If someone says they’re not a fan of 70s disco songs, there’s a good chance they’re not being truthful. Despite the backlash the dance genre has gotten through the years, who wouldn’t boogie oogie ...

"Father of Disco" Giorgio Moroder selects 34 of his favorite songs from the genre he helped pioneer. By Giorgio Moroder There’s a reason they call Giorgio Moroder the “Father of Disco.” The Italian ...

The ’70s was a time to be alive in the United States and parts of Europe. When disco fever hit the music scene, as a result of dance music emerging from the US nightlife, the bump, and the hustle ...

Contrary to popular belief, disco didn't fade from the mainstream when the '70s ended. Exhibit A: The mysterious Dutch group Stars on 45 hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 20, 1981 with the ...

If you lived the relatively brief era when it ruled the world in the late 1970s, it’s hard to remain unbiased about disco. For some, it was the soundtrack of their coming-of-age years. Others ran as ...

In late 1971, a track with a very distinctive rhythm section reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Isaac Hayes’s “Theme from Shaft”—and its rat-a-tat, sixteenth-note high-hat cymbals—hung out on ...