In 1974 we had an early example of a disco record in the charts and it's pretty well known that by the late 70s many soul artists from years gone by were putting out disco records instead.
There's no disco records this time, but many of the soul records appear to be at least disco inspired. The top record is an example of this, though Sweet Sensation would have no more Top 40 hits after 2nd hit "Purely By Coincidence". Yes it is essentially "Sad Sweet Dreamer" part 2 but I do still like it.
The Stylistics era of Bell/Creed being songwriters was no over and they were now into the Hugo & Luigi era. Some say this was the end for them, but I think they were still making decent records such as "Star On A TV Show".
Mac & Katie Kissoon were very much the pop side of soul music and they were making their debut with "Sugar Candy Kisses" which is pleasant enough. Same goes for the final Love Unlimited hit "It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring)".
Stevie Wonder had a solid record in "Boogie On Reggae Woman" which despite the title is a funk record rather than reggae. Below is a record from the Northern soul scene "Shoorah! Shoorah!" which was average at best.
An example of Northern soul starting to lose it's way though was "Footsee" by Wigan's Chosen Few which is as bad as it's made out to be. It's not as bad as novelty record record "Black Superman (Muhammed Ali)" by Johnny Wakelin which in turn isn't as bad as former Eurovision winner Dana making a comeback with the abysmal "Please Tell Him That I Said Hello".
In the 80s Australia famously gave us Kylie and Jason in the music charts. In 1975 they gave us Helen and Kevin, though I'm not aware of collaborations between them. Helen Reddy had her only hit with "Angie Baby" which I find rather dull. Kevin Johnson had his only hit with "Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)" which is slightly better but still a bit dull.
I've been waiting for the 70s slump and it looks like it's finally happened.
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