Cerrone wasn’t just a hugely successful disco artist.

He was also a sharp businessman.

He launched his own label, Alligator Records, and built more than just his own career.

One of the best examples: his arranger Don Ray.

He only made one album… but it’s still considered one of the finest disco albums ever released.

It crossed over too, charting in the Billboard Top 200, while Got To Have Loving even made the Hot 100.

Cerrone must have been pleased.

So much so that he took out an ad in the trade magazines to congratulate Don Ray.

A different time. A different kind of recognition.