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  1. english.elpais.com › culture › 2024/01/18The rise and fall of disco: From the dance floor to freedom

    Jan 18, 2024 · JAN 18, 2024 - 14:47 EST. The 1970s were a tough decade: when at last the Vietnam war ended, the oil crisis began. After the widespread upheavals of 1968, a conservative backlash took hold: in the United States, Nixon was in charge of the White House until the Watergate scandal. Racial segregation had ended, but only on paper: African Americans ...

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  3. homegrown.co.in › homegrown-explore › how-disco-tookHow Disco Took India By Storm In The Glorious ‘80s - Homegrown

    Jun 8, 2021 · Disco in Bollywood brought into the limelight actors as well as singers. This was the era of Asha Bhosle, who came to the forefront for her seductive and melodious voice. Bappi Lahiri, who lent his music to blockbuster movies like Disco Dancer, Namak Halal and Himmatwala is an ‘80s and ‘90s music icon. This year, Bappi Lahiri completes 50 ...

  4. www.pbs.org › the-dazzling-daring-history-of-discoAll About Disco Music: History & Todays Influence | PBS

    Jun 25, 2024 · The word “disco” comes from “discotheque,” a kind of dance club known for playing popular music. As both a genre and a subculture, disco was most popular in the 1970s, contributing to the ...

  5. www.spin.com › 2024 › 06New Documentary Illuminates the Heart and Soul of Disco

    Jun 18, 2024 · The story is filled out with firsthand experience of talking heads, among them Nicky Siano. One of the key voices, Siano is a disco originator with his club The Gallery and a resident DJ at Studio ...

  6. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Disco, Dancing, Globalization and Class in 1980s Hindi Cinema

    Mar 29, 2022 · Disco Deewani did establish ‘that kind of music’ in India; but the LP and disco generally were three to five years too early to benefit from the first substantial wave of Indian popular music and popular music companies that arrived in the mid-1980s, fuelled by the emergence of a legitimate audio-cassette economy. In 1981, India’s two music companies, The Gramophone Company and Polydor had been licensed to produce pre-recorded cassettes for less than 12 months; total legitimate ...

  7. www.bbc.com › culture › articleWhy disco should be taken seriously - BBC

    Pioneering DJ/producer Nicky Siano recalls being a gay Brooklyn youth, drawn to the “social and affirming” atmosphere of Greenwich Village; he was 18 when he founded Manhattan’s The Gallery ...

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  9. www.forbes.com › sites › hughmcintyreDisco’s History Is Finally Told In The New Docuseries ‘Disco ...

    Jun 28, 2024 · PBS and the BBC aimed to fix that with their new joint production, Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution. The three-part series airs on PBS in the United States, with the final installment set to go ...