Kool & The Gang as One

In the 1970s, America was one nation under a groove as an irresistible new style of music took hold of the country - funk. The music burst out of the black community at a time of self-discovery, struggle and social change. Funk reflected all of that. It has produced some of the most famous, eccentric and best-loved acts in the world - James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone, George Clinton's Funkadelic and Parliament, Kool & the Gang and Earth, Wind & Fire.

Every so often, a piece of music comes along that defines a moment in popular culture history: Johann Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus did this in Vienna in the 1870s; Jerome Kern's Show Boat did it for Broadway musicals of the 1920s, and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album served this purpose for the era of psychedelic music in the 1960s. Saturday Night Fever, although hardly as prodigious an artistic achievement as those precursors, was precisely that kind of musical phenomenon for the second half of the '70s. Ironically, before its release, the disco boom had seemingly run its course, primarily in Europe, and was confined mostly to black culture and the gay underground in America. Saturday Night Fever, as a movie and an album, plus a brace of hit singles off of it, suddenly made disco explode into mainstream, working- and middle-class America with a new immediacy and urgency, increasing its audience ten-fold overnight.

The Ultimate Collection: Classic Pop is an amazing 100 track collection of some of the biggest and best classic pop songs from the last 50 years or so. With great songs and fabulous artists covering every genre and era; from the unforgettable 70s pop of Abba “Mamma Mia”, through to Kool & The Gang’s 80s dancefloor anthem “Celebration”. From The Moody Blues 60s classic “Nights In White Satin” right through to 90s Britpop including Pulp’s “Common People” not forgetting contemporary favourites such as Lady Gaga “Poker Face”, will.i.am and Britney Spears “Scream & Shout” and Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”. This incredible compilation gathers together the ultimate classic pop collection from the past six decades in one 5CD box set.

The Hits Album: Floorfillers: Disco Nights brings together some of the most popular and defining dance classics and chart crowd pleasers. We start off this collection with disco megahits such as Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland”, Boney M’s “Daddy Cool”, and Rose Royce’s “Car Wash” and continue the party with more floorfillers from Diana Ross, Heatwave, Odyssey and Baccara… You can sing along in the car or have your very own disco at home. Over 60 timeless anthems to keep the party jumping including Kool & The Gang, Blondie, Billy Ocean, Voyage, The Emotions, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes and many more

2009 three CD collection. How do you like your Funk, y'all? Streetwise, southern fried or paaarty? You'll find them all here as this collection of original rare grooves brings you Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, Funkadelic, Bobby Womack, Mavis Staples and many other true funky legends. Sure to satisfy, this is funky perfection on plastic! Includes informative notes on all songs featured. 60 tracks.

Disco music started as an urban phenomenon in the middle of the decade, died off, then (thanks to the movie Saturday Night Fever suddenly exploded into an exponentially more popular suburban phenomenon. As a result, the genre has two histories one as a dance-club style which appealed to the fringes of society and only occasionally poked its head into the top 40, and another as a cultural movement that dominated pop radio so completely it created its own monumental backlash. This list of the biggest disco records of all time takes both audiences into account.