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Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band [Original 12" Verson] - Meco (1977)

"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" was a disco single recorded by Meco, taken from the 1977 album "Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk". It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks. To date it is the biggest-selling instrumental single in the history of recorded music, being the only one ever to be certified platinum (1 million units) by the RIAA. "Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk" remakes various themes and songs from the "Star Wars" movie soundtrack into disco tunes. Meco (real name Domenico Monardo, born 29 November 1939, in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania) is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of a band or production team based around him. As a session musician he played the trombone with acts like Tommy James, Diana Ross and David Barretto. Although Meco focused on producing in the late 1970s, he contracted the horns and performed on Diana Ross' 1980 album "Diana" as a favor to producer (and neighbor) Nile Rodgers. His solo on the hit single "I'm Coming Out" is notable because of the rarity of trombone features on post-big-band-era pop records. Around 1973, Meco and Tony Bongiovi formed the production company Disco Corporation of America, and from 1974 to 1976 Meco worked as a record producer. The team of Meco, Bongiovi, Jay Ellis, and Harold Wheeler produced the 1974 Gloria Gaynor hit "Never Can Say Goodbye". On May 25, 1977, Meco watched the feature film "Star Wars" on its opening day. By the second day of its release, he had watched it four times, and he watched it several more times that weekend. He then got the idea to make a disco version of the score by composer John Williams. He contacted Neil Bogart at Casablanca Records, but only after the original score had become a huge success did Bogart agree to help Meco realize his idea. Contact was established with Millennium Records, then a Casablanca subsidiary, and this became Meco's first record company. Here Meco rejoined with Tony Bongiovi and he was also able to bring in Harold Wheeler who had also been part of the team behind "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1974. In a matter of just three weeks they arranged and recorded "Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk". Although the album was nominated for Best Instrumental Pop Performance in 1977 at the Grammys, the award ultimately went to John Williams. For a period of four months there was even a show band assembled to perform Meco's disco music in public venues. However, the band was not involved in the recording of the music. This initiative was organized by Norby Walters, a booking agent for discos. The band members later toured the U.S. and Canada as a high energy show band called Lemon Tree. This channel is dedicated to all the great 'old school' R&B music I grew up with, the stuff that originally made me tap my feet and want to be a DJ. Funk, soul, disco, R&B, dance, hip-hop, pop . . . 60s, 70s, 80s . . . whatever you call it, it's all 'Old School' and it's all here!

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