Disco - Wikipedia
WEBDisco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.
The 40 best disco songs ever, ranked in order of dancefloor-filling ...
WEB19 January 2024, 10:31. The best disco songs ever, ranked. Picture: Paramount/Epic/CBS/Polydor/YouTube. By Tom Eames. If there was one genre and era of music that got people on the dancefloor more than any other, it was disco of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Disco | Origins, Genres & Cultural Impact | Britannica
WEBDisco, beat-driven style of popular music that was the preeminent form of dance music in the 1970s. Its name was derived from discotheque, the name for the type of dance-oriented nightclub that first appeared in the 1960s. Initially ignored by radio, disco received its first significant exposure in.
Top Disco Songs of All Time: Giorgio Moroder's Favorites - Billboard
WEBJun 1, 2022 · Legendary dance music producer Giorgio Moroder shares his 34 favorite disco songs of all time, featuring Donna Summer, Bee Gees and more.
Night Fever: How Disco Brought Salvation To The Dancefloor
WEBFebruary 14, 2024. By. Laura Stavropoulos. Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage. In many of its manifestations, dance music has often been derided and dismissed, from “disco sucks” to “heck no to...
The First Days of Disco | The New Yorker
WEBJan 29, 2019 · The First Days of Disco. By Hua Hsu. January 29, 2019. As a young music critic in New York in the nineteen-seventies, Vince Aletti offered a version of the disco experience premised not on ...
Top 100 Greatest Disco Songs - YouTube Music
WEBTop 100 Greatest Disco Songs. A new music service with official albums, singles, videos, remixes, live performances and more for Android, iOS and desktop. It's all here.
Readers’ Poll: The Best Disco Songs of All Time - Rolling Stone
WEBMay 23, 2012 · Music. Readers’ Poll: The Best Disco Songs of All Time. Your picks include tunes by Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer and the Bee Gees. By Rolling Stone. May 23, 2012. David Redfern/Redferns; Ed...
How disco changed music for ever | Dance music | The Guardian
WEBFeb 26, 2012 · Disco's 1970s heyday opened doors for black, Hispanic and gay people, and its influence lives on, writes Adam Mattera
Boogie Nights and the Beginning of Disco | Vanity Fair
WEBJan 6, 2010 · It became known, and ultimately reviled, as Disco. But the music that surged out of gay underground New York clubs such as the Loft and 12 West in the early 70s was the sound of those who wanted...
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