A Taste Of Honey and How "Boogie Oogie Oogie" Saved a Major Record Label from Missing the Disco Boom (completely)

The Twelve Inch 157 : Boogie Oogie Oogie (A Taste Of Honey)

By 1978, disco was the dominant force in American music. Saturday Night Fever had transformed a thriving underground movement into a $4 billion industry by 1979. Record labels scrambled to cash in, eager to press anything that could set a dancefloor ablaze.

Capitol Records, one of the six major U.S. record labels, was lagging behind in the disco race. Wh…