Irwin the Disco Duck, a.k.a. Irwin the Dynamic Duck, is a fictional character who was featured on a series of children's records

Gramophone record

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 from Peter Pan Records

Peter Pan Records

Peter Pan Records is a record label specializing in children's music. It was created in the late 1940s. The label was owned by the Synthetic Plastics Company of Newark, New Jersey until the 1970s....

. He's depicted as an anthropomorphic white duck

Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...

 with a head of brown hair, usually dressed in 1970s-style clothes

1970s in fashion

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 (platform shoe

Platform shoe

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s, bell-bottoms

Bell-bottoms

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, et cetera).

History

Inspired by the novelty song Disco Duck

Disco Duck

"Disco Duck" is a satirical disco novelty song performed by Memphis disc jockey Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots. It became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in October 1976 . It also made the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at number 15...

, Peter Pan put out a series of children's records starting in 1976 that were compilations of popular songs of the time. The fictional "host" of the albums was Irwin the Disco Duck, whose name would be altered to Irwin the Dynamic Duck when disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 fell out of fashion. None of the songs were by the original artists; according to the album cover, they were being performed by "The Wibble Wabble Singers and Orchestra." Some of the songs featured Irwin singing, but more often he functioned as the album's disc jockey

Disc jockey

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, introducing the songs.

Record list

Irwin the Disco Duck Dance Party III> Irwin the Dynamic Duck's Dance Party >

Album	Year	Pr. #
Disco Duck Dance Party	1976	8191
Irwin the Disco Duck Dance Party II	1977	8195
Alley Cat and Chicken Fat	1977	8196
1977	8202
Irwin the Disco Duck Christmas & New Years Party	1977	8203
Duck Wars: Big Hits Dance Party	1978	8206
Disco Fever for All Ages	1978	8223
Irwin the Disco Duck in The Navy	1979	8235
1980	1112
Irwin Strikes Back	1980	1117