THE HOT ONES [1978]

By popular demand, HERC is proud to present K-tel's The Hot Ones!  From 1978, this double-album set has eighteen Top 40 hits, including eight Top 10s.  Three of the songs are from the previous year's Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album.  His five favorite songs from The Hot Ones are:

The Hot Ones is one record of Adult Contemporary crossovers and the second record is made up of R&B and Disco crossovers, more or less.  HERC didn't pick this album up until 1985 but it was still sealed and mixed in with the other new albums at a going out of business Gemco department store.  



HERC's favorite record to listen to in the set was the second one, hands down.  On the rare occasion he'd play record one, he would get to the opening notes of the third song before lifting the needle and putting record two on.  HERC never ever liked The Golden Girls or their appropriated theme song.  Let's run The Hot Ones through the K-Tel Scale and see what happens.

The Hot Ones (1978)
K-tel Scale:
26.71
Billboard Top 40s
PopR&BDISCOACCBWLS
If I Can't Have YouYvonne Elliman1919
Imaginary LoverAtlanta Rhythm Section72099
Thank You For Being A FriendAndrew Gold25151130
We Just DisagreeDave Mason12191525
Sometimes When We TouchDan Hill31046
We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye AgainEngland Dan & John Ford Coley911428
Before My Heart Finds OutGene Cotton23316
Living Next Door To AliceSmokie252418
This Time I'm In It For LovePlayer102013
The Name Of The GameABBA12916
Boogie ShoesKC & the Sunshine Band352933
Let's All ChantMichael Zager Band3615125
FlashlightParliament161153
Disco InfernoThe Trammps1191823
Best Of My LoveThe Emotions111111
It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to MeBarry White415717
Don't Worry Baby*B.J. Thomas1721319
Thunder IslandJay Ferguson9614

HERC totally called it on the composition of the two records. The score is disappointing but expected and even swapping out the Billboard and Cashbox chart positions wouldn't have yielded much better results.  As they had done with nearly every other double disc album they put out,  K-Tel issued each record under separate cover, as The Hot Ones Vol. 1 and The Hot Ones Vol. 2.   

US
Canada
There was a Canadian version released earlier than its American counterpart -  the copyright date is 1977.  What stands out aboot this Canadian version of The Hot Ones is the lack of overlap with the tracklisting of the US album; there are only four songs in common between the two albums and the Canadian arm of K-Tel even tosses in a nineteenth track.

The Hot Ones (1978) CAN
K-tel Scale:
16.88
Billboard Top 40s
PopR&BDISCOACCBWLS
Just The Way You AreBilly Joel3122
Imaginary LoverAtlanta Rhythm Section72099
Don't Worry BabyB.J. Thomas1721319
I'm Gonna Take Care Of EverythingRubicon2831
Boogie ShoesKC & the Sunshine Band352933
MargaritavilleJimmy Buffett8178
Lady LoveLou Rawls2452019
Before My Heart Finds OutGene Cotton23316
Coming HomeIan Thomas Band
I Just Want To Be Your EverythingAndy Gibb119811
Rock 'N Roll Is A Vicious GameApril Wine
What Would My Mama SayToulouse
I Need Somebody TonightFosterchild
Sweet MiseryTeaze
I Can't Stand The RainEruption18619
Baby Come BackPlayer1102014
Heaven On The 7th FloorPaul Nicholas62354
Serene SereneGreg Adams
Stay Awhile With MePatsy Gallant

1 comment:

  1. It is incomprehensible to me that my favorite disco tune, "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman, didn't break into the disco chart. I'm going to blame a fault in chart methodology.

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