"Instant Replay" by Dan Hartman was a disco hit in 1978. This song made it to 29 on the Billboard charts. This is a great example of 1970's disco dance music. It is a really fun song! Dan Hartman wrote and produced music for many other bands, both before and after this hit. He worked with: the Edgar Winter Group (he wrote "Free Ride"), James Brown (he wrote "Living in America"), Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Tyler, Paul Young, Nona Hendryx, the Plasmatics and Steve
Winwood. Sadly, he died in 1994, but he left a legacy of some great 1970's - 1980's music behind. I found a video of this song from the 1970's that I thought you might enjoy - this was the early day of music videos! Do you remember this tune? Do you like disco music? I'd love to hear from you in the comments, below.
If you were a 1970's teen, at some point you did the hustle. This disco dance was popularized by the movie Saturday Night Fever, with John Travolta. I loved this movie, although it probably was too mature for me at the time. The music and dancing is what made the biggest impression on me.
I am pretty sure I still could do the basic hustle moves today. As a teen I even had a book about the dance moves.
I practiced this many times in the '70's. Here, for your listening pleasure, is "The Hustle" by Van McCoy (1975). Check out some of the '70's fashions in this video - parachute pants!
I'd love to hear your disco dance memories in the comments, below!
