# Flapper-disco: name your faves **URL:** \ **Category:** Music\ **Created:** [2 November 2022 19:55 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28 "2022-11-02T19:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrimsbyRiviera](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/grimsbyriviera/32/9_2.png) [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Post date:** [2 November 2022 19:55 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/1 "2022-11-02T19:55:47Z")
I’m sure we all know loads in this category, which was almost singlehandedly started by Stony Browder with Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, disco with a Prohibition era jazz influence. Here are a few of my picks. Ray Martinez: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/efe9516e31cbd79189a5a9469ad3be20757a509c.jpeg "Ray Martinez Lady Of The Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEwUzz1X3DE) Donna Summer [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/06a6895cc87cb34454edad4fa8cfe2763b667c10.jpeg "I Remember Yesterday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNAYyUJ3tQA) ---
**Author:** ![GrimsbyRiviera](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/grimsbyriviera/32/9_2.png) [@GrimsbyRiviera](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GrimsbyRiviera)\ **Post date:** [2 November 2022 19:56 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/2 "2022-11-02T19:56:18Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/25b5e55e8d6c8c2988af37ba0f8feb4e5925b8ab.jpeg "Foxy - Tena's Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw5SE5O0zao) ---
**Author:** ![Andrew6MS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/andrew6ms/32/35_2.png) [@Andrew6MS](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Andrew6MS)\ **Post date:** [11 November 2022 21:52 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/3 "2022-11-11T21:52:53Z")
Carrie Lucas for the win. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/4/415e2b88779f4b2433d802b8df155dbe9b2393ee.jpeg "Carrie Lucas - Tic Toc (12" Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coKli3HnbBw) ---
**Author:** ![Funkd0k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/funkd0k/32/211_2.png) [@Funkd0k](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Funkd0k)\ **Post date:** [20 November 2022 23:34 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/4 "2022-11-20T23:34:09Z")
A great Kid Creole side-project, Elbow Bones and The Racketeers, “A Night in New York” [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/9a71322ab4f3f49617f4af48d6303abc1e947718.jpeg "Elbow Bones & The Racketeers - A night in New York 1983") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpgQRnTulqY) ---
**Author:** ![GranthamDisco](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/granthamdisco/32/122_2.png) [@GranthamDisco](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/GranthamDisco)\ **Post date:** [22 November 2022 20:08 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/5 "2022-11-22T20:08:58Z")
You have to love the fact that after marrying a fan he met backstage (who worked in a record shop) they settled down in her home town of Dinnington outside of Rotherham. You can so see Augustus down Rotherham market on a saturday morning Lovely story > **[Dancer performs at Sheffield venue where her mum met pop star dad Kid Creole](https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/dancer-performs-at-sheffield-venue-where-her-mum-met-pop-star-dad-kid-creole-65399)** > > A young dancer is '˜thrilled' to perform at the same Sheffield theatre where her mum first met her pop star dad Kid Creole in 1982. ---
**Author:** ![Laechelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/laechelt/32/1599_2.png) [@Laechelt](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Laechelt)\ **Post date:** [24 November 2022 14:24 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/6 "2022-11-24T14:24:27Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/b989bb8c6980ab0822fb94ad3beb76cc3c4832a5.jpeg "Clap Your Hands") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1ncWNZeFlw) A couple I found in Vince Aletti’s _Disco Files_ ---
**Author:** ![Laechelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/laechelt/32/1599_2.png) [@Laechelt](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Laechelt)\ **Post date:** [24 November 2022 14:25 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/7 "2022-11-24T14:25:50Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/c/c950c5420f94c9ec886b1953dd3d1c22fc5cebd5.jpeg "Big Noise from Winnetka") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I68A4eBBiZ4) ---
**Author:** ![jolyon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/jolyon/32/179_2.png) [@jolyon](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/jolyon)\ **Post date:** [24 November 2022 19:55 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/8 "2022-11-24T19:55:09Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/c59632b68689dbdd47ebcf650a8f370a35fe438c.jpeg "Puttin' on the Ritz") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMstTM01m28) Always a bit of a guilty pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![John\_LordMuck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/john_lordmuck/32/44_2.png) [@John\_LordMuck](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/John_LordMuck)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2022 18:45 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/9 "2022-11-26T18:45:25Z")
As featured in the excellent TV series, Babylon Berlin (set in 1929) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/76a97ca29e66e048afa6a58f2289ed6e3ebb3fbe.jpeg "Dance Away") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUAFscozqw) ---
**Author:** ![Rodney-Bennett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/rodney-bennett/32/1109_2.png) [@Rodney-Bennett](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Rodney-Bennett)\ **Post date:** [27 November 2022 14:41 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/10 "2022-11-27T14:41:10Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/8/81f344d99b9f5d2077c082d377374c4781a7c3b2.jpeg "Ramona Brooks - Rhythm Rhapsody") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dx-BYH6C1Y) ---
**Author:** ![faust\_apes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/faust_apes/32/404_2.png) [@faust\_apes](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/faust_apes)\ **Post date:** [1 December 2022 20:00 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/11 "2022-12-01T20:00:54Z")
Super obvious answer: Sir Duke ---
**Author:** ![sampo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/sampo/32/890_2.png) [@sampo](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/sampo)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2022 06:41 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/12 "2022-12-14T06:41:47Z")
Cool song, I wish it was a little longer with a nice breakdown somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Laechelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/laechelt/32/1599_2.png) [@Laechelt](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Laechelt)\ **Post date:** [14 December 2022 17:39 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/13 "2022-12-14T17:39:25Z")
Yeah, they’re both quite short. They’re from '74-'75 before 12"/extended mixes. It made DJs work a lot harder! ---
**Author:** ![Rodney-Bennett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/rodney-bennett/32/1109_2.png) [@Rodney-Bennett](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Rodney-Bennett)\ **Post date:** [15 December 2022 10:31 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/14 "2022-12-15T10:31:14Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/30e9b45075c51cdbf253ff3c74ae94c62c51f631.jpeg "Greenskeepers - Low and Sweet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxU2yQDPO9A) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/eb2060eb26d3499dc184044653913f2cf8b1afe9.jpeg "Greens Keepers - Bang in your face") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds9j9J41iQU) How about Anne Dudley’s theme from Jeeves and Wooster? Being her, I always wondered how much of this is actually programmed rather than live. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/9c16ea00f14caabdcb84d8bd63c696e7b45448a6.jpeg "Jeeves and Wooster Intro and Outro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMkqA016VyQ) ---
**Author:** ![Samcampari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Samcampari](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Samcampari)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2022 14:44 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/15 "2022-12-17T14:44:01Z")
I don’t know if this flaps, but it definitely slaps. I could see somebody breaking out a charleston step to this [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/8/86e35df9a1c7d972b676c7d6354722ce93b7a02b.jpeg "Pal Joey - Hot Music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WASiyELvFUs) ---
**Author:** ![Rodney-Bennett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/rodney-bennett/32/1109_2.png) [@Rodney-Bennett](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Rodney-Bennett)\ **Post date:** [18 December 2022 22:37 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/flapper-disco-name-your-faves/28/16 "2022-12-18T22:37:23Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/e71311c579c0cca7a6c128e4ab8dccfa26677e5f.jpeg "That's A Plenty / Surfeit, U.S.A.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18jfUiofKA) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/1X/e71311c579c0cca7a6c128e4ab8dccfa26677e5f.jpeg "Salt Peanuts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui7qVf0z9-E) I thought someone would have added this by now: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kZQQz45W6w)