1970's Disco Dance Party - Music History Livestream

1970's Disco Dance Party - Music History Livestream

It's Saturday night, let's travel back in time to 1970's and hear the distinctive music of the Disco Dance era. We'll feature songs from a variety of iconic performers, including a few from Motown that we've discussed in our previous sessions.

During the program we invite you to discuss the music with your fellow attendees via Zoom.

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, horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.

Well-known disco artists include Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Boney M., Earth Wind & Fire, the Bee Gees, Chaka Khan, Chic, KC and the Sunshine Band, Thelma Houston, Sister Sledge, The Trammps, the Village People and Michael Jackson. Films such as Saturday Night Fever (1977) contributed to disco's mainstream popularity.

Several dance styles were developed during the period of disco's popularity in the United States, including "the Bump" and "the Hustle".

By the late 1970s, most major U.S. cities had thriving disco club scenes. Discothèque-goers often wore expensive, extravagant and sexy fashions. Disco clubs were also associated with promiscuity as a reflection of the sexual revolution of this era in popular history.

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