I came home from Nam before Disco became commercial, when songs like this where played at the clubs, (Scuttlebutt, The Library) in the Philly area. Great sounds, dancing, and friends and beautiful ladies. :-)
Their music will live on and on. I am so lucky to live and in the time that this music was played at the clubs...... Although this era is gone... it will live on forever. For those of us that lived in the times we were so lucky...so lucky.
A powerful hit with terrific singers and backing which was the voice of Philadelphia......1973...it blasted out in our charts in stereo here in the UK introduced by our Top 20 DJ then Mr Tom Browne!
As soon as I first heard this in 1973.....it blew everything that had gone before out of the window......it starts with such power and style.....brilliant.
Always a classic!!!!...I was in high school, underage going to the city(NYC) to THE NICKEL BAR, & tons of places in the Village!... via amtrak with my cousins ID...Back the then all was pretty cool and calm, no pictures on drivers licences, so I was striaght!....... Miss those days... Believe it or not I still here lots of First Choices music on the West Coast when I'm out in the mix!!!...There music is/was timeless...
This is one BAD ASS song...I just picked it up today at the resale record shop for $1, on Philly Groove Records...the same label that the Delfonics were on...
Yeah, folks talk about Gloria Gaynor, "Rock The Boat," or "Rock Your Baby" as birth of disco. Well, First Choice records and some Gamble and Huff records had all the elements of disco.
This "jam" is so tight that I still get instant flash backs into the early 1970's when the "Black Action Stars" dominated the big screen. Also, this track was dedicated to the one of those stars, and his name is Jim Kelly. Yes, the 4 time "Grand National Karate Champion" and the "1971 International Middle Karate Champion." When this jam kicked off, Jim was already appearing in Enter the Dragon with Black Belt Jones and Golden Needles shortly behind. A fitting tribute to a true role model.
Back in the day, I spent many a night dancing to this music in the Allegro Bar ( near Broad and Spruce Sts. Philadelphia Pa. )Thinking of and sending a shout out to "Sagg". RIP Brother !
The first time I heard this on the radio, I knew music was changing and it was the birth of disco. This is a classic. Shame it never got the air play it deserved.
one of the many great songs played at BETTER DAYS NYC, 49th St near 8th Ave. - early 70's, still the most amazing music of my life....along with THE LOFT, THE GALLERY, PARADISE GARAGE, GALAXY 21, THE SAINT.............
Its obvious that girls and guys didnt listen to the words...GREAT SONG THAT WILL LAST FOREVER.Pretty ladies who could sing and perform and thats not seen today
Right! The disco sound actually started in 1973. We just didn't know what to call it. Barry White, The Philly sound, Carol Douglas, First Choice and Manuo Dobangu(Soul Macossa)....ect,ect. Disco has no breaks,no gaps where you have to snap your fingers to keep count.The beat doesn't change and no large turn-arounds. Anybody can dance to it. With the funk, most of the time you'd have to know the tune then work out the dance in your mind. As a result, Disco unified the nation!
Motown had peaked but wasn't done by no means , Rock was going through changes and the Philly sound was just getting started . What a ride for many years to come
It was all ATTITUDE in the dancing when you spied a sexy male at the Discoteque. A Fitting tribute to San Francisco and it's Disco Life. The Rickshaw Bistro, King Arthurs, Sir Lancelot's, The Frisco Disco, Mr. B's of broadway, The Village, the endless parties, just to name a few. This song is nostalgic whereas for a brief and decadent moment it took me there. Disco will always have a place in History and in the Souls of all who were truly there.
Very fond memories! at the Disco East St. Louis when this song came on they would put on a police & search light hitting the dance floor, mesmerizing.( sigh ) ........ We thought those days would last forever... Chuck R.I.P.!
Feels like it's May 1973 and my friends and I are hanging out on the stoop in Park Slope, Brooklyn (across the street from the 78th Precinct and literally countercorner across the street from what is now Barclays Center)!
Great track from 1973.........great year for the music of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.....O'Jays......Dexter Wansel (the architect of a lot of the music)...........love it....excellent memories of visiting my step grandfather in Kenton near Harrow....
@eureka94114 i am 35yrs old eureka and i love this stuff,my mother raised me on this kind of music,the jackson 5,the bee gees,the sylvers the list goes on and on. the 70s rule
Great Great! sound . Bring so much great time when I was younger wow I just love it. Bring teas in My eyes just thinking about all my great friends . Love it
Ron Hardy used to" beat this down" at The Music Box in Chicago. I'm still bumpin' it along with an array of choice classics. i.e. Go Bang, Was that ll it was, Deputy of love, I'm here again just to name a few. The kids today could take a lesson.
I heard this song for the first time in 1995 in a David Morales mix, and I thought it was some parody of the disco era. Turns out it is one of the earliest disco records ever. I suspect it was never released on mainland Europe. It's brilliant!
would like to see lady caca sing this this was a time when singing was a art and these girls were artists and what a back up band the two greatest bands of the disco generation
Thank you for this. I knew it wasn't Honeycone that made this song but I could not remember the groups name. I remember my sisters singing it when I was little.
The disco sound started, in the late 60's to be honest, listen to the Flirtations, even the Supremes, without the Lady Ross, Listen to Stone Love you hear the beginings of that sound, its the orchestra, THE STRINGS THAT CARRY YOU THROUGH, love First Choice, The Three degrees, very early 70's, there was this sound I think before they it called Disco, I love some the names of the clubs yall went to back then, we had The Time Machine, Romeo's The Old Plantation, The Zoo, The Purple Pussy, Pet Shop
How could anyone listen to crap I mean rap when there is music like this ????? Rochelle Fleming, Joyce Jones, and Annette Guest all born in Pennsylvania. The best music was created on The East Coast. New York City D.J. Sal Z.
I feel the same way too. The Sound of Philadelphia lives forever!!!!
I first herd this group back in 1998,when i bought MIX/MAG,it came with a free CD and they where on it and i fell in love with FIRST CHOICE.
1973-1977....music was off the chain!!
My high school years 73-77
I came home from Nam before Disco became commercial, when songs like this where played at the clubs, (Scuttlebutt, The Library) in the Philly area.
Great sounds, dancing, and friends and beautiful ladies. :-)
Their music will live on and on. I am so lucky to live and in the time that this music was played at the clubs...... Although this era is gone... it will live on forever. For those of us that lived in the times we were so lucky...so lucky.
Aah, the Sound of Philadelphia. You just can't beat it, nor any other disco music.
What a tune can't stop playing it, can't stop dancing!!
A powerful hit with terrific singers and backing which was the voice of Philadelphia......1973...it blasted out in our charts in stereo here in the UK introduced by our Top 20 DJ then Mr Tom Browne!
Haven't heard this song in about 43 years. And it's a good one.
As soon as I first heard this in 1973.....it blew everything that had gone before out of the window......it starts with such power and style.....brilliant.
I love thos recprd. Its me
😁2020'💕, Jammed!👍🏼 with this Tune on a journey at age 9 and Still Jamming!!🙌🙌🎶Armed and Dangerous🎶🙌, Thanks for Sharing!✌
All hail Philly Soul!! Just rummaging through old Billboard charts on Google Books and found this. Thanks mucho guys!!
I enjoyed hearing this song back in 1973, the year I graduated from high school. I miss the 70's because I had so much fun in back then.
Groove baby groove - this takes me back to my disco days -
With this song you can hear the disco era coming. Great times back in the day style, coolness and respect for one another.
Love this song, 1973 i was 12 years old
mark plaine OMG please don't leave me out a trip down memory lane 4SURE I was 17 yrs ode those were the good old days 4SURE! ! !
Always a classic!!!!...I was in high school, underage going to the city(NYC) to THE NICKEL BAR, & tons of places in the Village!... via amtrak with my cousins ID...Back the then all was pretty cool and calm, no pictures on drivers licences, so I was striaght!....... Miss those days... Believe it or not I still here lots of First Choices music on the West Coast when I'm out in the mix!!!...There music is/was timeless...
I sure would like to return to those days.
Thank God for this music - does anyon who was there disagree?
djjoeymay The God's Honest Truth
one of the best songs of the 70's
kenneth butler Yes indeed!
Great classic, they laid down some pretty good tracks! That Philly sound lives on ....
This is one BAD ASS song...I just picked it up today at the resale record shop for $1, on Philly Groove Records...the same label that the Delfonics were on...
Yeah, folks talk about Gloria Gaynor, "Rock The Boat," or "Rock Your Baby" as birth of disco. Well, First Choice records and some Gamble and Huff records had all the elements of disco.
This "jam" is so tight that I still get instant flash backs into the early 1970's when the "Black Action Stars" dominated the big screen. Also, this track was dedicated to the one of those stars, and his name is Jim Kelly. Yes, the 4 time "Grand National Karate Champion" and the "1971 International Middle Karate Champion." When this jam kicked off, Jim was already appearing in Enter the Dragon with Black Belt Jones and Golden Needles shortly behind. A fitting tribute to a true role model.
I remember listening to this song in '73 on Philly's Famous 56 WFIL and they had a DJ- Dangerous Dan Donovan. I wonder what happened to him?
Im 19 and I wish I was able to dance to these back I'm the 70s when no one took things so seriously and people seemed to just enjoy themselves
This one of the groups I used to love to dance to back in the 70s
i was young when it came out and I still love it today
Back in the day, I spent many a night dancing to this music in the Allegro Bar ( near Broad and Spruce Sts. Philadelphia Pa. )Thinking of and sending a shout out to "Sagg". RIP Brother !
Love this song I remember it ❤️
WOW, Talking about a DISCO OLDIE!!! LOVE IT!! THANKS FOR THE MEMORY!
Once again chelsea barracks 1973 very very good days.
The first time I heard this on the radio, I knew music was changing and it was the birth of disco. This is a classic. Shame it never got the air play it deserved.
Yesssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!! dance floor & time machine into the 70's Wow!! my older siblings used to hustle and do the bump.Those were the days
Oh wow! I haven’t heard this song in years!! Thanks for taking me back down memory lane!
one of the many great songs played at BETTER DAYS NYC, 49th St near 8th Ave. - early 70's, still the most amazing music of my life....along with THE LOFT, THE GALLERY, PARADISE GARAGE, GALAXY 21, THE SAINT.............
Its obvious that girls and guys didnt listen to the words...GREAT SONG THAT WILL LAST FOREVER.Pretty ladies who could sing and perform and thats not seen today
First Choice music brings back my weekends as a boy
Right! The disco sound actually started in 1973. We just didn't know what to call it. Barry White, The Philly sound, Carol Douglas, First Choice and Manuo Dobangu(Soul Macossa)....ect,ect.
Disco has no breaks,no gaps where you have to snap your fingers to keep count.The beat doesn't change and no large turn-arounds. Anybody can dance to it.
With the funk, most of the time you'd have to know the tune then work out the dance in your mind. As a result, Disco unified the nation!
They just dont make them this anymore thats for sure........live on forever "Philadelphia" !
Motown had peaked but wasn't done by no means , Rock was going through changes and the Philly sound was just getting started . What a ride for many years to come
It was all ATTITUDE in the dancing when you spied a sexy male at the Discoteque. A Fitting tribute to San Francisco and it's Disco Life. The Rickshaw Bistro, King Arthurs, Sir Lancelot's, The Frisco Disco, Mr. B's of broadway, The Village, the endless parties, just to name a few. This song is nostalgic whereas for a brief and decadent moment it took me there. Disco will always have a place in History and in the Souls of all who were truly there.
Very fond memories! at the Disco East St. Louis when this song came on they would put on a police & search light hitting the dance floor, mesmerizing.( sigh ) ........
We thought those days would last forever... Chuck R.I.P.!
I was 12 yrs old when this came out Love this when WBLS in NY play this I would dance all in the streets back then ! From 153rd harlem area
Those where the days my friends, sad they will never come back.
the 70s were the best, especially the clothes.
God bless the sound of Philadelphia!!!!
Feels like it's May 1973 and my friends and I are hanging out on the stoop in Park Slope, Brooklyn (across the street from the 78th Precinct and literally countercorner across the street from what is now Barclays Center)!
Great track from 1973.........great year for the music of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.....O'Jays......Dexter Wansel (the architect of a lot of the music)...........love it....excellent memories of visiting my step grandfather in Kenton near Harrow....
Great music from my high school years '71-'75.
Super Group of the 70's. Hot music.
@eureka94114 i am 35yrs old eureka and i love this stuff,my mother raised me on this kind of music,the jackson 5,the bee gees,the sylvers the list goes on and on. the 70s rule
While up in the Wirral a little boy was still 5 years away from being born - and later discovered this stuff...life was never the same....
I can't believe that this song was produced in 1973 - very much ahead of its' time.
I Love This Song.
One of the first disco records; a sound that never gets old
Great Great! sound . Bring so much great time when I was younger wow I just love it. Bring teas in My eyes just thinking about all my great friends . Love it
Armed And Extremely Dangerous
Calling all cars... calling all cars Be on the lookout for Dangerous
Dan...
This man is wanted by the F.B.I. - 10-4
Said he's dangerous, armed and extremely dangerous
The day he walked into my life he caught me with my guard down don't let him talk his sweet talk
On ya Cause I've bit on the bait that he threw, and I got hooked, don't
Let it happen to you
Said he's dangerous, armed and extremely dangerous
Said he's dangerous, armed and extremely dangerous
The day I gave into his charms who would think that he would succeed
Then go on his way leaving me here with another mouth to feed So girls if you see him, you might think that you need him He might
Look like the average guy, but he's wanted by the F.B.I.
Said he's dangerous, armed and extremely dangerous
Said he's dangerous, armed and extremely dangerous
Said he's dangerous
Your heart he'll he caress, leave your life a mess
Said he's dangerous
He don't care for nobody but his self
Said he's dangerous, armed and extremely dangerous
Said he's dangerous, armed and extremely dangerous
Look out girls, he might be
Walkin the streets right now
Said he's dangerous, extremely dangerous
Songwriters: FELDER, ALLAN WAYNE/HARRIS, NORMAN RAY
Armed And Extremely Dangerous lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
THANKS FOR THE BLAST FROM THE PAST LYRICS
Shirley Butler $$
The very beginning of this track defines how clever this music was...it hit the UK chart with a huge bang in 1973......40 years ago now.
I was 15 in 1973......now I feel very old LOL
really loved this song !!!!!!!!!!!
Robert Baker I still do!
Me too!
Ron Hardy used to" beat this down" at The Music Box in Chicago. I'm still bumpin' it along with an array of choice classics. i.e. Go Bang, Was that ll it was, Deputy of love, I'm here again just to name a few. The kids today could take a lesson.
beautiful memories
real music, Class of 73.
Martin Dodds OMG Tell it like it is when real music speaks for itself timeless indeed AMEN! !
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS AWESOME CLASSIC 4SURE! ! !
SUPER DISCO DANCE ÓTIMA LEMBRANÇA DA MÚSICA 70s.
🇧🇷⚽🏃
I love the seventies music it's off the chain
We play this in house music in Chicago, a real disco classic!
Super First Choice.
Aww, is this cover adorable or what? Great album too!
I was looking for this song for a long time I really like this song
CLASSIC!!!! SUMMER TIME 1973.MANY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES-CONEY ISLAND!!!
I heard this song for the first time in 1995 in a David Morales mix, and I thought it was some parody of the disco era. Turns out it is one of the earliest disco records ever. I suspect it was never released on mainland Europe. It's brilliant!
Always think about disco music memories of 1975
Great First Choice.
A crime that this has such few views. Absolute classic!
love this from the early 70's..heard this in Penelopies in Paignton ..
Really super I grooved to this when I was just 15
Armed & Extremely;Fantastic,Perfect!!
Tremendous song and voice....
VERY SEXY SONG I REMBER WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND LOVED STILL DO!!!!
linda paskovich
Hi Linda, it's funny I love this song too and it remember me also when I was 14 years old
JUST TO NAME A FEW......WONDERFUL.....ONE LOVE
would like to see lady caca sing this this was a time when singing was a art and these girls were artists and what a back up band the two greatest bands of the disco generation
OH MAN I HAD SO MUCH FUN DURING THIS TIME.....
Thank you for this. I knew it wasn't Honeycone that made this song but I could not remember the groups name. I remember my sisters singing it when I was little.
That's understandable 😉
great memories love this x
Beautiful musica 70.❤👍👍👍👏👏👏👏.
LOOOOOOVE THIS SONG!!
I dedicate this song to all the crazy guys I dated, especially the one who forced me to get a restraining order against him. Steven R., LMAO!
The disco sound started, in the late 60's to be honest, listen to the Flirtations, even the Supremes, without the Lady Ross, Listen to Stone Love you hear the beginings of that sound, its the orchestra, THE STRINGS THAT CARRY YOU THROUGH, love First Choice, The Three degrees, very early 70's, there was this sound I think before they it called Disco, I love some the names of the clubs yall went to back then, we had The Time Machine, Romeo's The Old Plantation, The Zoo, The Purple Pussy, Pet Shop
FC hit #28 in Bilboard, 5-26-73. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
Classic song from 1973
i live for this era .. i guess .. im stuck .. but i love first choice ....
ABSOLUTELY DISCO'S DANGEROUS...yes, it's in my Heart and in my Soul...(name that tune?)...thx - Love keeps music alive! Disco Dave, Toronto!
Wow - respect for you on many levels
How could anyone listen to crap I mean
rap when there is music like this ?????
Rochelle Fleming, Joyce Jones, and Annette Guest all born in Pennsylvania.
The best music was created on The East Coast.
New York City
D.J. Sal Z.
Bobby Eli on Guitar , Earl Young on Drums ..Norman Harris, Ronnie baker :)
The 18 thumbs down don't understand great music if it hits them on the head. Great track!
They Jealous CLUELESS IDIOTS SMDH
Had that Disco sound before Disco was out !!
god i was only 11 when this came out .. but what a classic!!