA GAYNOR - I WILL SURVIVE 1979

'I will survive' was originally a B-side to 'Substitute' and covered by Diana Ross....
So the "thumpa thumpa" continues. It always will. No matter what happens. No matter who's president. As our lady of Disco, the divine Miss Gloria Gaynor has always sung to us: We will survive. "Michael Novotny"




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DIANA ROSS - I AM COMING OUT... 1980

Do we need to say more!!
Nile Rodgers said that he got the inspiration behind the song after going to a California discotheque and noticing several drag queens dressing up as none other than Ross.



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BOYS TOWN GANG- CANT TAKE MY EYES OF YOU 1982

boystown was another term to refer to this type of music that was often played in gay clubs.



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VILLAGE PEOPLE - YMCA 1978

Even though they had quite a gay appearance and the group was obviously meant for the gay music market, as far as known only two members of the Village People were gay: The indian Felipe Rose and cowboy Randy Jones. Rose was discovered by Jacques Morali when he worked as a dancer in gay bars in New York.



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MIQUEL BROWN & SINATTA - SO MANY MEN SO LITTLE TIME 1983

Mother and daughter and the song has the right thumpa thumpa beat...

SYLVESTER - Y0U MAKE ME FEEL 1978

Gay disco star Sylvester...
there is a nineties version by Jimmy Somerville also gay.. and under nineties...

SHIRLEY BASSEY - THIS IS MY LIFE 1979

Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (born 8 January 1937 in Cardiff, Wales), is a Welsh singer who found fame in the late 1950s and has continued a successful career since then worldwide. She is best known for recording the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979), and is a UNESCO Artist for Peace.




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