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Disco declined as a major trend in popular music in the United States following the infamous Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and it continued to sharply decline in popularity in the U.S. during the early 1980s; however, it remained popular in Italy and some European countries throughout the 1980s, and during this time also started ...
The origins of disco in the Black and Brown gay clubs of New York City is commonplace knowledge, but Disco sets the story in the social, political, economic, and musical context of the time. As ...
The series documented the impact that disco music had on popular culture in the 1970s. The show featured several disco innovators and people related to the culture including: Marty Angelo - Producer, Disco Step-by-Step; Charlie Anzalone - Club DJ; Maurice Brahms - Club owner, Infinity; Harry Wayne Casey - Lead singer of KC and the Sunshine Band
As the original generation of rock and roll fans matured, the music became an accepted and deeply interwoven thread in popular culture. Beginning in the early 1950s, rock songs began to be used in a few television commercials; within a decade, this practice became widespread, and rock music also featured in film and television program soundtracks.
July 12, 1979 -- Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in. By John Dorn It was a night that brought one of the most destructive revolutions in professional sports history, but one that has been ...
All-disco radio stations became a thing, proving that too much means it’s soon to die. The infamous Disco Demolition Night in particular turned the tables. Fans of the Chicago White Sox baseball ...
Disco: A Decade of Saturday Nights, organized by Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington, [1] was the first major museum exhibition to explore the rich, complex world of disco. [2] Pulsating with light and sound, the exhibit followed disco from its beginnings in New York club culture to the fad created by Saturday Night Fever , the ...
The story of Casablanca Records has been told by many — in books, articles and by the larger-than-life characters who lived through the salad days of mid- to late-1970s rock and disco music.