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{{Short description|American disco group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
| image        =
| caption      =
| origin       = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]]
| genre        = [[Disco]]
| years_active = 1974–1976, 1981–1982
| label        = [[Chelsea Records|Chelsea]]
| past_members = [[Monti Rock III]]<br />[[Bob Crewe]]<br />[[Kenny Nolan]]<br />[[Cidny Bullens]]
}}
'''Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes''' were a [[Disco]] [[musical ensemble|group]] of the 1970s, featuring [[Monti Rock III]] (born '''Joseph Montanez, Jr.''').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sir-monti-rock-iii-mn0000745988|title=Sir Monti Rock III &#124; Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref> The band is best known for their two Disco hits: "[[Get Dancin']]" (1974), and "[[I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)]]" (1975).
== History ==
=== Formation and albums ===
'''The Sex-O-Lettes''' group included [[Bob Crewe]], [[Cidny Bullens|Cidny "Cid" Bullens]] (then known as '''Cindy Bullens'''), and [[Kenny Nolan]], while Sir [[Monti Rock III]] was '''Disco-Tex'''.<ref name="amg"/> They released two albums: ''Disco-Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes Review'' (1975), and ''Manhattan Millionaire'' (1976).<ref name="amg">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/disco-tex-and-the-sex-o-lettes-mn0001202301|title=Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes &#124; Biography & History|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
=== Hit songs ===
Their biggest hits were 1974's "[[Get Dancin']]" (No. 10 US, No. 8 UK and Canada)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6133a&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.6133a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6133a|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=July 17, 2013|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref> and 1975's "[[I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)]]" (No. 23 US, No. 6 UK).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=157}}</ref> "Get Dancin'" ranked no. 82 in the charts of Canadian hits of 1975,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4057a&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.4057a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4057a|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=July 17, 2013|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref> and no. 100 in the American one of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1975.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975|website=Musicoutfitters.com}}</ref>
== In popular culture ==
"Get Dancin'" is featured in two ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episodes; in "[[Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]", it is performed by the fictional group Hooray for Everything, and again in "[[I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]" during [[Disco Stu]]'s hallucination of Heaven.
==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Label
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes - Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/disco-tex-and-the-sex-o-lettes-mn0001202301/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009004618/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/disco-tex-and-the-sex-o-lettes-mn0001202301/awards|archive-date=October 9, 2012}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]<br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=91}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref>[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Disco%20Tex&p_ID=15] {{dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1975
| align="left"| ''Disco-Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes Review''
| 36
| 20
| 34
| 62
| rowspan="2"| [[Chelsea Records]]
|-
| 1976
| align="left"| ''Manhattan Millionaire''
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
|-
| 1977
| align="left"| ''A Piece of the Rock'' <small>(Sir Monti Rock III)</small>
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| [[Polydor Records]]
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
===Compilation album===
*''Get Dancin': The Story of Disco-Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes'' (1999, Chelsea Records / Sequel Records)
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Title
!colspan="7"|Peak chart<br />positions
!rowspan="2"|[[Record label]]
!rowspan="2"|[[A-side and B-side|B-side]]
!rowspan="2"|Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="musicvf.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Disco-Tex+and+the+Sex-O-Lettes|title=Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes Songs • Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|website=Musicvf.com}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Dance Club Songs|US<br />Dance]]<br><ref name="musicvf.com"/>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br />R&B]]<br><ref name="musicvf.com"/>
! style="width:40px;"| US<br />Disco<br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="width:40px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="musicvf.com"/>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austchartbook.com.au/pages/book1970-1992.htm |title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |access-date=2016-01-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227024015/http://austchartbook.com.au/pages/book1970-1992.htm |archive-date=2016-02-27 }}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/rpm.aspx|title=RPM|date=April 16, 2013|website=Bac-lac.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
| 1965
|align=left| "For Days and Days" <small>(as [[Monti Rock III]])</small>
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| [[Mercury Records]]
| "Trouble"
|
|-
| 1974
|align=left| "[[Get Dancin']]"
| 10
| 3
| 32
| 1
| 8
| 19
| 8
|rowspan="8"| [[Chelsea Records]]
| "Get Dancin', Part II"
|rowspan="4"| ''Disco Tex &<br>His Sex-O-Lettes Review''
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1975
|align=left| "[[I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)]]"
| 23
| 7
| 33
| 3
| 6
| 100
| 25
| "I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo<br>(Doo Dat Dance), Part II"
|-
|align=left| "Jam Band"
| 80
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| "Jam Band Reprise"
|-
|align=left| "Boogie Flap"
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| 51
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| "(I See Your) Name Up in Lights"
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1976
|align=left| "Hot Lava"
| &mdash;
| 27
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| "Hot Lava, Part II"
|rowspan="4"| ''Manhattan Millionaire''
|-
|align=left| "Dancin' Kid"
| 60
| &mdash;
| 99
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| "Dancin' Kid"
|-
|align=left| "We're Havin' a Party (It's Gonna Be Alright)"
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| "Strollin"
|-
|align=left| "[[Ride a Wild Horse]]"
| &mdash;
| 27
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| "Hey There Little Fire Fly"
|-
| 1982
|align=left| "In Havana" <small>(as Monti Rock III)</small>
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| [[Polydor Records]]
| "Hot Town Streets"
|
|-
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
==See also==
*[[List of disco artists (A–E)]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4102/biography|pure_url=yes}} Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes] at [[AllMusic]] website
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