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Disco's decline in popularity after Disco Demolition Night was rapid. On July 12, 1979, the top six records on the U.S. music charts were disco songs. [112] By September 22, there were no disco songs in the US Top 10 chart, with the exception of Herb Alpert's instrumental "Rise", a smooth jazz composition with some disco overtones. [112]
Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot.At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
Prince earned his first disco number one with "Controversy"/"Let's Work", a double-A-side single which topped the Disco Top 80 chart for six consecutive weeks. [9] 1982 "Glad to Know You"/"3,000,000 Synths"/"Questionnaire" by Chas Jankel was the year's biggest single on the Dance/Disco Top 80, topping the chart for seven consecutive weeks. [10 ...
A total of 39 arrests were reported as well as several minor injuries. Disco music and culture, as it was known in the 1970s, was effectively dead a short time later.
Two men dance together during a 1978 New Year’s Eve party at the Backlot, a popular gay disco in West Hollywood. (Credit: George Rose/Getty Images)
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), [2] known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.
The Bluenotes were not a disco group, they did mostly ballads. I said ‘Look man, let’s pick this up because I like to dance.’” Young’s beat drove the most influential disco records and ...
This is a list of artists primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits. Numerous artists, not usually considered disco artists, implemented some of the styles and sounds of disco music, and are also included.