As disco made its way from neon-lit dance halls to mainstream radio in the mid-1970s, rock bands who enjoyed chart domination in the earlier part of the decade found themselves at a crossroads. They ...
The ’70s was a time to be alive in the United States and parts of Europe. When disco fever hit the music scene, as a result of dance music emerging from the US nightlife, the bump, and the hustle ...
Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...
When Dave Fisher saw “Saturday Night Fever” back in the day, it transformed him. “That movie changed everything for me,” said Fisher, who lives in Shelby Township. “I practiced the dance moves in the ...
Joshua S. Bamford receives funding from the Research Council of Finland, as part of the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain. Silent disco started back in the 1970s as a convenient way ...
Dubai: Sequins? Check. Swagger? Double check. A soundtrack that defined an era? Absolutely. Before it became a glitter-drenched stage spectacle, Disco Dancer was the 1982 Bollywood blockbuster that ...