First Choice - Armed And Extremely Dangerous

First Choice - Armed And Extremely Dangerous

[@janicewilliams4988]

Love this group.....Still listening in 2024 !!

[@PerryNight-gc3fp]

Me to

[@stevechabalik6985]

Was there ever a more fly girl group than First Choice? Their name was no lie, and Rochelle Fleming had the Voice of Life. This song is damn near half a century old, and it could still make the dearly departed rise from their graves to shake their asses. Soul Train in the Seventies is still something beautiful to behold.

[@melvyndolby8625]

Rochelle Fleming is my all time favourite vocalist, no one comes close to her. She hits all the notes with very little effort. Her voice is unique. It would be a dream come true to meet her and chat about her career. THE BEST EVER

[@1derfullBeast]

Great comment, pal !!!

[@1derfullBeast]

@@melvyndolby8625 you nsme it : so true...and i like to meet her too, for the same reason! ;-)

[@Jazzermarazz]

What a wonderful thing to say about a fantastic , underated girl power soul and disco band ... I loved Thier music growing up in the 70's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌸💕🙋

[@sickoancestry4973]

Great song! Growing up in the 70's,the Philly sound was in the air,love it! Real music!!

[@paulsimmons3211]

real singers...real instruments...real music...yes!

[@futuristicconcepts1257]

As it should be. Not some nut playing music on a laptop.

[@cosmofuckingbrown]

@@futuristicconcepts1257 ok boomer

[@futuristicconcepts1257]

@@cosmofuckingbrown And proud of it!!!

[@maggynewtown3500]

@@futuristicconcepts1257 Correction. Not some nut making noises with a box and a couple of switches.

[@jlmurray9988]

@@futuristicconcepts1257 Tell it! These punks have NO clue. Hear me, yo?

[@alfredatrawick649]

I have been looking for this song for quite some time. I remember this song from my childhood. This is so awesome!

[@Fuentes1Rudy]

This is one of my favorite groups of the 70's, they were underrated, but they were talented, their voices were great, and their songs were also first class songs. This was one of the many favorites of them.

[@chocolatesmile8419]

Love this song 2023 whos still listening?🎵 🎶

[@paulsimmons3211]

I'm not ashamed to admit I'm a sucker for anything with a conga beat...Armed And Extremely Dangerous from disco girl group First Choice was an extremely danceable hit song back in its day...and still sounds just as good (if not better) 43 years later......

[@stevechabalik6985]

If I'm not mistaken, the congas were played by the LEGENDARY Larry Washington, who played on countless Philadelphia classics. (And if I'm wrong, shout out to Larry Washington in Heaven anyway because he deserves it!)

[@maggynewtown3500]

@@stevechabalik6985 You're not wrong.

[@ivycompton]

Tremendous talents - the lead singer nails it. Fabulousness.

[@webbgems67]

That great 70s sound... Philly soul 👍🏽

[@Fuentes1Rudy]

Love this song, their voices are very powerful. This was one of their biggest hit.

[@carlosbright9615]

I miss the 70's when there was good R&B music. I had just graduated from high school in 1973 when this song first came out.

[@3912James]

I liked/like the Philadelphia Sound dominant early disco music.

[@hmvman58]

One of my all-time favorite but underrated groups of the disco era! They did songs that are still staples in the clubs even today

[@cesarlemosdonascimento2712]

Can’t believe I’ve found this song!!! I’ve been looking for it for 48 years!! Can’t explain how happy and fulfilled I’m feeling right now!!!

[@FernandoGon814]

I’m actually super happy for you in this crazy world we need happiness as much as possible.

[@stephaniedejesus2109]

Great song, along with their other hits!! So girls if you see him, you might think that you need him, he might look like the average guy but he’s wanted by the FBI😊 A classic!!!

[@vorsprung1]

rochelle fleming , joyce jones and anette guest were the members , they were pure class once norman harris ( the delfonics ) got hold of them

[@bryant3861]

rochelle is my cousin

[@astoldbytravi]

Still jamming this in 2022!!! Love the old school music. These ladies are talking about the same things going on today!

[@brettpotter5506]

It's a great song , we love it ...don't we ?

[@btate1281]

Fantastic! I moved to London from darkest deepest Northumberland in 74 and I was introduced to the sound of First Choice with this and The Player. The music is soulful and the harmonies spot on. I still put The Player album on at least once a month and do the housework to it. Hits the spot each time. Marvellous!

[@martinplatt5928]

Wow! Gorgeous girls...with the beautiful lead singer. First Choice for me! 1973.....47 years old. I was 15! Great music.

[@samson9963]

I love this song, have it on vinyl. Good to watch the video - the dancers are way better than the ones from the same time who are on old TOTP shows- they just shuffle around!

[@bigbarty8648]

Takes me back to a hot summer's night in 1973. Would I go back there? Oh yes please!

[@tobyhardwick7348]

Turning 20 in March 2019 I wish I was able to dance to these back I'm the 70s when no one took things so seriously and people seemed to just enjoy themselves

[@chrisitnajones5527]

Things were still serious back then thts wht we used to distract us from it

[@Shazzam925]

Yes! - It was a wonderful time filled with what felt like racial peace, every color was represented on the dance floor, it felt like a “love in”… Yes, there were lots of drugs, and we had our own issues, but the love of disco brought us together to release the tension of the day.

[@Peter0955]

The energy and the drama was so awesome -- fun drama, not manufactured crap like we have today -- The moment you stepped into the club and heard this blaring you ran to the floor to rock out. The longer version of this includes a really good instrumental section!

[@anji123passion5]

Heck ya! They loved us as much as we loved them! Always concerts, even on pbs TV, not just roll out recording,

[@1derfullBeast]

Got the album!

[@damontrent1971]

When Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble left Motown as writers they wanted to create their own version of the gold standard of Diana Ross & The Supremes. They produced for First Choice and The Three Degrees. All these females put in their talent and work with phenomenal art.

[@rickyhinesmon4109]

I have loved First Choice since "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" when I heard it on an old K-tel record my parents had in the'70s. I agree they very underrated. I think they could've given The Three Degrees a good run for their money.

[@drlock978]

That album was called Fantastic by K-Tell, in 1973,I also discovered that song because of it.

[@FriendofDorothy]

I first heard this at the Deja Vu in Indianapolis in around 1971. I didn't know how to dance yet, was about 20, but the other dancers, a great mix of black men and women plus some white gay college boys like me, welcomed me, taught me how to move on the floor, and I was hooked on disco before it was even a national craze in the mid to late '70s. My favorite cutes included this one, "Love's Theme", Teddy Pendergrass's "Bad Luck" and "I Don't Love You Anymore", "I Like What I Like", "Shining Star", Barry White tracks, and Eddie Kendrick's "Girl, You Need a Change of Mind". The music was blazing! This group did a REALLY HOT version of Al Green's "Love and Happiness".

[@chocolatesmile8419]

Love love love this song, who's still listening in 2019?

[@jarrodfurminger5352]

Me 👍

[@tinydancer62]

Me in 2020

[@helenbestman5338]

July 2020

[@adityalokapratama8495]

october 2021 here.

[@christinemcclaurin7733]

It's 2022 and I'm jamming like I was when this first came out!😀

[@mrbelcherful]

This was right early disco 73.disco was happening underground before it hit the charts,wow!!

[@vorsprung1]

many thanks , its important to keep these gems alive , V1

[@cyrilharris5710]

Love this song, brings back so many happy memories

[@skateitalian]

Boy, did I ever dance to this back in the day.

[@solidstatevintage7247]

step step rock step. Twirl !!!!

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING PRODUCER NORMAN HARRIS (OCTOBER 14, 1947 - MARCH 20, 1987) [10/14/2017]

[@stevechabalik6985]

The man was a GENIUS!

[@alexricardosotovillalobos8634]

Beautiful girls armed and extremally talented!!! Disco mothers!!!

[@jarrodfurminger5352]

Their my First Choice 💃👍

[@stopthatluca]

'He might look like the average guy but he's wanted by the FBI' - pure genious, love it.

[@CharloCrossley]

Barry M. had me sing this great tune in his show at the BOTTOMLINE back in the day! Love it! Thanks for posting!

[@cocopalmer9585]

Love this song ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Tadaia]

One of my two favorite pre-90s girl groups. Rochelle was straight fire with a very distinctive voice. They all sounded fabulous together and put on a great show!

[@simoncruickshank8221]

one of the finest songs ever written.

[@ROBBSHAWE]

A fitting tribute to the main man on the big screen at that time - 1973, "Jim Kelly!" A four time Grand National Champion and the 1971 International Karate Champion."

[@Apollo_Blaze]

This song just popped into my mind today and I looked it up and here it is...Have not heard this in Ages...what a great song from those wonderful days that I miss...I really miss the old days and those great radio stations back then...fun times

[@jackieobrien-murphy320]

Wow. 🔥🔥song. Roll on weekend. Great group. 👏🍀

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are so soso sososo pure

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are so soso sososo bless

[@jhazphotojhazinc2552]

The great, great Earl Young on the kit. Can't say he was the inventor of the 4 on the floor "disco beat" but nobody did it better, that's for sure. And his cymbal runs are unparalleled.

[@citybythesea2010]

I remember this one!! Great song....

[@amodulares]

Rochelle Fleming, Annette Guest and Joyce Jones, by 1977, Jones left and Ursula Herring joined. Herring left by 1979 and Debbie Martin joined. (Source: Joel Whtburn's Top Pop Singles, not Wikipedia)

[@cheekyblindersnorthernsoul9746]

LOVED THIS blasting out. the speakers in the early days of disco BETTA than therapy out today

[@Speedmaster59]

Sounds as good today as it did in '73 - Happy , evocative

[@Geo_84]

Just recognized the 'Dangerous On The Dancefloor' sample. Genius.

[@1derfullBeast]

First Choice ( lead vocals: Rochelle Flemming) was and still is my absolute favorite black "girlgroup" from the good ol'days: nobody did it better:-)

[@Brian_tim]

the queens of disco

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are so soso sososo phenomenal

[@leonguisburg413]

Remember vividly cause I went to Overbrook High School Philadelphia PA with lead vocalist Rochelle Fleming

[@realityjunky]

Those harmonies are even better than I remember, so good!!!

[@sidneyfuksman3286]

I need a time machine to take me back to the 70's!!!!

[@may01100]

un des premiers morceaux disco en 1973 avec un grand groupe féminin du genre qui mériterait d etre bien plus connu

[@Powerfulchange712]

Awesome! That was a good singing!

[@majuryni]

Great Soul Music!

[@user-tb1lq2hl9n]

The lead can curve notes 🎶 love it

[@ENYpu5herSlick]

I really wish I was around to party back in the 70s

[@webbgems67]

Trust me it was the greatest time are community's where a lot better back then 👍🏽

[@evelynprice2753]

Me too🎉🎤🎤🎤🎶🎶💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾 👠👠👞👞👠👠👞👞❤️💯👍🏾

[@thehungariansteve]

I love this so much....

[@fantastica9186]

I remember this song; I was 14❤❤

[@dashursaqqara436]

My childhood boy crush!

[@isaiahthompson2065]

THEY DID THAT ! THAT WAS A STRONG JAM ! I LOVE FIRST CHOICE !

[@sheilapalmer9539]

This is a master piece

[@toddpickens8513]

This song is unforgettable.

[@OmarHudson]

Love that title!

[@halogenie1]

I thought this track was amazing and still do ! I was 15 in 1973 grateful Noreen it got me through difficult times! God Bless soul music especially black soul i love from white Noreen who wont turn grey very easily!

[@shounenk]

Got the LP, love this song!

[@unstablegenius2325]

These are my real sisters. HOUSE/DISCO ALL LIFE LONG.🎉🤩

[@peacefulhippie4life]

FIERCE SONG WITH A GREAT TITLE. REALLY CAPTURED THE POWERFUL OUTSPOKEN VIBRANT ERA N CULTURE OF THE EARLY 70s. DUNNO WHAT THE TRUE ESSENCE OR "MAGIC" WUZ WHICH MADE THAT PERIOD SO MUCH HAPPIER SIMPLER N MORE "UNITED". SING ON SOUL SISTAS ;)

[@sheilapalmer9539]

I am a big fan of your s

[@sheilapalmer9539]

I love this jam

[@highlandroom]

70s soul I JUST LOVE IT! thanks.

[@eddieq2189]

I liked this song from the first time I heard it 😊

[@jarrodfurminger5352]

A little me used to dance around the living room to this in the early 70s 🕺🧒!

[@inkpen9547]

I was in this crowd dancing my ass off, I was waving my arms around with no deoderant on.

[@stevec9102]

Too funny :D

[@traviswooten5872]

Classic 🖤🔥👏🏿👍🏿

[@lappylappy7269]

So underrated in the Uk . ……..Cannot understand why .I apologise 🇬🇧

[@fruityblack]

I'm so sad a friend told me that Don had committed suicide and I didn't believe it but It's true and I can only help but think he is in a better place. He changed our lives I'm 54 and I love this decade of Soul Train Thank you Don you made it a better world and I love you for it

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are so soso sososo talented

[@chocolatesmile8419]

Love this song

[@smush48]

another one of the fine groups to come out of philadelphia...

[@jamesleone5468]

I remember when they were on soul train in summer or 1973

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are a legend

[@basilrodericks7791]

I love just love love them, everything.

[@candycream323]

Now this is DISCO

[@tinadavies4195]

My brother bought this when it came out and I've got it ha,"Smarty pants" on the flip side. My sister just passed on the 19/1. Smarty pants is one of her songs to be played😢.

[@SoulBroPete]

This music is great, and also reminds of some moves I used to do ....; now I do the soul shuffle ... lmao

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are the real deal

[@johnosullivan5815]

good old sounds of the 70s great

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are so soso sososo underrated

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are so soso sososo unique

[@sheilapalmer9539]

You are the goat

[@bigfinewomanful]

Loved seeing this again!! Thx for posting!

[@MimiJane1]

Arhhhhhhh, memories!

[@selease]

Loved them!

[@diamonduch09]

a great dance number back in the day... and we ladies all knew a dangerous Dan...lol

[@knockshinnoch1950]

A fantastic early 70s Philly sound recording produced by Thom Bell that was a UK Top 20 hit. Sadly it has almost been forgotten rarely getting any airplay on oldies stations.

[@maggynewtown3500]

This was NOT produced by Thom Bell. Do you get your kicks running around the Internet telling lies? This is produced by Stan Watson and Norman Harris. With most of MFSB playing.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

@@maggynewtown3500 Maggy you are of course correct! Don't know what I was smoking that day!!!! Have a great day.xxx