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Origins

Elements of disco music appear on records from the early 1970s such as the 1971 theme from the film Shaft by Isaac Hayes. In general it can be said that the first disco songs were released in 1973, however many consider Manu Dibango's 1972 "Soul Makossa" the first disco record. A September 13th 1973 article in Rolling Stone magazine called "Discotheque Rock '72: Paaaaarty!" by Vince Aletti [1] about the New York nightclub scene where "Soul Makossa" was being played is considered to be the first to use the terminology "disco". Initially, most disco songs catered to a nightclub/dancing audience only, rather than general audiences such as radio listeners, but there are many aspects proving opposite tendencies as well; popular radio-hits were being played in discothèques, as long as they had an easy to follow rhythmic bass-pattern close to 120 BPM (beats per minute). Most 70's Disco genre songs had a distinctive four/four bass beat. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Shaft is a 1971 film used as a model for blaxploitation films, but many debate whether it actually falls under the category of blaxploitation itself. ... Isaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago as part of the annual PUSH `Black Expo`, October 1973 Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee, United States) is an actor, and influential soul singer, songwriter, musician and arranger. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Manu Dibango (born December 12, 1933) is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. ... // History John Lennon - RS 1 (November 9, 1967)How I Won the War Film Still Founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner (who is still editor and publisher) and music critic Ralph J. Gleason, Rolling Stone was initially identified with and reported on the hippie counterculture of the... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ...

Soul and funk records that influenced disco include:

• Sly and the Family Stone - "Dance to the Music" (1968), "Everyday People" (1968), "Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)" (1970) and "Family Affair" (1971)
• Hugh Masekela - "Grazing in the Grass" (1968)
• The Honey Cone - "Want Ads" (1971), "Stick Up" (1971)
• Isaac Hayes - "Shaft" (1971) and "Hung Up On My Baby" (1974)
• Incredible Bongo Band - "Bongo Rock" (1973)
• Eumir Deodato - "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (1973)
• Average White Band - "Pick Up the Pieces" (1974), "Cut the Cake" (1975)
• James Brown - "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" (1970), "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" (1971), "Get On The Good Foot" (1972)

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• Martha & The Vandellas - "Dancing In The Street" (1963)
• The Temptations - "Since I Lost My Baby" (1964) and "Cloud Nine" (1969)
• The Four Tops - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965)
• The Supremes - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966) and "Reflections" (1967)
• Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" (1969), "ABC" (1970), "The Love You Save" (1970), and "Mama's Pearl" (1971)
• Stevie Wonder - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" (1970), "Superstition" (1972) and "Higher Ground" (1973)
• Diana Ross - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (1970)

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• The Three Degrees - "When Will I See You Again" (1973)
• The Intruders - "I'll Always Love My Mama" (1973)
• The O'Jays - "Love Train" (1972), "For the Love of Money" (1974) and "I Love Music" (1975)
• MFSB - "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (1973), "Love is the Message" (1973)

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• Betty Wright - "Clean Up Woman" (1972)
• George McCrae- "Rock Your Baby" (1974)
• KC and the Sunshine Band - "Queen of Clubs" (1974), "Get Down Tonight" (1975) and "That's the Way (I Like It)" (1975)

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• Nelson James - "I Have An Afro" (1972)
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - "The Love I Lost" (1973) and "Bad Luck" (1974)
• Love Unlimited Orchestra - "Love's Theme" (1973)
• The Jackson 5- "Dancing Machine" (1973)
• Barry White - "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974)
• Shirley and Co. - "Shame, Shame, Shame" (1974)
• The Hues Corporation - "Rock the Boat" (1974)
• The Commodores - "Machine Gun" (1974)
• Frankie Valli - "Swearin' To God (1975)
• Dalida- "J'Attendrai" (the first French disco song and first hit in Europe) (1975)
• LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade" (1975)
• The Four Seasons - "Who Loves You" and "December '63 (Oh What A Night!)" (1976)
• Silver Convention - "Fly Robin Fly" (1975), "Get Up and Boogie" (1976)
• The Bee Gees - "Jive Talkin' " (1975), "You Should Be Dancing" (1976)
• Andrea True Connection - "More More More" (1976)

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Popularity

1975 was the year when disco really took off, with hit songs like Van McCoy's "The Hustle" and Donna Summer's "Love To Love You Baby" reaching the mainstream. 1975 also marked the release of the first disco mix on album, the A side of Gloria Gaynor's remake of The Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye". Disco's popularity peaked between 1976 - 1979, driven in part by films such as 1977's classic Saturday Night Fever and 1978's Thank God It's Friday. Disco also gave rise to an increased popularity of line dancing and other partly pre-choreographed dances; many line dances can be seen in films such as Saturday Night Fever, which also features the Hustle. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Van McCoy Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 - July 6, 1979) was a music producer, musician, and songwriter who had a massive hit with the disco song The Hustle in 1975, after writing hits for soul acts like Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Ruby and the Romantics, as... For the dance, see Hustle (dance), for other uses see Hustle. ... Donna Summer on the cover of her 1993 collection The Donna Summer Anthology Donna Summer (born LaDonna Andre Gaines on December 31, 1948) is an American pop music singer best known for a string of disco music hits in the 1970s that earned her the title Queen of Disco. // Career... Love To Love You Baby is a disco single and eponymous album by American singer Donna Summer. ... A disco mix is the re-recording of a disco song, whose structure was predicated on exciting listeners and dancers by employing various iterations of the the songs verses, bridges, and refrains through breaks and orchestral builds. ... Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor (real name Gloria Fowles, born September 7, 1949 in Newark, New Jersey) is a singer best-known for the disco hits I Will Survive (Hot 100 #1, 1979) and Never Can Say Goodbye (Hot 100 #9, 1974). ... The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in a line formation or in lines, and they all execute the same dance moves individually. ... The Hustle is a catchall name for many disco or nightclub partner social dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. ...

Internationally, the pop star Dalida was the first to make disco music in France with 1975's "J'attendrai" which was a big hit there as well as in Canada and Japan in 1976. She also released many other disco hits between 1975 and 1981, including "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" in 1979, translated the same year as "Let Me Dance Tonight" for the USA, where she was their "French diva" since her late-1978 performance at the Carnegie Hall. Soon after Dalida's pioneering French disco work, other French artists recorded disco: Claude François, in 1976 with his song "Cette année-là" (a cover of The Four Seasons' disco hit "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"), then the famous "yé-yé" French pop singer Sheila, with her group B. Devotion, who even had a hit in the USA (a rarity for French artists) with the song "Spacer" in 1979. Many other European artists also recorded disco music; in Germany, Frank Farian formed a disco band by the name Boney M around 1975. They had a string of number one hits in a few European countries which continued into the early 1980s, with songs such as "Daddy Cool", "Brown Girl in the Ring" and "By the Rivers of Babylon". Still today, the trademark sound of Boney M is seen as emblematic for late 70's German disco music. Dalida as shown on a French stamp issued in 2001 Dalida (January 17, 1933 - May 3, 1987) was an Egyptian-born singer, of Italian origin, making her career in France. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 7th Avenue, occupying the east stretch of 7th Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... Dalida as shown on a French stamp issued in 2001 Dalida (January 17, 1933 - May 3, 1987) was an Egyptian-born singer, of Italian origin, making her career in France. ... Claude François Claude François (born February 1, 1939 in Ismaïlia, Egypt; died March 11, 1978 in Paris, France) was a French pop singer. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Four Seasons can refer to: Season, the annual cycle of the astronomical, geographic, and climatic phenomenon The Four Seasons (group), a singing group led by Frankie Valli The Four Seasons (Vivaldi), the collective name for four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi The Seasons (Haydn), (Die Jahreszeiten) an oratorio by... December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) is a 1976 hit song by The Four Seasons about a young man losing his virginity to an anonymous stranger. ... Women named Sheila: Sheila, French singer . ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Frank Farian, born Franz Reuther on July 18, 1941, is a German music producer, singer and songwriter. ... Boney M Boney M is a Eurodance, Pop, and disco group, which was phenomenally successful during the 70s and 80s. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

Disco fever reached a peak in South Asia after the release of the Bollywood film Disco Dancer in 1982. It stars Mithun Chakraborty as an Indian disco champion who is out to get revenge on P. N. Oberoi (Om Shivpuri), a rich industrialist who once slapped and insulted his mother. South Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. ... Movie poster of one of the most popular films—Sholay (1975) Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड, Urdu: بالیوُڈ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Disco Dancer is a 1982 Bollywood movie starring Mithun Chakraborty. ... Mithun Chakraborty (Bangla: মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী) (June 16, 1950) (original name Gouranga Chakraborty) is a celebrity and leading superstar in Indian cinema. ...

Popular disco artists

Main article: List of disco artists

The most popular disco artists of the 1970s included:

The Bee Gees
A Taste of Honey
ABBA
CHIC
Sister Sledge
The Jacksons
Claudja Barry
Linda Clifford
Donna Summer
Grace Jones
Sylvester
Gloria Gaynor
Boney M
Village People
K.C. and the Sunshine Band
Vicki Sue Robinson
MFSB
Loleatta Holloway
France Joli
Evelyn 'Champagne' King
Yvonne Elliman
Tavares
Salsoul Orchestra
Thelma Houston
Cheryl Lynn
The Trammps
and
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Popular non-disco acts who made disco songs

Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of its popularity, most often due to demand from the record companies who needed a surefire hit. These acts included:

• The Eagles - "One of These Nights"
• The Rolling Stones - "Miss You"
• KISS - "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
• The Grateful Dead - "Shakedown Street", "Dancing in the Streets"
• Dolly Parton - "Baby I'm Burnin'", "I Wanna Fall in Love", "Potential New Boyfriend", and "Save the Last Dance for Me"
• Cher - "Take Me Home" and "Hell on Wheels"
• Marvin Gaye - "Got To Give It Up"
• Barry Manilow - "Copacabana (At The Copa)", and "You're Looking Hot Tonight"
• Aretha Franklin - "Jump to It"
• Isaac Hayes - "Don't Let Go"
• Cold Chisel - "Showtime"
• Shalamar - "Take That To The Bank", "Right In The Socket"
• Leif Garrett - "I Was Made For Dancing"
• Toto - "Georgy Porgy"
• Bryan Adams - "Let Me Take You Dancing"
• Chaka Khan - "I'm Every Woman", "Papillon" and "Clouds"
• Santana - "One Chain" and "Stand Up"
• Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Rock With You", and "Off the Wall"
• The Beach Boys - "Here Comes the Night"
• Billy Preston - "Disco Dancin'", "Go for It (with Syreeta), "Give It Up Hot" and "Just for You"
• Bay City Rollers - "Don't Stop the Music"
• Chicago - "Street Player"
• Electric Light Orchestra - "Last Train To London"
• The Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited", "Jump (For My Love)", and "Neutron Dance"
• Teddy Pendergrass - "Only You"
• Phyllis Hyman - "You Know How To Love Me"
• The Emotions - "Best Of My Love"
• Elton John - "Are You Ready for Love" and "Mama Can't Buy You Love"
• Carole King - "Disco-Tech"
• James Brown - "It's Too Funky In Here"
• Barry White - "Your Sweetness is My Weakness"
• Bette Midler - "Big Noise from Winnetka", "My Knight in Black Leather", and "Only in Miami"
• Prince - "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Sexy Dancer"
• Helen Reddy
• Stephanie Mills - "Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'?", "Put Your Body In It", and "Never Knew Love This Before"
• Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - "Who Loves You" and "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)"
• Diana Ross - "Love Hangover", "The Boss", "I'm Coming Out", and "Upside Down"
• Earth, Wind and Fire - "September", "Boogie Wonderland", and "Let's Groove"
• Rod Stewart - "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
• Olivia Newton-John - "Totally Hot", "Xanadu", and "Physical"
• Bill Withers - "You've Got the Stuff"
• Dionne Warwick - "Once You Hit the Road", "Track of the Cat", and "Got a Date"
• Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust"
• Blondie - "Heart of Glass".
• The Tubes - "Prime Time"
• Paul McCartney and Wings - "Goodnight Tonight"

Even adult contemporary vocalists were sucked into the disco machine. Those artists included:

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• Johnny Mathis - "Gone, Gone, Gone"
• Paul Anka - "Make It Up to Me Love"
• Ann-Margret - "Love Rush", "Midnight Message" and "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometime"
• Charo - "Dance a Little Bit Closer"
  
• Frankie Avalon - "Venus", "You're the Miracle", and "Innocent"
• Engelbert Humperdinck
• Ethel Merman - "There's No Business Like Show Business"
• Wayne Newton - "You Stepped Into My Life"
• Barbra Streisand - "The Main Event/Fight" and "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with Donna Summer)
• Eartha Kitt - "Where Is My Man"
• Andy Williams - "Love Story (Where Do I Begin)"
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• Frank Sinatra - "All of You".

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DJs and producers

Disco music diverged from the rock of the 1960s, elevating music from the raw sound of 4-piece garage bands to refined music composed by producers who contracted local symphony and philharmonic orchestras and session musicians. For the first time in three decades, orchestral music became the preeminent sound in the popular-music scene. Top disco music producers included Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Adams, Biddu, Cerrone, Alec R. Costandinos, John Davis, Gregg Diamond, Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, Norman Harris, Sylvester Levay, Ian Levine, Mike Lewis, Van McCoy, Meco Monardo, Tom Moulton, Boris Midney, Vincent Montana Jr, Randy Muller, Freddie Perren, Laurin Rinder, Richie Rome, Warren Schatz, Harold Wheeler, and Michael Zager, whose roles involved every aspect of production, from composing the arrangements to conducting the 50- to 100-member orchestras from Los Angeles to New York, from Chicago to Philadelphia, from Detroit to Miami, from London to Berlin, from Vancouver to Montreal, from to Paris to Milan. Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... The outrageously crowded Woodstock festival epitomized the popular antiwar movement of the 60s. ... 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Kasiello Joseph Bonaccorse Florence Schwartz Bertram Greenspan Charles Parker Diane Barnett Patricia Gott Emily E. Nicholl... // Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1974 - 1979) Concertmasters Felix Resnick Gordon Staples Carl Austin John Trudell Don Palmer Violins Felix Resnick Gordon Staples Beatriz Staples Margaret Tundo William H. Hollman Philip A. Porbe Edouard Kesner Thaddeus Markowicz Barbara H. Fichett John Thurman James Waring Alvin Score Mario DiFiore Gordon Peterson Linda Smith... // London Symphony Orchestra (1974 - 1979) Concertmasters David Katz Pat Halling John Watson Julien Gaillard Martin Ford Violins David Katz Pat Halling Julien Gaillard Martin Ford Des Bradley John Willison Ken Fillito Brendon OReilly Nick Mernick Celia Mitchell Jim Archer C.W. Green Bruce Dukov Basil Smart Cyril Reuben Peter... // Montreal Symphony Orchestra (1974 - 1979) Concertmasters Marc Belanger Louis Gaudriot Violins Marc Belanger Louis Gaudriot Juan Fernandez Adolpho Bernstein Violas Claude Hamel Gerald Sergent Cellos Lorraine Desmarais Jean-Luc Morin Double-basses Harp Roger Simard Trumpets Denis Lagace Richard Beaudet Joe Christie Roger Walls Trombones Guy Archambeault Emile Subirana Marcel... // Milan Symphony Orchestra (1974 - 1979) Concertmaster Silvestro Catacchio Violins Silvestro Catacchio Giuseppe Gabucci Camillo Grasso Milena Costisella Violas Mario Buffa Attero Gallozzi Luigi Muratori Cellos Fernando Baratta Paolo Mezzaroma Double-bass Emilia Cirena Harp Doretta Buscaloni Trumpets Alberto Corvini Cicci Santucci Nino Culasso Massimo Bartoletti Stelio Subelli Trombones Ernesto Pumpo...

With as many as 64 tracks of vocals and instruments to be compiled into a fluid composition of verses, bridges, and refrains, complete with orchestral builds and breaks, the mixing engineers became an important fixture in the production process, and, as a result, were most influential in developing the "sound" of the recording through the disco mix. Record sales were often dependent on, though not guaranteed by, floor play in clubs. Notable DJs include Jim Burgess, Walter Gibbons, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Rick Gianatos, Francis Grasso (Sanctuary), Larry Levan, Ian Levine, John Luongo, and David Mancuso. Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorded for later playback until now. ... Orchestral build is a term used in disco music to describe the systematic overlapping of prerecorded elements of the symphony orchestra during an interlude of a song. ... A break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a break from the main parts of the song or piece. ... A disco mix is the re-recording of a disco song, whose structure was predicated on exciting listeners and dancers by employing various iterations of the the songs verses, bridges, and refrains through breaks and orchestral builds. ... Walter Gibbons (1954 - 1994) was an American record producer and remixer. ... John Benitez a. ... Francis Grasso was an American disc jockey from New York City, best known for inventing the technique of slip-cueing and later beatmatching which is the foundation of the modern club djs technique. ... Larry Levan (born Lawrence Philpot, July 20, 1954 – died November 8, 1992, of AIDS) stands at the crossroads of disco, house music and garage music. ... Record producer Ian Levine. ... David Mancuso is the creator of the infamous by invitation only parties in New York City which have come to be known as The Loft. ...

Instrumentation

Instruments commonly used by disco musicians included the rhythm guitar (most often played in "chicken-scratch" style, usually through a wah-wah or phaser), bass, piano and electroacoustic keyboards (most important: the Fender-Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos and the Hohner Clavinet), harp, string synth, violin, viola, cello, trumpet, saxophone, trombone, clarinet, flugelhorn, French horn, tuba, English horn, oboe, flute, piccolo, and drums, African/Latin percussion, timpani, as well a drum kit. Electronic drums were making a debut during this era, with Simmons and Roland drum modules appearing as pioneers in electronic percussion. Most disco songs have a steady four-on-the-floor beat, a quaver (or occasionally semi-quaver) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the "off" beat, and a heavy, syncopated bassline. Rhythm guitar is a kind of guitar playing that provides accompaniment for a singer or other instruments. ... Seventh release by Manchester indie rock group, James. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... A baby grand piano, with the lid up. ... The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of Stringed instruments, Woodwind, Brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs (orchestrions) and jukeboxes. ... The harp is a stringed instrument which has its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... A synthesizer (spelling var. ... A violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... A viola The viola (in French, alto; in German bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass... A cello The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a stringed instrument and a member of the violin family. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... A standard 3-valved Bb flugelhorn. ... The horn is a brass instrument that consists of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. ... Cor anglais The cor anglais or English horn is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... Modern Oboe The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... The Flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... A Yamaha piccolo. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... The term Latin percussion refers to any member of a large family of musical percussion instruments used in Latin music, which in turn is a very loosy related group of musical styles, mainly from the Latin American region, and ultimately having roots or influences in African tribal music. ... A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ... It has been suggested that Breakables be merged into this article or section. ... Basic electronic drum set. ... Roland EXR-3 Keyboard Roland Corporation TYO: 7944 is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. ... A Sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a keyboard, for example. ... Four to the floor or four-on-the-floor is a type of dance music characterized by a steady, uniformly accented beat in 4/4 time, popularized in 1960s, and disco music of 1970s. ...

This quaver pattern is often supported by other instruments such as the rhythm guitar (lead guitar parts are rare), and may be implied rather than explicitly present, often involving syncopation and rarely simply on the beat unless a synthesizer is used to replace the bass guitar. In music, syncopation is the stressing of a normally unstressed beat in a bar or the failure to sound a tone on an accented beat. ...

The orchestral sound usually known as "disco sound" relies heavily on strings and horns playing linear phrases, in unison with the soaring, often reverberated vocals or playing instrumental fills, while electric pianos and chicken-scratch guitars create the background "pad" sound defining the harmony progression. Typically, a "wall of sound" results. There are however more minimalistic flavors of disco with reduced, transparent instrumentation, pioneered by Chic. Wall of Sound is a phrase used to describe the effect created by the music production techniques of legendary record producer Phil Spector. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Format

At first, singles were released on 7-inch 45-rpm records, 45s, which were shorter in length and of poorer sound quality than 12-inch singles. Motown Records was the first to market these through their "Eye-Cue" label, but these and other 12-inch singles were the length of the original 45s until Scepter/Wand released the first 12-inch extended-version single in 1976: Jesse Green's "Nice and Slow" b/w Sweet Music's "I Get Lifted" (engineered by Tom Moulton). The single was packaged in collectible picture sleeves, a relatively new concept at the time. 12-inch singles became commercially available after the first crossover, Tavares' "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel." 12-inch singles allowed longer dance time and formal possibilities. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... 45 is the natural number following 44 and followed by 46. ... Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, r/min, or min-1) is a unit of frequency, commonly used to measure rotational speed, in particular in the case of rotation around a fixed axis. ... The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... Motown, also known as Tamla-Motown outside the U.S., is a record label founded on December 14, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. ... Publicity photo from jessegreen. ... Tom Moulton (1940) is an American record producer and originator of the remix and the 12-inch single vinyl format. ... Tavares is an American successful R&B, disco, and soul music band, comprised of five brothers from New Bedford, Massachusetts. ... The term musical form is used in two related ways: a generic type of composition such as the symphony or concerto the structure of a particular piece, how its parts are put together to make the whole; this too can be generic, such as binary form or sonata form Musical...

Backlash in U.S. and UK

The popularity of the film Saturday Night Fever prompted the major record labels to mass-produce hits, however, as some perceived, turning the genre from something vital and edgy into a safe "product" homogenized for the mass audience. Though disco music had several years of popularity, an American anti-disco sentiment was festering, marked by an impatient return to rock (loudly encouraged by worried rock radio stations). Disco music and dancing fads were depicted as not only silly (witness Frank Zappa's satirical song "Dancin' Fool"), but effeminate. Others objected to the perceived wanton sex and drugs that became associated with music while others were put off by the exclusivity of the disco scene symbolized by doormen who kept people out of discos that did not look or dress correctly while still others objected to the then new idea of centering music around a computerized beat instead of people. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... Sheik Yerbouti is a double vinyl live album by Frank Zappa featuring material recorded in 1977 and 1978, released on March 3, 1979 (see 1979 in music) and re-issued on May 9, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Effeminacy is character trait of a male showing femininity, unmanliness, womanliness, weakness, softness and/or a delicacy, which contradicts traditional masculine, male gender roles. ...

In Britain, however, during the same year as the first American anti-disco demonstration (see below), The Young Nationalist publication of the far-right British National Party reported that "disco and its melting pot pseudo-philosophy must be fought or Britain's streets will be full of black-worshipping soul boys," though this had been true for twenty years with many white male English teens considering themselves "soul freaks". The emergence of the punk and goth scenes contributed to disco's decline. Disco is a genre of music that originated in discothèques. ... Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, radical right, or hard right are terms used to discuss the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right political party in the United Kingdom. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... NYC goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985). ...

Rock versus disco

Strong disapproval of disco among some rock fans existed throughout the disco era, growing as disco's influence grew, such that the expression "Disco Sucks" was common by the late-1970s among these fans.

In 1979, deejays Steve Dahl and Garry Meier along with Michael Veeck (son of legendary sports marketer Bill Veeck) staged a promotional event with an anti-disco theme, Disco Demolition Night, between games at a White Sox doubleheader. The event involved exploding disco records, and ended in a near-riot. The second game of the doubleheader had to be forfeited. This page refers to the year 1979. ... Steve Dahl (born November 20, 1954) is an American radio personality. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... William Louis Veeck Jr. ... Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event occurring on July 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois during a scheduled twilight-night American League doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers which eventually turned into mayhem. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark U.S. Cellular Field (1991-present) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 2005 â€¢ 1917 â€¢ 1906 AL Pennants (6) 2005 â€¢ 1959 â€¢ 1919 â€¢ 1917 1906 â€¢ 1901 Central Division titles (2) [1] 2005 â€¢ 2000 West Division titles (2...

White male rock fans who spoke out against the music were sometimes accused of prejudice for objecting to a musical idiom that was strongly associated with both black and homosexual audiences. To further complicate matters, several prominent, popular rock artists recorded songs with audible debts to disco, sometimes to strong critical and commercial response. David Bowie's "Golden Years," and The Rolling Stones' "Miss You" and "Emotional Rescue," are distinguished examples of these disco-rock fusions, and artists such as The Who, Rod Stewart, and to a lesser extent Queen and The Clash also recorded disco-informed songs. Many of these artists were accused of selling out and received hate mail. Since the advent of disco and dance music in general, many have argued that more and more rock music has absorbed the rhythmic sensibilities of dance. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Rolling Stones are an English band that rose to prominence during the British Invasion of the 1960s. ... The Who are an English rock band that first came to prominence in the 1960s. ... Roderick David Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is an English born singer and songwriter of Scottish descent, most known for his uniquely raspy, gravelly, hoarse-sounding voice and personable singing style, as exemplified in his signature song Maggie May. In a career in its fifth decade, Stewart has achieved 27... Queen is an English rock band formed by Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... The Clash were a British rock group that existed from 1976 to 1986. ...

Regional styles of disco

Main article: disco orchestration Disco orchestration illustrates the richness of musical production techniques that went into the production of classic disco music. ...

As with many forms of art, music contains many types, of which there are distinct genres, and within which there are various styles. The sound of a disco song, as with the sound of a song of any genre of music, depended on the particular tastes of the artists, and the arrangers, producers, and even the orchestra conductors and concertmasters dictating the type of stylized playing method of each section of the orchestra, down to the engineers and mixers who assembled all the elements to make a fluid, cohesive sculpture of sound through melodic continuity. Even without a very knowledgeable ear for music, one can distinguish the stylings of Van McCoy's "The Hustle" (1975) from those of Silver Convention's "Get Up and Boogie" (1976), and from those of Chic's "Good Times" (1979), and Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" (1979). A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... Born David Styles in Yonkers, New York, Styles P is a member of rap group The Lox, which includes Jadakiss and Sheek Louch. ... Section can be: A cross section (in the common sense or the physics sense) In mathematics: A conic section A section of a fiber bundle or sheaf A Caesarean section In UK law, Section 28 In the fictional Star Trek universe, Section 31 A military unit A section (land) is... The Boston Pops orchestra performing on the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ...

As such, many regional sounds of disco developed during the mid-1970s, as a result of collaborative efforts of many individuals with a legacy of formal education and training in music theory and orchestration, whose educational backgrounds laid the foundation for the musical genre that was to burst forth onto the dance-music scene into what would come to be regarded as designer music. It can be noted that many of the conductors and players of the large city symphony and philharmonic orchestras responsible for the grand productions of disco were seasoned veterans of orchestras throughout the country, some even going back to the big-band era. A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... The Boston Pops orchestra performing on the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, Massachusetts. ... A big band is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music. ...

Some of the different regional sounds include:

• The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra as heard by groups such as MFSB, The O'Jays, The Three Degrees, and The Ritchie Family.

• The New York Philharmonic Orchestra was the foundation of the New York Sound, which included
  • Van McCoy - "The Hustle" (1975)
  • Odyssey - "Native New Yorker" (1977)
  • Gerri Granger - "Can't Take My Eyes off of You" (1976)
  • Vicki Sue Robinson - "Turn the Beat Around" (1976)
  • Roberta Flack - "Back Together Again" (1979)
  • LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade" (1975)

• The Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra was the foundation of the Los Angeles Sound, which included:

• • Carrie Lucas - "Dance with Me" (1979)
  • Love Unlimited Orchestra - "My Sweet Summer Suite" (1976)
  • Tavares - "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (1976)
  • Phyllis Hyman - "You Know How to Love Me" (1979)
  • High Inergy - "Shoulda Gone Dancing" (1979)

// Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra (1974 - 1979) Concertmaster Don Renaldo Violins Don Renaldo Christine Reeves Rudolph Malizia Charles Apollonia Americus Mungiole Lance Elbeck Gov Hutchinson Bridget Pumpolis Mitten Peter Nocella Leonore Walaniuk Helen Kwalwasser Vito J. Kasiello Joseph Bonaccorse Florence Schwartz Bertram Greenspan Charles Parker Diane Barnett Patricia Gott Emily E. Nicholl... MFSB (short for, officially, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, although some claimed that it actually stood for Mother Fuckin SonovaBitch, according to the book Last Night A DJ Saved My Life [Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Grove Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8021-3688-5]) were a loose conglomeration of studio musicians... The OJays are a popular Philadelphia soul group, originally consisting of Walter Williams, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell and Eddie Levert. ... The Three Degrees are a female Philly soul and disco vocal musical group formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Ritchie Family - photograph originally used for their Arabian Nights album in 1976 The Ritchie Family was the name of an American vocal group who achieved several hits during the 1970s disco era. ... // New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1974 - 1979) Concertmasters Gene Orloff Irving Spice David Nadien Max Pollikoff Gayle Dixon Manny Green Alfred Brown Sanford Allen Jesse Levy Kermit Moore Tony Posk Violins Gene Orloff Paul Gershman Guy Lumia Gerald Tarack Fred Buldrini Charles Libove Joe Malin Harold Kohon Irving Spice David Nadien... Van McCoy Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 - July 6, 1979) was a music producer, musician, and songwriter who had a massive hit with the disco song The Hustle in 1975, after writing hits for soul acts like Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Ruby and the Romantics, as... Odyssey (band) Originally formed in 1968 as a family act, sisters Carmen, Lillian and Louise Lopez gathered together to sing in harmony as The Lopez Sisters. ... Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 - April 27, 2000) was a US singer, most closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music. ... Roberta Flack Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer. ... Labelle (with the b written in small caps, while the spelling LaBelle exclusivelly refers to the stage surname of the groups lead vocalist, Patti LaBelle) was an American R&B/soul group, who successfully melded dance music with funk and glam rock, resulting in such memorable songs as Lady... // Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra (1974 - 1979) Concertmasters Harry Bluestone Gerald Vinci Janice Gower Charles Veal Paul Shure Sid Sharp Assa Drori James Getzoff Israel Baker Marcy Dicterow William Henderson Jack Shulman Sephra Herman Violins Harry Bluestone Gerald Vinci Janice Gower Marcy Dicterow Charles Veal Paul Shure Sid Sharp Assa Drori... Barry White ( September 12, 1944 - July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. ... Tavares is an American successful R&B, disco, and soul music band, comprised of five brothers from New Bedford, Massachusetts. ... Phyllis Hyman (6 July 1949 - 30 July 1995) was a soul artist. ...

Transition from the disco sound of the 1970s to the dance sound of the 1980s

The transition from the late-1970s disco styles to the early-1980s dance styles can be illustrated best by analysis of the work of specific artists, arrangers, and producers within each region, respective to the timeperiods. Complex musical structures basically gave way to a "one-man-band" sound produced on synthesizer keyboards. Also, the increased addition of a slightly different harmonic structure, with elements borrowed from blues and jazz, (such as more prominent chords created with acoustic or electric pianos) created a different style of "dance music" in the 1981-83 period. But by this time, the word "disco" became associated with anything danceable, that played in discothèques, so the music continued for a time to be called "disco" by many. Examples include D. Train, Kashif, and Patrice Rushen. Both changes was influenced by some of the great R&B and jazz musicians of the 70's, such as Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock, who had pioneered and perfected "one-man-band" type keyboard techniques. D. Train (sometimes written as D Train, D-Train or D Train) is an R&B/dance music duo from Brooklyn New York consisting of James D Train Williams and Hubert Evens III. Their biggest hit was Youre the One For Me, which hit #1 on the Hot Dance... Album cover of Straight from the Heart Patrice Rushen (born September 30, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. ... Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ...

Time of transition

The gradual change that occurred in the late-1970s pop-disco sound included:

• Foxy - "Get Off" and "Sex Symbol" (1978)
• Donna Summer - "Bad Girls" and "Hot Stuff" (1979)
• Rod Stewart- "Do You Think I'm Sexy"(1979)
• Amii Stewart - "Knock On Wood" (1979)
• The Bee Gees - "Tragedy" (1979)

The aforementioned songs foreboded the events of the next decade, as the year 1980 was a transitional time for music, especially dance music. As the "disco sound" was phased out, faster tempos and synthesized affects during the early-1980s dance sound, accompanied by simplified backgrounds and rock guitars, directed dance music toward the pop-rock genre. Songs included: Donna Summer on the cover of her 1993 collection The Donna Summer Anthology Donna Summer (born LaDonna Andre Gaines on December 31, 1948) is an American pop music singer best known for a string of disco music hits in the 1970s that earned her the title Queen of Disco. // Career... Roderick David Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is an English born singer and songwriter of Scottish descent, most known for his uniquely raspy, gravelly, hoarse-sounding voice and personable singing style, as exemplified in his signature song Maggie May. In a career in its fifth decade, Stewart has achieved 27... Amy Nicole Stewart (born January 29, 1956 in Washington D.C.) is an American singer. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ...

• Brothers Johnson - "Stomp" (1980)
• Earth, Wind & Fire - "Let's Groove" (1981)
• Olivia Newton-John & ELO's "Xanadu" (1980)
• George Benson - "Give Me The Night" and "Love X Love" (1980)
• Boz Scaggs - "Miss Sun" (1980)
• Teena Marie - "Behind The Groove", "I Need Your Lovin'" (1980) and "Square Biz" (1981)
• Patrice Rushen - "Haven't You Heard" (1980) and "Forget Me Nots" (1982)
• Yarbrough & Peoples - "Don't Stop the Music" (1981)
• Kool & the Gang - "Celebration" (1980), "Let's Go Dancin' (Oooh La La La)", and "Get Down On It" (1982)
• The Commodores - "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" (1981)
• Rick James - "Dance Wit Me" (1980), "Give It To Me Baby", "Super Freak" (1981) and "Cold Blooded" (1983)
• Grace Jones - "Pull Up to the Bumper" (1981)
• Boystown Gang - "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (1981)
• Roni Griffith - "(The Best Part of) Breaking Up" (1981)
• Sylvester - "Do Ya Wanna Funk" (1982)
• Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean", "Baby Be Mine", "P.Y.T." and "Thriller" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (1982)
• The Jacksons - "Lovely One" (1980) and "Can You Feel It" (1980)
• The Weather Girls - "It's Raining Men" (1982)
• Prince - "Uptown" (1980), "Dirty Mind" (1980), "Controversy" (1981) and "1999" (1983)
• Miquel Brown - "So Many Men, So Little Time" (1983)
• The Pointer Sisters - "He's So Shy" (1980), "I'm So Excited" (1982), "Automatic", "Jump (For My Love)" and "Neutron Dance" (1983)
• Madonna - "Everybody" (1982), "Holiday", "Borderline", "Burning Up", and "Lucky Star" (1983)

Those aforementioned exemplified the emerging dance-music form that dropped the complicated melodic structures of the disco style, as woodwinds, horns, and strings were replaced by synthesizers, which mimicked their sound. Here, one can readily experience the drastic changes, from the musical arrangements - missing all signs of symphony-orchestration, including orchestral builds and breaks - to the melody - missing all signs of the complicated structures of the typical disco sound, including multiple bridges and fanciful refrains. The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of the musicians George Johnson (Lightnin Licks) and Louis Johnson (Thunder Thumbs). After touring with various artists like Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, Quincy Jones hired them for a tour in Japan and produced their debut LP Look out for Number 1, released... Earth, Wind & Fire is an American funk band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. ... Olivia Newton-John, circa 1988 Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born September 26, 1948, Cambridge) is a British-born Australian singer and actress. ... ELO has several meanings: Electric Light Orchestra, a rock music group ELO rating system for measuring relative strength of chess players A contraction for hello, frequently used on the internet. ... Xanadu, Zanadu, or Shangdu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shàngdū) was the summer capital of Kublai Khans Mongol Empire, which covered much of Asia. ... George Benson (born March 22, 1945) is an American jazz guitarist, singer and composer. ... Boz Scaggs album cover Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, June 8, 1944) is an Ohio-born Texan singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... Teena Marie (born Mary Christine Brockert on March 5, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer/songwriter/producer. ... Album cover of Straight from the Heart Patrice Rushen (born September 30, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist. ... Kool & the Gang was a highly successful R&B/soul/funk/disco group. ... The Commodores was a highly successful soul/funk band in the 1970s. ... Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr; February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American funk and soul musician, who worked as a singer, keyboardist, bassist, record producer, arranger, and composer during his long career. ... Cover to Grace Jones 1981 album Nightclubbing. ... Sylvester James (September 6, 1944 in Los Angeles, California – December 16, 1988 in San Francisco, California) was an American disco and soul musician, and a gay drag performer. ... For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana) is an American musician and entertainer whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop culture for the last quarter-century. ... The cover to the Jackson 5s first LP, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, released on Motown Records in 1969. ... The Weather Girls were a United States girl group (singers Martha Wash and Izora Armstead) who scored a massive disco hit with 1983 classic Its Raining Men. ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Miquel Brown (born circa 1945) is a disco/soul singer from the 70s and 80s most popular for the songs Close to Perfection and the Hi-NRG So Many Men, So Little Time (now considered a gay anthem). ... The Pointer Sisters was an American vocal group and recording act that achieved great success during the 1970s and 1980s. ... Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American pop singer, dancer and actress. ... A symphony is an extended composition usually for orchestra and usually comprising several movements. ... For the use of the term orchestration in computer science, see orchestration (computers) Orchestration is the study and practice of adapting music for an orchestra or musical ensemble. ... Orchestral build is a term used in disco music to describe the systematic overlapping of prerecorded elements of the symphony orchestra during an interlude of a song. ... This article is about breakbeat, the genre. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Disco "spinoffs": rap and "house" music

Disco was largely succeeded for younger listeners by rap, which had started, by rapping over disco tracks. The first commercially popular rap hits were "Rapper's Delight" (which borrowed the bass line from Chic's "Good Times") and Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks". The two styles existed side by side for a few years, with rap sometimes being used in disco songs such as Blondie's "Rapture",Teena Marie's "Square Biz", and Indeep's "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life". The two styles together also sparked off "House Music" with such legendary innovators such as Larry Levan in New York, and Frankie Knuckles in Chicago in the early 1980's. Legendary clubs associated with the birth of house included New York's 'Paradise Garage' and Chicago's "Warehouse" and "The Music Box". Mixes incorporated here included various disco loops overlapped with a strong bassbeat, usually computer driven, and with longer segments intended for mixing. Afrika Bambataa released the 1982 single "Planet Rock", which drew several elements from Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" and the previous year's "Numbers". Electronic sounds in rap were eventually discarded in favor of a more "raw" hip-hop sound in songs such as "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. However, the "Planet Rock" sound also spawned a non-"hip-hop" electronic dance trend, with such follow-ups as Planet Patrol's "Play At Your Own Risk", the same year, followed by "One More Shot" by C-Bank; and the following year, its popularity skyrocketed with Shannon's "Let The Music Play" Freeze's "I.O.U.", Gwen Guthrie's "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent", Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You", and Midnight Star's "Freakazoid". Electronic Dance music or House Music (later called "techno") had now emerged as its own genre, and this became the new "disco", even though it was not addressed as such. Rappers Delight is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang; it is widely acknowledged as the first hip hop hit single. ... Curtis Kurtis Blow Walker, (born on August 9, 1959, in Harlem, New York) is one of the pioneer rappers in the recording industry, and hip hops first mainstream star. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rapture single cover Rapture is track number 8 from the 1980 album Autoamerican by Blondie. ... Teena Marie (born Mary Christine Brockert on March 5, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer/songwriter/producer. ... Larry Levan (born Lawrence Philpot, July 20, 1954 – died November 8, 1992, of AIDS) stands at the crossroads of disco, house music and garage music. ... Frankie Knuckles (born January 18, 1955 as Frank Warren Knuckles Jr. ... Afrika Bambaataa (born April 10 or October 4, 1957 or 1960, though his birthdate is hotly debated; he himself refuses to comment on his age) is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who in the late 1970s, was instrumental in the early development of hip hop. ... DJ Grandmaster Flash was one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. ... Shannon (born May 12, 1958 as Brenda Shannon Greene in Washington D.C.), is well known for her 1983 smash dance/freestyle record, Let The Music Play. The record redefined the electro funk sound that Arthur Baker and John Rocca (who produced I.O.U by Freeez and One More... Gwen Guthrie (July 14 (some sources say July 9) 1950 - February 3, 1999) was an American singer and songwriter, who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, and Madonna among others, and wrote songs for Ben E. King and Roberta Flack. ... Album cover of What Cha Gonna Do For Me? Best known for her 1984 cover of Princes I Feel for You, R&B singer Chaka Khan enjoyed solo success as well as popularity as a member of the funk band Rufus. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... House music is a style of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ...

"Death" and a "Retro" revival

By the year 1983, disco was said to be pretty much "dead". It did not really have a distinctive "death", but simply blended back into other popular styles, while spawning some new styles. It was the synthesizer, and resulting change in the sounds, that basically ended disco as it was known in the pre-electronic 70's, more so than the reaction from the competing rock genre. The danceable rhythms would live on in pop/rock, rap, techno/house music and R&B.

However in the 1990s, a revival of the original disco style began and is exemplified by such songs as "Lemon" (1993) by U2, "Spend Some Time" (1994) by Brand New Heavies, the album "Tales Of Acid Ice Cream" by Awaken (1996), "Cosmic Girl" (1996) by Jamiroquai, "Who Do You Think You Are" and "Never Give Up on the Good Times" (1997) by The Spice Girls (1997) and "Strong Enough" (1998) by Cher, who had also recorded disco songs in the 70s. See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from 2000 and 2001. ... U2 are an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica; The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards and backing vocals; Adam Clayton on bass guitar; and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... Album cover of Brother Sister The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and alternative hip hop group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England. ... Tales of Acid Ice Cream is the first album of music project Awaken, released in 1996. ... AWAKEN is an underground music project based in Belgium. ... Jamiroquai is a British band led by singer Jay (Jason) Kay. ... The Spice Girls were a British vocal girl band. ... Cher on the cover of her album Living Proof Image:CherCher Photo Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer of half Armenian, Scots Irish, and 1/16th Cherokee descent. ...

During the first half of the 2000s, there were releases by a number of artists including "Spinning Around" and "Love at First Sight" by Kylie Minogue (2001), "I Don't Understand It" by Ultra Nate (2001), "Crying at the Discoteque" by Alcazar (2001), "Love Foolosophy" by Jamiroquai (2001), "Party In Lyceum's Toilets" by Awaken (2001), "Murder on the Dancefloor" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor (2001), and "Love Invincible" by Michael Franti and Spearhead (2003) that channeled classic disco music. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... Ultra Nate (originally from Baltimore) is a popular American house musician who is best known in her home country for her monsterous 1990s dance crossover smash, Free, which features the memorable chorus cause youre free/ to do what you want to do/ youve got to live your life... Alcazar is a Swedish pop group who had a string of hit singles during the early 2000s decade and are continuing successfully today. ... Jamiroquai is a British band led by singer Jay (Jason) Kay. ... Party In Lyceums Toilets is the second album of music project Awaken, released in 2001. ... AWAKEN is an underground music project based in Belgium. ... Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979 in Middlesex, England) is a Multi-platinum-selling English pop singer. ...

In 2004 former Three Degrees lead singer Sheila Ferguson hired Burning Vision Entertainment to create the ultimate disco music video to accompany the release of 'A New Kind Of Medicine'with mesmerising effect. Sheila Ferguson (born October 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was the lead singer of 1970s American all woman soul music group The Three Degrees. ... Burning Vision Entertainment logo Burning Vision Entertainment, founded by directors Gratian Dimech and James Heath, is a London based production company. ...

Most recently, Madonna has used disco themes in her latest album, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Her single "Hung Up", notably samples ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)". Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American pop singer, dancer and actress. ... Confessions on a Dancefloor is the confirmed title of Madonnas eleventh studio album slated to be released in November 2005. ... Hung Up is a pop–dance song written by American singer-songwriter Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus for Madonnas tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). ...

Radio

Currently, most radio stations that play dance music or '70s-era music will play this music and related forms such as funk and Philadelphia soul at some point in their playlists; both major satellite radio companies also have disco music stations in their lineup. However, dance music stations in general are not known for having high ratings. Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Philadelphia (or Philly) soul, sometimes called the Philadelphia Sound, is a style of soul music characterized by lush instrumental arrangements often featuring sweeping strings and horns. ...

See also

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:

Disco

• List of disco artists (A-K), List of disco artists (L-Z)
• Saturday Night Fever
• Disco orchestration
• Repetitive music

Image File history File links Wikiquote-logo-en. ... Wikiquote logo Wikiquote is a sister project of Wikipedia, using the same MediaWiki software. ... The following lists groups or individuals primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits. ... // L L.A. Express Dance the Night Away (1976) La Bionda Sandstorm (1978), Never Gonna Let You Go (1979) La Pregunta Shangri-La (1978) LaBelle Lady Marmalade (1975) Lady Love Wrap Your Arms around Me (1977) Lalo Schifrin Theme from Jaws (1976) Lamar Thomas Chained (To Your Love) (1979) Lamont... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... Disco orchestration illustrates the richness of musical production techniques that went into the production of classic disco music. ... Repetitive music is music which features a relatively high degree of repetition in its creation or reception. ...

External links

• Internet radio stations playing disco music from live365.com

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Sources

• Michaels, Mark (1990). The Billboard Book of Rock Arranging. ISBN 0823075370.
• Jones, Alan and Kantonen, Jussi (1999). Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco. Chicago, Illinois: A Cappella Books. ISBN 1556524110.

Further reading

• Brewster, Bill and Broughton, Frank (1999) Last Night a DJ Saved my Life: the History of the Disc Jockey Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0747262306
• Lawrence, Tim (2004). Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979 . Duke University Press. ISBN 0822331985.