Decades on, Van McCoy’s ‘The Hustle’ keeps the disco fever alive, earning its place among the ‘Best Disco Songs of All Time.’ ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If someone says they’re not a fan of 70s disco songs, there’s a good chance they’re not being truthful. Despite the backlash the ...
Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...
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 ...
The demise of disco was greatly accelerated by the cultural impact of the infamous Disco Demolition Night of 1979 in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. While rockers have used the word in a pejorative sense for ...
Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of “The Hustle,” a mega hit in the genre, lives on Alice George - Museums Correspondent On April 18, 1975, Van McCoy and the Soul City ...
Chicago-based hip-hop artist Ric Wilson is on a spiritual campaign to usher in a new era of disco music, one that’s primed for dance floors and rooted in Black radical traditions. The charismatic ...
On stage, above the dancers and high steppers, DJ Pete Rendon built a steady beat like a chef bringing a savory dish to a boil. As he spun songs from disco divas, couples started getting up out of ...
As smoke filled the dimly lit concrete dance floor, more than 50 DJs powered 17 days of high-energy sets inside the Super Secret Silent Disco exhibit at the California State Fair. For entry, fairgoers ...
When Miami native Scott Salzman returned after a stint in New York City, the music scene he found was familiar and "disheartening." He saw favorite bands skip the city, DJ sets starting at 1am and a ...