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At this time, when the discotheque culture from Europe became popular in the United States, several music genres with danceable rhythms rose to popularity and evolved into different sub-genres: rhythm and blues (originated in the 1940s), soul (late 1950s and 1960s), funk (mid-1960s) and go-go (mid-1960s and 1970s; more than "disco", the word ...
Donna Summer's Bad Girls (LP cuts) topped the Disco Top 80 chart for seven consecutive weeks, the longest that year. "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" became Summer's seventh disco number one, the most by any act of the decade. [7] 1980: Change's The Glow of Love (LP cuts) topped the Disco Top 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks, the longest ...
In 1962, the Peppermint Lounge in New York City became popular and is the place where go-go dancing originated. Sybil Burton opened the "Arthur" discothèque in 1965 on East 54th Street in Manhattan on the site of the old El Morocco nightclub and it became the first, foremost, and hottest disco in New York City through 1969. [36]
The sports section of the Detroit Free Press from July 13, 1979. Disco Demolition Night was an ill-fated baseball promotion that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois.
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 ...
In the pantheon of beloved disco labels, the M.F.S.B./PIR catalog is only rivaled by the string of hits released on Salsoul Records between 1978 and 1983.
As the term "disco" started to go out of fashion by the late 1970s to early 1980s, ... By the 1990s, dance-pop had become a major genre in popular music.
In the early '70s, Kool and the Gang, Ohio Players, and B.T. Express were popular funk bands. By the mid-1970s, disco had become one of the main genres featured. In 1974, Billboard added a Disco Action chart of top hits to its other charts (see List of Billboard number one dance club songs).