Like Prince and Michael Jackson, Blondie’s 1979 hit connected one era to the next. Released as a single in 1979, “Heart Of Glass” blends disco with new wave, and if disco was indeed dying, it sure ...
Sometimes when the beat hits, you have to answer the call. There is something about the drums, the melodies, the performance of the vocalist and the musicians—it can be enough to get you off your ...
It was the summer of 1979, and disco was taking over the world. Donna Summer, Chic and Gloria Gaynor were at the top of the charts. Just a few months earlier, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack had ...
On April 2, 1979, dance floors across the United States pulsed to one unforgettable beat. The disco track “Dancer” by Gino ...
American Experience’s “The War on Disco” airs at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also stream on the PBS app. Rushmore DeNooyer always wanted to work with the PBS series ...
16 June 1979 While some of the best recent singles have been disco, Robin Denselow argues that it is best heard in a discotheque rather than the home or car Hell hath no fury like a miffed disco lover ...
Sports teams rarely celebrate the forfeiture of a game, but the White Sox are handing out 10,000 T-shirts at Thursday’s Yankees game commemorating next month’s 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition ...
The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music ...
Disco Demolition Night, which happened 40 years ago today, is the day two genres were marked for death. Disco itself was one of them, of course: Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl, infuriated that his ...
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