Deputy of Love explained

Deputy of Love
Artist:	Don Armando
Released:	1979
Genre:	Disco
Label:	ZE

"Deputy of Love" is a 1979 disco single by Don Armando.

Background

The words and music were composed by Ron Rogers,^[1] a songwriter from the South Bronx, who also played piano on the Ze Records recording. Rogers went on to write and produce several other dance records.^[2] The song went to number one on both U.S. and international Billboard Disco Charts, becoming the last single to hit the top spot during the 1970s,^[3] but did not reach either the US Billboard Hot 100 or Billboard R&B chart. The vocalist on "Deputy of Love", Fonda Rae, was later successful on the dance and soul charts during the 1980s.

External links

• Web site: Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places . Discogs.com . 2016-04-15 . 2016-10-14.
• Web site: Kid Creole And The Coconuts - The Lifeboat Party (Vinyl) . Discogs.com . 2016-10-14.
• Web site: Ron Rogers Music . Ron Rogers Music . 2016-07-16 . 2016-10-14.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - I'm An Indian, Too / Deputy Of Love (Vinyl) . Discogs.com . 2016-10-14.
2. Web site: Ron Rogers Discography . Discogs.com . 2016-10-14.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 23.