That depends on who you ask, but many music fans and historians believe it was "Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation. Released in early 1974 as the third single from the group's debut album, Freedom for the Stallion, the song wasn't a huge success...at first.
Even though it helped to usher in the whole disco movement, some think "Rock the Boat" sounds more like pop than disco. In an interview with Classic Bands, singer St. Clair Lee addressed the issue of the track's true identity.
"When we first came out, we had a song called 'Freedom for the Stallion,'" Lee continued. "If you could get a copy of that and listen to that song, you would see that the group had a classic going there. Nobody knew The Hues Corporation. 'Freedom for the Stallion' was the most beautiful song. The Black stations wouldn't play it because they said we were too white. I'm serious when I say this. The white stations wouldn't play it because they said they didn't understand what we were talking about. They said no, we're gonna go out with 'Miracle Maker.' Then all of a sudden, 'Rock the Boat' took off."
'Rock the Boat' was The Hues Corporation's only #1 hit
"The record company said 'you got to come up with something similar,'" Lee recalled.
All these years later, at least "Rock the Boat" is still getting plenty of airplay.
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