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The Original Disco Duck

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The Original Disco Duck is the debut album by American DJ Rick Dees, released in 1977, and includes the hit single "Disco Duck".

The Original Disco Duck
A cartoon duck dancing
Studio album by
Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
Released1977 (1977)
Recorded1976
Studio
  • Shoe Productions Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
  • Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, United States (overdubs)
  • Clover Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States (overdubs)
GenreDisco, novelty[1]
Length36:05
LanguageEnglish
LabelRSO
ProducerBobby Manuel

Critical reception

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The editorial board of AllMusic Guide gave this album four out of five stars, with reviewer JT Griffith calling it "a fun novelty record, but not a classic comedy album".[1] Rolling Stone gave the release one star out of five.[2] Billboard declared the album an "utterly inane disk that does not lack charm and merit".[3]

Record World said that the second single "Dis-Gorilla" was "every bit as outrageous [as 'Disco Duck'] and could be every bit the hit."[4] "Dis-Gorilla" did not repeat the success of "Disco Duck", only reaching #56 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Disco Duck (Part I Vocal)" (Rick Dees) – 3:10
  2. "Barely White (That'll Get It Baby)" (Dees and Bobby Manuel) – 3:45
  3. "Bionic Feet" (Dees and Manuel) – 3:12
  4. "Flick the Bick" (Dees and Manuel) – 4:54
  5. "Disco Duck (Part II Instrumental)" (Mark Blumberg, Manuel, and Lester Snell) – 3:03
  6. "Dis-Gorilla" (Shelly N. Fisher, Willie Hall, and Manuel) – 3:05
  7. "Doctor Disco" (Dees and Manuel) – 4:50
  8. "Bad Shark" (Earl Donelson, Filson Bryant Hawkes, Manuel, James McGehee, Snell, and Peter Vescovo) – 4:17
  9. "He Ate Too Many Jelly Donuts" (Dees) – 3:02
  10. "The Peanut Prance" (Dees, Margaret Kerr, and Manuel) – 2:47

Personnel

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  • Rick Dees – vocals
  • Andy Black – recording
  • Scott Blake – backing vocals
  • Mark Blumberg – horn and string arrangements
  • William Brown – backing vocals
  • Diane Davis – backing vocals
  • Helen Duncan – backing vocals and percussion
  • Phyliss Duncan – backing vocals and percussion
  • David Foster – ARP synthesizer
  • Jay Grayden – ARP programming
  • Ray Griffin – bass guitar
  • Willie Hall – drums and percussion
  • Susan Herr – art direction
  • Jim Kirk – photography
  • Johnny Lee – illustration
  • Pat Lewis – backing vocals
  • Bobby Manuel – lead and rhythm guitar, percussion, production
  • Carl Marsh – backing vocals
  • The Memphis Horns – horns
    • Ben Cauley
    • Lewis Collins, Jr.
    • Charles Findley
    • Jack Hale
    • Dick Hyde
    • J. J. Kelson, Jr.
    • Andrew Love
    • Don Menza
    • James Mitchell
  • The Memphis Symphony – strings
  • Gimmer Nicholson – rhythm guitar and slide guitar
  • Tom Nikosey – design and typography
  • Larry Nix – mastering at Ardent Mastering, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
  • Ken Pruitt – backing vocals
  • Swain Schaeffer – piano
  • Lester Snell – clavinet, electric piano, horn and string arrangements
  • Moog-Winston Stewart – ARP programming
  • Jerry "Joker" Thompson – assistant engineering
  • Warren Wagner – recording and remixing at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California, United States
  • Rose Williams – backing vocals

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Griffith, JT. "Rick Dees – The Original Disco Duck". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  2. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 134. ISBN 9780394721071.
  3. ^ "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 5. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 25, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "Billboard Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. February 5, 1977. p. 72. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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