Letters to the Editor
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One Glaring Omission
No list can ever be complete and there will always be inclusions and omissions that music lovers will point out. I thought the list was pretty complete. However, to add my two cents I must make certain that the song "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston is recognized. Quite simply the best disco song of all time. I believe the original version was done by Teddy Pendergrass when he was with Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes and a more recent version, done in an almost gospel style, was done by Jimmy Sommerville, who was in Bronksky Beat. But the Thelma Houston version is the classic, with its stirring and slow introduction, gradually building up powerfully with pure eroticism. No song from the disco era ever got a bigger reaction from the dancers when the dj started that song up. Without question, the best disco song ever.