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 ...

Sometimes when the beat hits, you have to answer the call. There is something about the drums, the melodies, the performance of the vocalist and the musicians—it can be enough to get you off your ...

If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance. Rolling Stone has described her as the world’s “greatest living entertainer”, with a ...

Disco music had a controversial start, as music fans devoted to rock ‘n’ roll decried the relentlessly smooth dance music, and even pop fans wondered about lyrics that were basic and repetitive, if ...

It began with a new car, which came with a bunch of new radio stations. Driving around and surfing channels, Skye Lewis stopped on one called “The Groove.” Those days in August 2019 kicked off a disco ...

Harry Wayne Casey, leader of quintessential party band KC and the Sunshine Band, remembers the years in which he continually heard “disco is dead.” In fact, only years after KC and the Sunshine Band ...

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Donna Summer’s 1977 No. 1 hit revolutionized disco, pioneered electronic dance music, and is widely considered the most ...

You can dance for inspiration. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director When “Everybody,” Madonna’s debut single, hit in 1982, it had all the makings of an era-specific club classic from a one-hit ...

Here are 21 of the songs we’ll take with us from this year into 2021 — where hopefully we can dance together again. Photo-Illustration: Vulture, Getty Images and YouTube This was the sort of year that ...

Disco Demolition Night, which happened 40 years ago today, is the day two genres were marked for death. Disco itself was one of them, of course: Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl, infuriated that his ...