Keep on Dancing - Gary's gang

[americandiscocrash]

i know at rave's there is always the whistle guy.

i will now be, the triangle guy.

thank you triangle guy, you are my muse.

[americandiscocrash]

the triangle guy, i was won over by the triangle guy. every band needs one, noone wants one, but they should. gary was ahead of his time on this, even now he is probably ahead of the times.

[omearadaniel]

loved this somg when it came out- Still do . Haven't heard it for ages

[RayL1983]

God this is crap. I came here because it was connected with a Studio 54 mix. How on Earth did anyone take this seriously? It is childish like Mary Had A Little Lamb.

[weddingsforever]

@RayL1983 Don't make fun. I still have that triangle. That actually is pretty funny shit. My kids crack up looking at this. I think I am embarrassed seeing myself. I wish I still kept the same weight as in 1979

[briwolfe1]

I have a 45 of this one, but I'd love to find it on CD.

[HammerCharlesMartel]

"Knock Me Out" is great but i can't believe this shitty song is made by the same band.

[john111257]

great memories

[skattbro]

Flawless...



[55102]

beautiful era the disco

[msucop31]

The guy on the Xylophone..WTF? lol I remember watching AB on saturdays and thinking to myself "I don't hear an acoustic guitar anywhere in this song?!"

[weddingsforever]

@msucop31 Not true. There is absolutely acoustic guitar on this song. I should know. I was there

[mendocruise]

Gloria brought the Machine!!! this puts me to sleep....

[lennymac100]

HT DISCO TRACK .MISS THOSE DAYS.

[voca5ciuda78a81]

Cauntos recuerdos de aquellas tocadas en la Ciuda

[knightsbb]

AMERICAN BANDSTAND WAS ON EVERY SAT 1:00 BOSTON TIME

WHAT MEMORIES !!!!!

[MsAussielass]

Mate, I have not heard this one in ages. I am already dancing!

[mr1980smusic]

in the same league as nick straker band both are brilliant funk disco bands with great harmonies with there catchy tunes

[truesilvermoon]

Oh man been lookin for this tune for a while. Love YouTube!

[TheTkirk]

That guy just doesn't look right holding that guitar with that song!!!1

[RMCKIE]

Reminds of the great days of radio Luxembourg.

[weddingsforever]

music from the 70's. Ahh!!!

[weddingsforever]

Nothing like the music from the 70'2

[Elisabeth1903]

Didn't know they were white!

[meyerj75]

Butthead: This is that group that has Brian Wilson, Billy Crystal and the Kids from Fame.

Beavis: Yeah! It's a SUPERCOOL group! Heh! Heh!

[VTMCompany]

my all-time favorite from the disco days era...i was there...'live'

[mamboking45]

Great dance music Hustle where"s my parter Disco George Rochester ,NY

[DECOLORES1861]

lo maximo.... recuerdos de mi coleccion de lps. PERU IN KILLEEN/FORT HOOD TEXAS. RMH

[5pugmom]

Why did disco die? Loved dancing to a frenzy and this was one of the songs!

[aalakfan]

this song bring back so many good memories. being young in the late 70's was heaven. no gangs or guns in the club just young ppl gettin their boogie on.

[smileyworld12]

Keep On Dancing" was and still is one of the best dancing songs I have ever heard... Gary"s Gang is Awesome.

[ElsHouse]

When I was a kid, growing up in the hood, anything remotely sounding like "fucking" i usually thought that was what was being said. That said, as a 7 yr old I thought the chorus line was "Keep on dancing to the fucking music." Of course my old man tried to correct me but I was not having it (LOL)! It says "fucking music" dad!

[parisarObasjohn]

@ElsHouse

me too : any song with 'funky' sounded like 'fucking'

fucking town, etc...

[shanahanism]

i wonder how many people hung themselves in the 70s after hearing this awful piece of crap

[ejools]

I'm back at the disco now with my pegs on.

[tempohyeah]

Those were the "overalls" days

[lanchi22]

i have than single .. i seed

[vigodiman]

me voy a chingar un porro

[55102]

unforgettable the disco era

[discovery781]

i always thought they were black

[xBANZAIx808]

triangle ftw

[billsmokinweed]

Singer Joseph Tucci looks like Al Pacino in Carlito's Way.

[Abdurazz]

Just listen 2 those screams ...particularly at 2:38.....when us the last time u heard people FEEL the music like that??? I was only 9 here, but I LOVED the music!!!

[ralph459]

I am rolling at the dude playing the triangle!!!

[oyealdo]

Disco Dancin' Memories Fun Song

[mrob75]

At high school dances, the kids would literally yell and scream at the opening notes to this song! Then we'd RUN out to the dancefloor...EVERYONE wanted to dance to this thing!!!

[Gunnercv]

funky groove

[10Dec1971]

WOW!! I remember this song. I was in first grade when it came out. Happy memories. LOVED disco. Actually, I still do and always will.

Dawn

[Blkmphl]

one of my all time favorite songs

[alfredjc1]

kingsborogh college 1979

[1nine79]

Gary's gang, AWESOME!!!!!!! thanks!

[discotime79]

I saw this show when it originaly aired on american bandstand. this song was one of those monster hit disco songs. came out at the peak of the disco explosion.

[hewho12000]

another influence, this is a bad version but I gotta let it go, the guy in the Beard is Eric Matthews,the funny part is he is playing every instrument you hear, a Genius when it came to production,cept he did not want any one to know him, this song was 1 of those gems of the early 80's

[coffeemug2]

@hewho12000 His name is Joe Tucci not Eric Matthews.

[nycboyforlife]

@coffeemug2 I know he is Italian.

[bebatouzyana]

bonita cancion muy relax dice angelica el butman

[abreubamba]

el de saco blanco, camisa negra es el Bambino Veira???? BELLEZA TOTAL NENNNNEEE !!!!! hace 1 año

[dlozadac]

excelente recuerdo...

[kardaoelegance]

ALPHA FM 101,7 (São Paulo),todos os sábados ás 22:00 .Tem... "DISCO CLASSICS"!!!!!!!!!!

[fabfabregas1]

great

[kimmy1984]

Great song!!!

[aklanpinoy1]

classic!!!

[marialissa]

I saw Garys gang do this live at al ittle club called Butterflies in the Bronx in 79. My friends dad owned the joint we were only in 5th grade thought we were so cool! Great memories

[JiveAss666]

fags

[primaveraIII]

Qué tiempos aquellos!!

Lindo!!

[mirabal36]

thank you so much for posting, Happy New Year

[fastolph76]

como me gustaba esta cancion cuando era niño

hasta ahora se kien la canta...wooow

[mokacode]

Dublin...August 79.....

[josealonsoleon]

Wow you must be really old dude!!

[mokacode]

I was really young back then!!....

[edithosan]

American Bandstand with Dick Clark one of my favs programs on Saturday after cartoons

[jason75]

I remeber in the 70;s my mom used to play this record to get siked up to go disco dancing...

[speedoflite1]

Ahhh, dancin' at the Library in Bala under the disco ball lights.

[sanjulianxxii]

Perhaps the most under rated DISCO SONG EVER, the sound was great in thos edays, nothing was sounding like this song!

[fairfax17]

If you feel as I do then give me a shout out. Why in the hell did they say disco died because on any given night at a good club with the disco sound and lights we'll be shaking our boodies all across the floor and no body but us could dance all night from one song to the next and I mean 12 inch singles about 50 in a roll, damn right I was a disco lady and I shook it up and down and then all around. and a lots of fat girls was in the disco sweatin and shit lol.

[harlembreaker131]

We guess to say that there was a "conspiracy" behind the hypnotic vertigo-like rumor about "disco being dead". The people of those days got caught up in the financial decision (by the Corporates) to introduce NEW franchising music. The majors are falsely practicing god-like works on earth, so surely they have the power to tear down to build up again! I believe this may have been the case with disco music. MJ's Off The Wall had signs of what was to come ... along with the NYC street "hip hop"

[castertunes1967]

a cool song...almost forgot about it

[DISCOVEGASGUY]

Memories... a sniff of poppers, a great disco song, flashing lights, pounding beats, bare-chested men.... miss those days !

[kezzer2]

I had my medallion on...and chest wig...great times!

[TheMAYRENE]

i agree with bazooka7979 i was there did it all

[morrisman64]

LOVE THIS SONG!@!

[Passionbandit]

No. 1 song back in the day

[ANDYBOY656]

I hate when they do playback

[Melegorm]

Hey, long time no hear Gary's Gang ! Thanks for this :-)

[bazooka7979]

Disco, coke and unprotected sex....those were the days......

[retroguy1976]

haha for me eating strained peas pooping in my diaper and taking my first steps hahaha

[UpperRegister]

Hahahaha I was thinking exactly the same thing lol

[shadow9339]

@bazooka7979 Here Here!!! Cheers to our youthful days!

[lennymac100]

@bazooka7979 u ain't nvr lied my man(lol)

[MultiplicityMe]

@bazooka7979 Nowadays the music is bad, the drugs are tainted and unprotected sex will kill you! lol Sucky-ducky!

[kabutops1994]

awesome!!!!!

[Risse227]

I was 11 when this came out. We used to have our Friday night family jams off of this.

[westpalmbeach3]

What a honor to be living in the city this band was from "QUEENS New York"

Whoever doesn't dance this song in a party is because is missing both legs!

I love this song, love the beat and love that man..............

[80musiclover]

great song great era love it..

[sardhouse76]

much respect for the disco era. the biggest era

[farmereddy11]

this reminds me of royalty southgate north london pure memorys..

[aj1962]

ahhh Royalty - Sweet

[getsumharley]

AWESOME ERA. LOVED IT THANKS

[niallkennedy23]

this video is excellent, i have no doubt that these were probably the coolest people on the earth at that particular time, a claim i will most likely never be able to make, however..........with the glorious benefit of hindsight we can all have a good fucking laugh, except the woman at 0.06 seconds who sounds as if she's being disembowled.

i will be dancing to this funky music for a long time, i want this played at my funeral as i'm being lowered into the burner at the crematorium....etc..etc

[MrLaburnum12]

heard this for the first time last night on Sirus Radio

[dreadtodred]

saw this show the same day.peace

[radiodjfureal]

I was a kid when this song came out

12 yrs old and learned how to do the latin hustle to this song lol..won first place in school awesome thank you for posting

[yoenvideo]

Reminds of the great Disco days in Miami... oh what memories. I should write a book!

[honeygood2]

im from Miami, i used to go to pete and lennys and flanigans in nmb/// u???

[DEEDUBB1979]

I just bought this a few days ago. I bought this double cd ot their greatest hits. It includes the 12'' version of this song. Great disco dancing song.

[serel69do]

DONDE PUEDO OBTENER ESTO EN MP3????

no hay en Ares....

[Rudote63]

si esta en ares

[cuellar15]

bueno

[benniebenbenny]

Less cowbell......more triangle!!

[stingroyce]

love the guy with the triangle. lead singer kinda looks like dave grohl of foo fighters

[leskenne]

A main Wolverhampton funkateer tune. oh the memories ktf

[79disco]

One of the greatest disco songs around :)

[jchv44]

Un tema muy completo de la musica disco,mùsica negra en estado puro.1979 un año màgico.

[Rudote63]

el pedo es qno hay ningun negro en la banda jajajajajaj

[rahdezh]

Es una canción que te hace recordar momentos increíbles en 1979... una de las mejores piezas disco de la época.

[eyelashwine]

Made by the producer Eric Matthews who produced Sharon Redd, Sinnamon, as well...

good disco sonds

[jnfr2424]

I just went to a party recently and the dance floor was hot when this track came on! Love it !

[hageir]

Oh man, I just found the original album on vinyl at the local goodwill store, sweeeeet! :)

[marcelogiovannini]

É isso ai, beleza de música, beleza de época, que momento maravilhoso !!!

[uzipolo]

i didnt know white people sung it........amazing!! they used toplay this song on soul train in the late 70's and iloved it then i never knew the name of the group but this performance wants me want to go out and get thier stuff this is a geat jam uzi polo-king of decatur

[calstler]

"Uzi Polo-King Of Decatur"

That's a sweet title, dude!

[ktrain2008]

i had no idea that it was whites either......but still a tight groove.

[yellowhammer200]

What a wonderful song this is,oh the memories! That whole sound,you just know it was like 1979 all over! I was only 4years old at the time,but such was the quality of songs back then i can remember dancin me lil tush off to it in my garden when mum was playing it on the old wireless :) it was a top 10 hit here in the UK btw,number 8 it hit im sure.

[ktrain2008]

tight joint.

[abreubamba]

el de saco blanco,camisa negra es el bambino veira???? BELLEZA TOTAL NENNNNEEE!!!!!

[alexvazquez63]

la mejor musica, ayer, hoy y siempre

[astronautagogo]

"Runaway", is by far my favorite by em.

[tete63bcn]

La mejor época de la música disco sin duda!!

[SAKER1ER]

texassoul is an idiot!

[texassoul]

This is the kind of song that gave disco music a bad name....absolutely horrible!

[tmontyb]

One of my all time favorite songs. That edit is rough though, but of course Bandstand never let anyone sing a whole song.

[flavioedmundoramos]

Linda musica que tiempos aquellos

[smoothpants]

I didn't know they hit Bandstand. I always thought this song was some underground joint. I LOVE this cut!

[PolskaRezystans]

Well, they hit #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 with this song & hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music chart, so they're not that obscure. However, the mainstream media never talks about them, so I guess that makes them pretty obscure.

[MusicManKevin]

Dick Clark was a huge supporter of disco music during this period of Bandstand. He admitted in one of his biographies that disco is his favorite genre of music.

[babystrange]

I remember this performance and used to dance a to this when a kid in junior high.

[dillwan1]

hahaha my uncle alfred was one of the key board players :)

[SparkyLT]

is he with the number on his shirt or with the Eugene Levy afro?

[lucite53]

dillwan1 is Alfred really your Uncle?

How is Al doing? I have not seen him in years. He is somehow related to my husband.

[dillwan1]

i havnt really seem him since the last family reunon but he would always play the keyboard at the reunions but he is doing well and yes he is the one with the number jersey on

[LAgirl4life]

I saw Garys gang on a disco dance show back in 78.. I was at Fox studios in Hollywood and these guys were the guests.

[mbatchelor]

This song has been a favorite since I was a kid, and it was on one of those Ronco compilations called "Pure Disco." I wore that LP down to nothing until the advent of the Internet when I was able to once again find all my favorite Disco Songs. Disco Lives Forever!

[Makewood]

I think this is from 1978 not 1979, the LP also indicates 1978.

[primeralives]

Nope Makewood, it was 1979 and I use to hear it when I was a Marine at Camp Pendleton that year.

[Makewood]

hmm..if I understand correctly, you believe since you heard this song on the radio in 1979it could not have come out in 1978? You can believe what you want, but the 12 inch did come out in 1978. The song actually hits number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on February 17, 1979, but that would account for time for it to climb through all the other great hits around at that time.

[primeralives]

Ok dude,no problem friend. Maybe it did. I was in Boot camp in the Marines in 78 so maybe it did come out then. We didn't get to hear any music in there. I just thought it came out in 79.

[dooktango]

you are correct. the 12in did indeed come out in the summer or fall of 1978.

[lucite53]

This song was released on a small obscure label in 1978. It was picked up by Columbia records and did not become a blowout hit till 1979. However it did get airplay in 1978

[wisenatts]

I haven't heard this in years. I don't know anything about this particular group. I also thought that they were black( not that race matters where great music is concerned)and they reminded me of of the British group Heatwave. Thank you so much for providing us 40 somethings with a bit of nostalgia. Don't the years just go so quickly?

[CelticSaxon]

I agree with everything you have said. :-)

[MARKD1979]

november 1978 i meant!

[MARKD1979]

This was first released on the independent new york SAM label in november 1979,before being picked up by cbs in early '79.

[MsCin1]

Man, I remember watching this live!!! It was summer 79...I remember where I saw this too :()

[PumaDown]

I first heard this song a few years ago when i was watching 54 and been in love with it every since...a true classic!

[cremau10]

play back

[JOHNBOWEN1956]

I heard this song didn't make it quite to the top 40. That's a shame. Not a bad disco song at all.

[Bronx1115]

I thought this was a Black group. Wow, youtube is something else. I would have never known.

[DMF6666]

I know a song of Gary's gang and it begins

just like this one...they called it the show?

is that so? is it one youtube ? pls let me know

any one thnx.

dude from Holland (Netherlands)

[lucite53]

It's called SHOWTIME and it's on youtube.

[DMF6666]

TYVM lucite53

[Pat38s2]

This song hit the British Charts and rose to the number 15 spot. How I'm not sure even in that great musical era.

[ajaxhh]

Need more triangle...Wicked !!!

[jaegermexman]

I was youtubing something for my job and came across this. Man, I've tears in my eyes remembering how much fun the 70's were. Was in 12th grade in 1979 and that was the best year for disco music. We would dance all night, then go to school after, literally. Be at a party until 6 am, the make it to school by 8 am. Where did all that energy go? But I must say, don't regret one minute of it and would relive it the same way.

[lucite53]

Bob. I would have to say that Joe Tucci was the band leader and sole creator of the Garys Gang Album. You as a performing band member were an assett to the group, but Tucci was the true talent.

[weddingsforever]

You are 100% correct. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. It was Joe along with Gary that conceived the and executed the whole idea. When Joe and Gary elected not to tour with the band to promote Gary's Gang I was left basically in control of the band on the road and to make sure we got to the places we were suppose to be. 1979 was a very fun year. It's almost 30 years ago but it seems like yesterday

[lucite53]

I can't believe it was 30 years ago. It really went to fast and that whole disco era was a blast.  You were such a big part of making disco history. I guess once Gary and Joe stopped touring you were the bandleader...Great memories.

[carlitos331]

Love the 70s

[mgrella63]

Bob Thanks for such a great song !! It takes me way back to a wonderful time in my life Keep on dancin!! dancin and romancin

[discoguy79]

did this chart pop?

[PolskaRezystans]

It came very close to the Top 40, at #41.

[lucite53]

Keep on Dancin made it to the top 40 on the hot 100 billboard chart and was #1 on the billboard dance chart

[discoguy79]

actually it didnt make top 40 if it hit #41, it was close though. and it did make #1 on the dance/disco charts in jan of 79

[lucite53]

#37 on Billboard's National Top 40

#11 on Billboard's National R & B Chart

#1 on Billboard's National Dance Chart

These are the facts

[discoguy79]

thats correct, but #37 pop is not top 40. thats a fact.

[discoguy79]

i appologize, #37 pop is top 40, however,this record did not reach #37 pop, where are u getting your facts from? they are incorrct, my info is from "top 40 hits, from 1955-present" its every record that ever charted on billboards pop top 40 chart.and garys gang is not listed anywhere in the top 40 chart.

[lucite53]

"Keep On Dancin'" was on America's Top 40 with Casey Casem -- He only went by Billboards Chart. I have to research this myself...

[discoguy79]

it may have been "cashbox", that was a magazine like billboard, some records charted higher in cashbox magazine than in billboard

[discoguy79]

according to joel whitburn publisher of "billboards top 40 hits" from 1955 to present, published in 1992, any record that reached a position of 40 or higher, is noted in this book, many records stalled at 41, just missing the top 40 position, Garys gang is NOT listed anywhere in this book, therefore garys gang did not have a top 40 hit with "keep on dancin". im not making this up.

[discoguy79]

no it didnt lucite53, i have the book in front of me, it did not make top 40, it may have made the hot 100, but it DID NOT make top 40. yes it was #1 on the dance chart in jan of 79

[lucite53]

I did a search it came in at #41 on the top 100. However Casey Casem who only did top 40 on his show put the song at #37 on the hot 100. Somewhere someone made any error.