Let’s drop that ball!
Rarely does a dance movement fit so precisely within a decade. By the time disco hit my hometown, it was already over.
Seventies Disco was born on Valentine's Day 1970, when David Manusco opened The Loft in New York City, and it rapidly faded in 1980. When the Disco movement peaked in 1978-79, the demographic was predominantly white, heterosexual, urban and suburban middle class. But it didn't begin that way. For the first eight years, Disco was an underground movement. Then the film Saturday Night Fever (December 1977) helped turn the simmering subculture into a mainstream fad, resulting in a 30-fold increase in disco clubs. And the rest, as they say, is history.
The Hustle — Van McCoy
Disco Inferno — The Trammps
September — Earth, Wind & Fire
Super Freak — Rick James
Staying Alive — The Bee Gees
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