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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DiscoDisco - Wikipedia

    Disco 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.

  2. Disco, 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.

  3. Disco is a style of music that was most popular from the mid- 1970s to the early 1980s, featuring African-American and Latino musicians and audiences, and in private dance parties thrown in the underground gay community of New York. People usually dance to disco music at bars called disco clubs.

  4. " D.I.S.C.O. " is a song by the French band Ottawan, written by Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger and produced by Daniel Vangarde. Ottawan originally recorded it in French. It was first released in 1979 and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart the following year.

  5. This is a list of artists primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits. Numerous artists, not usually considered disco artists, implemented some of the styles and sounds of disco music, and are also included.

  6. Jun 7, 2021 · Disco was a genre of uptempo dance music that reached peak popularity during the 1970s. This music was often played at nightclubs or “discotheques” and featured repetitive vocals and catchy, rhythmic beats provided by instruments like drum sets, synthesizers, and bass guitars.

  7. www.wikiwand.com › en › DiscoDisco - Wikiwand

    Disco 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.

  8. disco, Style of dance music that arose in the mid-1970s, characterized by hypnotic rhythm, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds. Disco (short for discotheque ) evolved largely from New York City underground nightclubs, in which disc jockeys would play dance records for hours without interruption, taking care to synchronize the ...

  9. Jan 6, 2010 · Boogie Nights. 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...

  10. Jun 4, 2019 · People were desperate for the freedom of disco long before disco, as an identifiable form of music, existed. This unique origin story makes disco's family tree harder to pin down than other...