Black Light Orchestra

Black Light Orchestra was a Canadian disco band, active in the late 1970s.[1] The band's core members were producers Michel Daigle and Dominic Sciscente, and singer Patrick Norman, along with several studio collaborators.[2][3]

Black Light Orchestra
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresDisco
Years active1976-1980
LabelsRCA Records
MembersMichel Daigle
Dominic Sciscente
Patrick Norman
Alan Rubin
Bob Babbitt
Charles Collins
George Young
Jon Stroll
Larry Washington
Michael Brecker
Michael Tschudin
Randy Brecker
Ray Knehnetsky
Stephen A. Love
Tom Malone
Tony Bell

History

In 1977, the band released the album, Once Upon a Time...,[4][5] and the title track appeared on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart[6] and briefly on the Top Singles chart.[7] Their self-titled 1978 album was listed among the RPM Top 100 Albums in 1978.[8]

The group released another album, This Time, in 1979.[9] The band's best known dance club singles at this time were "Touch Me Take Me"[10] and "Morricone (A Man and His Harmonica)", a disco remix of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to the film Once Upon a Time in the West.[10]

The band was signed to RCA Canada.[11]

They garnered three Juno Award nominations over the course of their career, for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1977, for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1978,[12][13] and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1979.

Discography

Albums

  • Once Upon A Time... (1977), RCA Victor
  • This Time (1979)

Singles

  • "L'homme à L'harmonica / "Il Était Une Fois Dans L'Ouest" / "Le Bon, La Brute Et Le Truand" (1977)
  • "Loving You" (1977)
  • "Let's Try Once Again" / "Touch Me, Take Me" (1977)
  • "Sheila" (1977)
  • "A Man And His Harmonica" / "Once Upon A Time In The West" / "Theme From Black Light" (1978)

References
  1. "Canadians Honor RCA and Polydor". Billboard, December 17, 1977.
  2. "Canadian Acts Win Acceptance South of Border". Billboard, May 5, 1979.
  3. "RCA Canada Eyes Rock Signings". Billboard, March 24, 1979.
  4. "Black Light Orchestra – Once Upon A Time..." discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. "Disco". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  6. "Adult Contemporary". RPM - Volume 28, No. 19 Feb 04, 1978
  7. "Top Singles". RPM - Volume 28, No. 13. Dec 24, 1977
  8. "Top Albums/CDs" - Volume 28, No. 19. Feb 04, 1978
  9. "Black Light Orchestra – This Time". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  10. Alan Jones; Jussi Kantonen (1 September 2000). Saturday night forever: the story of disco. A Cappella Books. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-55652-411-0.
  11. "Label Product Balance". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 29 October 1977. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. "The Junos: Hill and Cummings the frontrunners". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1978.
  13. "A History of Best New Artist". The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Canada, April 5, 2003, Page: 116
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