''Disco Fever'' is the eighth album by the

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-based R&B group

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, released in 1979. This was their second and last album for

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Track listing

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Gerry Goffin Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the List of Billboard number-one ...

, Mike Masser) – 5:10 #"Is Everybody Happy" (Al Ross,

Edmund Sylvers Edmund Theodore Sylvers (January 25, 1957 — March 11, 2004) was an American singer–songwriter, actor and musician. Sylvers was best known as the lead singer of the American family disco/soul music vocal group The Sylvers, which had popular su ...

Harold Faltermeyer Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer. Faltermeyer is best known for composing the "Axel F" theme for the feature film ''Beverly Hills Cop'', an influential synth-pop hit in the 1 ...

) – 3:55 #"Come and Stay All Night" (Al Ross, Edmund Sylvers, Moll, Wisnet) – 2:51 #"Dancing Right Now" (Al Ross, Edmund Sylvers, Harold Faltermeyer) – 5:38 #"Gimme Gimme Your Lovin'" (

Geoff Bastow K.I.D. was a British musician and the 1980s Italo disco musician best known for his SAM import and club hit "You Don't Like My Music (Hupendi Muziki Wangu?!)" that entered the '' Billboard'' Club charts. The name is a pseudonym used by Geoffre ...

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) – 4:36 #"I Feel So Good Tonight" (Al Ross, Edmund Sylvers, Moll, Wisnet) – 3:43 #"Hoochie Coochie Dancin'" (Geoff Bastow, Pete Bellotte) – 3:41 #"Forever" (

Giorgio Moroder Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance mu ...

, Pete Bellotte) – 4:15

Personnel

The Sylvers The Sylvers were an American R&B family vocal group from Watts, Los Angeles, California. The Sylvers were a popular act during the 1970s, recording the hit singles "Fool's Paradise", "Boogie Fever", and "Hot Line (song), Hot Line". Prior to bec ...

– backing vocals *Les Hurdle – bass *

Keith Forsey Keith Forsey (born 2 January 1948) is an English pop musician and record producer. Early life Forsey began his career as a percussionist in the mid-late 1960s as the drummer for The SpectrumCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons - The Vault - Chris ...

– drums, percussion *Mats Bjoerklund – guitar *

– keyboards, synthesizer *Gary Herbig – saxophone *Sid Sharp – strings, concertmaster * Bill Reichenbach, Dick "Slide" Hyde – trombone *Alan Vizzutti, Gary Grant, Steve Madaio – trumpet

References

External links

''Disco Fever'' at Discogs
{{Authority control 1979 albums The Sylvers albums Albums produced by Giorgio Moroder Casablanca Records albums