DISCO

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DISCO By LaDonna
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What is disco?

• Disco is the genre of dance oriented pop music
  which blends funk and soul music together.
• Popular in dance clubs around 1970s.
• Music included Strings, horns, electric pianos,
  and electric guitars create a lush background
  sound, and orchestral instruments.

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Disco performers

• The major artist were Donna Summer, The Jackson
  5, Barry White, The Bee Gees, and ABBA
• Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at
  the height of its popularity.

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A Rise in Disco

• Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday
  contributed to the rise.
• It was an important influence on the development
  of the 1980s and 1990s electric dance music.

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Disco music

• In 1975, hits such as Van McCoy's "The Hustle"
  and Donna Summer's "Love to Love You, Baby"
• The Jackson 5s "Dancing Machine" (1974), Barry
  Whites "You're the First, the Last, My
  Everything" (1974), LaBelles "Lady Marmalade"
  (1974), The Four Seasons "December, 1963 (Oh,
  What a Night)" (1975), Silver Conventions "Fly
  Robin Fly" (1975), and The Bee Gees "Jive
  Talkin" (1975).

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• Helen Reddys "I Can't Hear You No More" (1976)
  Marvin Gayes "Got to Give It Up" (1977) Barry
  Manilows "Copacabana (At The Copa)" (1978)
  Chaka Khans "I'm Every Woman" (1978) Wings
  "Silly Love Songs" (1976) and "Goodnight Tonight"
  (1979) Barbra Streisands "No More Tears (Enough
  Is Enough)" (1979) Electric Light Orchestras
  "Last Train to London" and "Shine a Little Love"
  (1979) and Michael Jacksons "Don't Stop 'Til
  You Get Enough," "Rock With You," and "Off the
  Wall" (1979), from his breakout Off The Wall
  album.

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Disco's decline

• Music historians generally refer to July 12,
  1979, as the "day disco died", because of an
  anti-disco demonstration that was held in
  Chicago.
• Disco Demolition Night, a promotional event with
  an anti-disco theme, between games at a White Sox
  doubleheader for disgruntled Rock fans. The
  event, which involved exploding disco records,
  ended in a riot in which police made numerous
  arrests.

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