Boogie Down (Linda): Steppin’ Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)

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Happy New Year’s Eve eve! The time is winding down for this month, this year, and this countdown. I have to give a big shout-out to Linda for suggesting songs with “boogie” in the title, although I’m pretty sure this isn’t what she imagined…especially not that Bee Gees song! Hopefully she — and all of you who were around in the 70s — will remember this one. Steppin’ Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) - Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando Yeah, I know. By the time they had the variety show they were “Tony Orlando and Dawn.” Their first big hits, “Candida” and “Knock Three Times,” were released under the name Dawn. But at least you know who I’m talking about. This was a top ten song for them in 1974, and they had a #1 song (“He Don’t Love You [Like I Love You]”) after this. Then the TV series was canceled and the hits faded and we moved on to disco. If you hear Tony Orlando & Dawn these days, it’s either “Knock Three Times” or “Tie a Yellow Ribbon.” They had a pretty hit-filled career. Orlando is 81 and mostly retired, although he’ll still do an oldies show or two. Telma Hawkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, the two ladies who made up Dawn, are also still active. Hawkins made a good name for herself as an actress. So boogie tonight, and always! Steppin’ Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) Written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown Recorded by Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando From Dawn’s New Ragtime Follies, 1974 Won’t you straighten my tie: