ROCK THE BOAT BY FORREST M. THOMAS

A lot of disco re-makes are hokey.  This isn't one of them.  It was awfully brave to even consider doing this song over.  After all it was one of the first huge disco hits on the pop charts.  Back when the word disco was not even being used The Hues Corporation shot up to #1 with Rock the Boat.  It also charted in other countries especially the U.K. where it went Top 10.  Unfortunately it's release came just a few months before the Disco charts had even been instituted.

It was 1982 and disco wasn't exactly in vogue but the Ben Liebrand produced release out of Holland brought us right back to Studio 54.  Sung by Forrest Thomas a Texan transplanted to Holland it proved to be a disco smash taking it up to #9 on the Billboard Dance Charts in the states only 8 years after the success of the original.

ROCK THE BOAT EXTENDED DANCE MIX
HOT TRACKS 14 MINUTE MIX
HOT TRACKS REMIX MEDLEY