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 ’70s was a golden era for music, filled with unforgettable tunes that defined a generation. You’ve got disco, rock, and folk blending together like a tasty musical smoothie. Yet, among the ...

There was once an indelible tension between rock and disco, culminating in a so-called "disco demolition" night in 1979 that devolved into a riot. As the decades have rolled past, however, much of ...

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 ...

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

Entertaining tidbits and insights infuse the second volume of Marc Myers’s eclectic array of musical hits, with singers, composers, lyricists, and producers delving into the backstories of some of the ...

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups embodied the late ’70s blend of funk, disco, and soul quite like Heatwave. Formed in the mid-1970s, the group became internationally known for their infectious grooves ...

When it comes to bops, we are spoiled, sister! Our favorite pop icons ensure we’re fed year round, releasing heart-palpitating tracks for every occasion. But there is something about Pide Month that ...

WATERLOO — Nineteen-year-old Ryan Marten has a confession. He’s never seen the 1977 disco classic movie “Saturday Night Fever.” But Marten, who is cast as Tony Manero in the Waterloo Community ...