Born 29 May 1942, to a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx, Monti Rock parlaye… Read Full Bio ↴Born 29 May 1942, to a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx, Monti Rock parlayed his role as celebrity hairdresser into a role center stage. After several appearances and performances on The Merv Griffin Show beginning in 1966, Monti's wild antics, (which included throwing bananas into the audience), and outrageous personality brought him to the national stage when he began appearing regularly as a guest on the Tonight Show.

Monti is generally considered to be the first disco artist to cross into the mainstream. In February 1975, Monti released Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes, an LP of disco songs and collaboration with producer Bob Crewe and featuring musician Jerry Corbetta of Sugarloaf. Two of the album's tracks, "Get Dancin'" and "I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)", became instant staples at burgeoning New York dance clubs including Studio 54. By the end of the 70s, disco music was fully mainstream, and Monti appeared in the movie Saturday Night Fever as the DJ.

He currently resides and performs in Las Vegas.

Get Dancin'
Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Lyrics

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(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
Get dancing, dancing, dancing
Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
Get dancin'

Here come D.J. Disco Tex
Truckin' with his Sex-O-Lettes
Get dancing (dancing, dancing)
Guaranteed to rock the boat
Machine gun rap and locomote
Get dancing (dancing, dancing)

We need you, we need you to go dance
We need to get together and
Boogie-woogie, woogie-boogie
Radar love is here, the star of stars

Get dancing, dancing
Get dancing

(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)

Here come D.J. Disco Tex
Truckin' with his Sex-O-Lettes
Get dancing (dancing, dancing)
Guaranteed to rock the boat
Machine gun rap and locomote
Get dancing (dancing, dancing)

Get dancing, dancing
Get dancing
(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)
Get dancing, dancing
(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)
Get dancing, dancing

(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)
Get dancing, dancing

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes's song "Get Dancin'" are a call to action for people to hit the dance floor and let loose. The repetition of the phrase "get dancing" throughout the song emphasizes the importance of dancing as a form of release and entertainment. The mention of DJ Disco Tex and his Sex-O-Lettes adds to the party atmosphere and suggests that the music being played is of a high standard, guaranteed to make people dance.

The lyrics also make reference to other popular songs of the time, such as "Boogie-woogie" which was a popular dance trend in the 1970s. The line "Radar love is here, the star of stars" could be interpreted as a reference to the popular rock song "Radar Love" by Golden Earring, which was also released in 1973.

Line by Line Meaning

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
Let's begin the song with an upbeat instrumental

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
Keep the beat going, we're just getting started

Get dancing, dancing, dancing
Let's get everyone up and dancing, we need to party

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
Don't stop the music, let's keep the rhythm going

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da
We want everyone to be on their feet and dancing

Get dancin'
We need you to dance with us and have a good time

Here come D.J. Disco Tex
The dance party is about to get started

Truckin' with his Sex-O-Lettes
Disco Tex is bringing his dancers and party crew with him

Get dancing (dancing, dancing)
The music is non-stop and we want you to keep dancing

Guaranteed to rock the boat
Our dance party is going to be so amazing that it will exceed expectations

Machine gun rap and locomote
Our beats and rhythms are so powerful and intense - they will make you want to move

Get dancing (dancing, dancing)
We want everyone to keep dancing and partying all night long

We need you, we need you to go dance
We want everyone in the crowd to join us and dance

We need to get together and
Our main goal is to bring people together and have a great time

Boogie-woogie, woogie-boogie
Let's dance in a fun, lively way

Radar love is here, the star of stars
Our dance party is so amazing, it is the biggest, brightest and most beautiful event of the night

Get dancing, dancing
Our party is all about dancing and having fun

Get dancing
Let's dance, dance, and dance until the night ends

(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)
Our beats and rhythms are so catchy you can't help but move

Get dancing, dancing
We want you to keep dancing, dancing and dancing

(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)
Let's keep the party going with our addictive and upbeat music

Get dancing, dancing
We want everyone on the dance floor moving to the beat

(Doo-doo-doot, doo-doo-doot)
Our music is so groovy and catchy, no one can resist it

Get dancing, dancing
We want you to dance the night away until you can't dance anymore!

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: KENNY NOLAN, BOB CREWE

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Comments from YouTube:

@uVSthem

2y↑33

I love those kids. They've got such a great attitude.

@micheletodaro5776

1y↑6

My chiffon is wet, my wig is wet, I am tired, I can’t, I am exhausted from all this, I am overwhelmed! 🤣🤣

@jean4578

43w

It is Chavan ie wig my wig is wet !!

@gregoryxyz4812

29w↑3

This was the first 45 I ever bought. I just decided - when my coffin goes down that channel this will be playing full volume.

@ruudvandiermen8747

21w

Would be alvast swinging belast in your name,hope it takes a few years or?peace! ❤

@ruudvandiermen8747

21w

A last

@ruudvandiermen8747

21w

Google sucks

@StephenLyons-tl8ie

21w↑6

Groovy and hilarious!! Good times!!!!!!

@user-er8si8gz5w

21w↑3

I still have the albums and 7" records
Monty rock is great.....i still a fan in the netherlands

@gregoryshaw4700

1y↑6

Those were the days. Do the bump guys and gals

@groundhog713

1y↑9

I remember hearing this song as a 5 year old when it came out. The soul stations used to play this all the time, and Disco Tex was even on Soul Train doing this song.

@cosmicwartoad2587

1y↑9

Little known fact. Disco tex was the DJ in Saturday Night Fever.

@vcoaster

12w

I'm glad he's know for something of value. This song certainly isn't it.

@lukez7733

1y↑4

He and Sylvester, top o the charts. Outrageousness ruled. I hear Monti Rock is still alive and well.

@michaelt3308

1y↑5

"Nobody cares how you wear your hair darlin"...😂😂😂😂

@bettinababy13

1y↑10

Still sounds great!!!!

@davidsafier6333

3y↑30

I loved this song as a young teen when it came out and remember watching people dance to it on American Bandstand. Years later. I think he was driving in front of me north on Coldwater Canyon in North Hollywood about 15 years ago. Funny how life is.

@dalehoward3704

1y↑1

I remember too. My 1st Disco record!!!

@martysmith5260

39w↑3

Disco Stu in the flesh!

@suzpro8165

17w↑1

Senior year, January of 1975! This song was everywhere in school, that month!:)

@livestocknetwork320

2y↑7

As a 6 year old I played the crap out of this track. Mega nostalgia...

@nathanielholloway8267

2y↑4

I was in the 5th grade when I first heard this- my mother brought it home on a 45.

@juanchemencedji1911

2y↑5

Despues de 45 años encuentro esta cancion,no es justo... yo tenia 21 años y se bailaba a rabiar en las discos de Buenos Aires,,cuando volvi a mi pais nunca mas la escuche,que epoca por dios...que nostalgia....

@keithhackett7912

2y↑4

First time I heard this jam was on am radio beginning to end while my family and I were waiting for the movie Airport 1975 to start at a local drive in theatre during Spring Break '75 when I was 10. The following I saw them perform on American Bandstand and drugged it ever since. I want to go back to those good old days as a kid having fun. Fond best memories.

@cynthiabest4597

3y↑13

He used to be on the Merv Griffin Show, used to watch with my old grand ma, Lillian. We loved him!

@sr.elboogie9262

3y↑23

How did they know this was going to be a hit . . . they knew , they knew . I was 13 yrs old when this came out thought it was a dream my imagination , never heard it for years until Homer hummed it briefly.

@zapkvr

Youre not serious. I was listening to it on AT 40

@rft1961

1y↑1

I still love it (class of 75 eighth grade )

@strawberryf1848

2y↑6

Tenía 13 años cuando pasaban esta canción. Me encanta! No la he escuchado desde hace años!

@zocco15az

2y↑5

Is there a camper performance from the 70s if there is I want to see it.👍

@johnheppenstall4904

2y↑6

I was, erm, prudish as a teen. Give me Bowie and his alien bisexuality, but naughty disco? NOPE. Then, you get it. And when you get it, it's so bloody joyous.

@ruudvandiermen8747

21w↑1

I hope you reach 100 years..Ruud from the Netherlands, this song was my young adult life at 16 wow what a Blast....miss it so much, at 65 years sti fit but that era comparing to this frustrated era was ....just...brilliant, never to come back...exept for a time machine...❤❤❤to jou
Ruud. 🎉

@daniellimon2358

2y↑1

si una cancion de los 70's... como 75 mas menos y en las discotecas con su luz y sonido se balam ... que tiempo de la secuendaria ....

@tsonofjohnson489

2y↑2

lol! was a teenager feel in love with dancing! Thank you, Monty!

@DrizzPub1

3y↑27

I loved this song. Dude was a mess. 😆

@alexnelson9512

3y↑3

"Dude Look Like a Lady..."

@nancykaufmann3993

1y↑2

A girl at work was trying to tell me about it and she's singing "Dancing, dancing, dancing.." and I'm like "...she's a dancing machine"? Then I finally heard it.

@jackschreuders9122

15w

Enorm ondergewaardeerd!!!!!!!

@rebeccafeder8582

2y↑5

This is amazing.

@rhodesmk

2y↑12

I saw a reference to this guy in the comics this morning, and couldn't remember him, so I looked him up and eventually was led here. 1974 was the year after I graduated high school. Throughout junior high and high school i listened to the local DFW pop-rock, top 40 stations (KFJZ, KXOL, KLIF, KVIL) and still do not remember ever hearing any of his songs. Makes me wonder if this was one of those artists that the local radio owners banned from our market (they actually did that sort of thing back then to keep "us kids" away from those who would "negatively impact our minds!" :-)

@ram0166

I never heard of him until 1991 when Elvis Costello mentioned Disco Tex and the Sexolettes in the song Invasion Hit Parade. Even then I just thought it was something he made up as commentary on the level of garbage that comes from the pop music recording industry. I was giving that album of Costello’s a relisten a couple of years ago (It wasn’t one of his best) and decided to look it up and found that it was real and as horrifying as he implied.

@RetroReminiscing

3y↑12

LOVE IT!!!!

@jerrystewart6232

2y↑3

Disco Stew lives!!! Lmafo!

@nora-on5pu

2y↑4

La amo!!! Tenía como 8 años

@NoName-zm1ks

3y↑5

Nah, this song was in 1974, Disco ended in 1980, last Disco music award issued in 1981.

@lessamuels3767

46w

Friggin eck how i loved pans people and this song❤

@suikerspin5650

3y↑6

i love this😍

@eddiekelly7207

27w↑1

I’ve loved this song almost my whole life 😃 just something amazing about it

@paulpablo7810

2y↑1

LOved this song was my genration

@WetCowBoy1999

3y↑12

Back when you had to have flair and style to come out!

@lizzieallen2284

One word: Gorgeous xx

@phillydterminaldisease6578

2y↑2

Great song

@luisacarde.3709

3y↑2

Me encanta

@outofthecoldintothefire9082

I've still got this on a 45.

@GoldwaterB

2y↑3

Great, great record! It's unfortunate that the sound is so out of sync with the video.

@taki384

3y↑8

This Is the DJ. Monty in Saterday night fever.

@zapkvr

3y↑1

Correct. Unfortunately the song never made it on the soundtrack. And that's Sir Monty Rock III to you

@tamerry1

28w

Yup!!

@TheRose081

4y↑4

A little bit of my signature editing and it's clearly better than an old distorted recording:) 😃 enjoy!!!

@MrSExperience

3y↑1

Dope work....this brought me to your channel, but glad to see many other creative videos

@thomaspenderel

3y↑3

If you're wondering what killed disco music this is It, along with '"Venus (Disco Version)," by Frankie Avalon, 'Disco Duck' by Rick Dees, The Ethel Merman Disco Album and an almost decade long oversaturation of the same thing.

@thomaspenderel

3y↑3

@HolyRollerTV Stars on 45 did not damage Disco, the group formed in 1980 and didn't hit the charts until the following year. Disco was over by then, so not their fault. Besides their Beatles tribute rocked.

@thomaspenderel

3y↑3

Some examples you cited did indeed bring about the demise of disco. They were however released earlier than Stars on 45. By the time Stars on 45 was recorded and released disco was already dead. The music may have been cheesy but released too late to affect the downfall of disco. The worst thing one can say about Stars on 45 is that their music was passé at the time of it's release.

@thomaspenderel

3y↑2

@HolyRollerTV Again, Stars on 45 did not as you suggest bring about the demise of Disco, how could it (?) Disco as we knew it was already dead replaced by the next popular form of music when Stars on 45 was released. If you shoot a dead horse are you responsible for it's death(?) no of course not. Stars on 45 was passé IN THAT the music it referenced was no longer popular, in effect dead. Stars on 45 released at a time when disco was already dead spent 21 consecutive weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 and peaked at #1 on the charts. So at best it was a disco inspired song that became wildly successful at a time when disco itself had already departed from the scene.

@thomaspenderel

3y↑2

@HolyRollerTV Well to start with (not that Stars on 45 need me to defend it) Stars as I'll already informed you was a massive across the board #1 billboard hit when released in the post disco era. Your obvious hatred for it clouds your understanding of what killed Disco, because it wasn't this. Disco had already departed the scene and Stars came afterwards. If anything Stars was a disco inspired afterthought but not cause of it's demise. While you personally may have hated it, it was as I said a massive multi-platinum mega-hit in the post disco era. You accuse it of destroying a whole genre, you're wrong. You trash the music, millions of copies were sold, so you're wrong again. Hey I get it, you hate Stars on 45. Personally I thought it was ok of it's time, not great but also not the destroyer of disco as you so falsely claim. But whatever, believe what you want.

@rsmith7912

3y↑6

It was the straight white rock DJ's of America who killed off disco at the end of the '70's because disco was a threat to their masculinity basically. They invented the whole 'disco sucks' macho movement in order to get back to playing rock music on their stations. They couldn't cope with the fact that people were actually having a lot of fun. Disco was mainly loved by the black community, the gay community, girls & women who just wanted to have a good time & guys who were secure with their own sexuality. The fact is, it was the straight white men who can't dance, or won't dance just in case they're mistaken as being otherwise than straight, who killed off the disco scene.
This was from 1974 which was really when disco was just getting started so you can't say this killed off disco Thomas Penderel. There was no one record that killed off disco. It never died anyway, it was just renamed as dance music to satisfy the disco haters. Disco is still a big a part of dance music today & always will be.

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@dark_falz

3y↑7

lost Kenneth Anger film

@julieoldfield5506

3y↑4

WOW!!!

@jonathanhindson4580

2y↑3

Love how he transforms into Ronald MacDonald. Great song though.

@richardleonard4281

1y↑1

Ah , Monti Rock.

@csmackus

4y↑2

LUV!

@maryburrell3948

I had this on a 45

@patgalvez4563

1y↑1

Good ol Jimmy Saville..lol

@JACKTHEDRAGONOKEEFFE

3y↑22

Its like watching a creepy nightmare.

@joefry22

3y↑11

Yeah, having Jimmy Savile in there isn't helping with the creepy factor.

@L.E.O.6141

3y↑2

😂😂😂

@laurencegladwell529

2y↑2

It’s an all time classic song

@steveperks602

2y↑1

@joefry22 Now then, now then!

@vaccavo

@joefry22 I was horrified. Sean Atwood, here on YouTube, has a lot of videos about that devil.

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@kellynorvell5714

2y↑1

Down right mad sexy cool 😎

@bigraviolees

2y↑1

A young Mitch McConnell on male vocal

@nancyinfernley

my mother was a devout Jehovah's Witness and had a field day when she found out the lyrics. i wasn't allowed to listen to it. one of the kids that carpooled with us told on me. i had a small crush on him that died that day. blabber mouth!!! lol!!! (i had my own am pocket radio and listened to it on there. lol)

@cristhian156

3y↑2

Jimy Saville

@stevehodge836

class

@alfredsmith6039

2y↑2

Remastered? What a mess!

@JStarStar00

3y↑6

It's the Joker

@memyselfandi286

3y↑1

I was about to type that he looks like the Joker till I read your comment lol

@paulaward6764

3y↑1

😂

@Deetroiter

Meta verse joker LOL

@BillMorganChannel

3y↑2

Is he lip syncing?

@arturoguzman5730

Hace falta mas de los lyrics, pero esta incompleta ( anybody could help me please with all the lyrics Please?) l just want to sing it along

@johnmorris7735

3y↑2

Now I know where Tim Curry got the inspiration for Dr. Frank N Furter...

@reedanthony106

3y↑2

👀😎👂🎶🏆💖👍

@carloslozada470

2y↑1

He acts like Phoenix joker

@phillydterminaldisease6578

2y↑1

Lmao i hope the echo is an attempt at bypassing DMCA bots cuz this shit was a nightmare to listen to imagine having to PERFORM WITH THE ECHO🥺🥺😢🤣

@archimedesespinosa6538

39w

Joey Diaz’s stories brought me here. My chiffon is wet darling!!

@ricmarc7156

2y↑2

that girl front left seems to be shaking her boa to a different song.

@sludge8506

14w

The video is out of sync with the audio.

@LaDracul

3y↑1

"He's an eccentric, like Crispin Glover or Monti Rock III."

@rsmith7912

3y↑1

He is Monti Rock III LaDracul.

@LaDracul

3y↑1

@R Smith It's an MST3K quote.

@Chalwa

2y↑1

@R Smith that went right over your head didn’t it now?

@geoffreypiltz271

OTT!

@GhettoKid59

43w↑1

Sorry, but for me, this video is not remastered, this video is destroyed by too much playing around with effects, it´s more washed out than the original video.😪

@crewleaderprods

2y↑1

Man, cocaine is one hell of a drug.....

@rolo1955

1y↑1

Oh, no... you cut it off before it ends.
"My chifon is wet daling, My chifon is wet!"

@BackToTheBlues

I was going to point that out! It just doesn't sound right without it.

@rolo1955

That's what made me hate the song when I first heard it back in high school. After the initial shock, I started to really like it!

@Rustsamurai1

14w

Jimmy Saville!

@gabboagonistes

23w

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

@vinniemystery563

2y↑2

MILTON BURLE'S SON ??? LOL

@TheRose081

2y↑1

Actually it's not his son but you're close !

@vinniemystery563

@VALIDATEDGIRLFRIEND Who is he related to he makes mannerisms like Uncle Milty

@adriancalin8688

Ola la onether disco disco
I user to be à simple dj
For studette i user tplay

@truthstillmatters59

2y↑1

I like to watch Rick Beato's channel. He has episodes titled What Makes This Song Great. Disco Tex and his Sex O'Lettes were NOT one of the great songs he covered? If you need to know why it is because this is possible one of the worst songs to ever come from the disco era. If you want to know why so many rock n roll fans hated disco this video is the answer.

@napoleonconchaparte8049

3y↑2

The audio is bad. They ruined the track. It sounds horrible.

@shannonearnst269

3y↑2

This is very hard to find. Not much actual performance that were live by Disco Tex. Cool video, very bizarre in a damn cool way. Love it! I have the original LP of this.

@jamespfitz

3y↑1

You should demand your money back

@damendred1

3y↑6

What's up with the audio? Why is this train wrecking so bad?
It sounds like it's in a dj set, and someone who doesn't know how to mix is trying to bring in a second version of the track.
(When DJ's wrecked like this at raves/clubs we used to call this 'sneakers in the dryer' - for obvious reasons)

@rsmith7912

3y↑2

This was from Top of the Pops '74 & was probably recorded with a hand held Super8 camera in front of a TV screen. Sometimes these cameras had difficulty in matching up sound & vision perfectly. 12" singles hadn't even seen the light of day either by '74 & there were no such things as VHS & video recorders until the early 80's.The train wrecks you describe are basically because the DJ was a bit crap, that's all.

@damendred1

3y↑1

@R Smith Hmm, I get what you mean. But wouldn't that just cause a desync between the visuals and sound? We're hearing two audio tracks that aren't lined up properly. It gets mostly sorted later on, but at 30 ish seconds you hear that second 4x4 beat come in, and clearly is not lined up. It sounds like it might be a speed mismatch, the original is 106 bpm, and I think maybe they layered a second one and sped it up a bit, so even if they lined it up perfectly, it'd start drifting apart. I was a rave/festival/club promoter for years, and I had to listen to a lot of demos and trial new dj's in opening spots. So I was always listening for bad mixes, and I can't help but cringe still when I hear it!

@vcoaster

12w

If Liberace had a son. This guy is a disaster.

@feastofmoloch666

3y↑2

On national coming out day he would have to come out as gayer.

@rsmith7912

I don't think there is such a thing as a national coming out day but a good idea.

@arianrhodhyde7482

48w

National Coming Out Day takes place on October 11th. Keep an eye out...

@mar91169

4y↑6

Jimmy Saville before he was exposed!

@DrizzPub1

Ecpised about what? 😆

@DrizzPub1

3y↑2

Everybody knew he was gay. 😆

@loot6

3y↑1

Well duh, he was exposed after he died...

@kellydevries1714

3y↑3

Gayer than a hat box full of speedos

@bluecatky

3y↑2

Dude looks like a lady!

@rsmith7912

...& your typing is rubbish dude!

@bluecatky

@R Smith So I accidently inserted a semi-colon in my comment. I suppose you've never made a typing mistake?

@shaunkelly9860

1y↑1

Awful isn't it?

@waggsish

3y↑2

One of the worst songs ever recorded? Def in the Mix.

@johncave3334

1y↑3

I love white people!

@keithhackett7912

Correction;"The following week I saw them on American Bandstand and drugged the song ever since"

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