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839 relations: "Weird Al" Yankovic (album), A Certain Ratio, A Fifth of Beethoven, A Public Affair, A Public Affair (song), A Quiet Storm, A Taste of Honey (band), Aachen, ABBA, ABC (The Jackson 5 song), ABC Records, Acid jazz, Adriano Celentano, African-American culture, Airplane!, Ajda Pekkan, Album, Alec R. Costandinos, Alicia Bridges, AllMusic, Amanda Lear, American Psychiatric Association, Andrea True, Andy Gibb, Aneka, Anita Ward, Another Brick in the Wall, Another One Bites the Dust, Aquarela do Brasil, Arcade Fire, Aretha Franklin, Arrangement, Arthur Russell (musician), Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Atlantic Records, Average White Band, B. T. Express, Baby I'm Burnin', Baccara, Bad Girls (Donna Summer song), Bail, Baltimora, Barbra Streisand, Barrie & Jenkins, Barry Gibb, Barry Manilow, Barry White, Baseball, Baseball field, Bass drum, ... Expand index (789 more) »
- 1970s fads and trends
- 2020 in music
- Dance culture
- Dances
- Italian-American culture
- LGBT-related music
- Music and fashion
"Weird Al" Yankovic (album)
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the debut studio album by the American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English post-punk band formed in Greater Manchester in 1977 by Peter Terrell (guitar), Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), Jez Kerr (bass guitar, vocals), Martin Moscrop (trumpet, guitar) and Donald Johnson (drums), with Martha Tilson (vocals) joining soon after.
A Fifth of Beethoven
"A Fifth of Beethoven" is a disco instrumental recorded by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band, adapted from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
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A Public Affair
A Public Affair is the fifth studio album by American pop singer Jessica Simpson.
A Public Affair (song)
"A Public Affair" is a song by American singer Jessica Simpson.
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A Quiet Storm
A Quiet Storm is the 1975 third solo album by American soul singer, songwriter, and producer Smokey Robinson.
A Taste of Honey (band)
A Taste of Honey is an American recording act, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1972 by associates Janice-Marie Johnson and Perry Kibble.
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Aachen
Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle; Oche; Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.
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ABBA
ABBA are a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
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ABC (The Jackson 5 song)
"ABC" is a song by the Jackson 5.
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ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.
Acid jazz
Acid jazz (also known as club jazz, psychedelic jazz, or groove jazz) is a music genre that combines elements of funk, soul, and hip hop, as well as jazz and disco.
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano (born 6 January 1938) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker.
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African-American culture
African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture.
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Airplane!
Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced by Jon Davison.
Ajda Pekkan
Ayşe Ajda Pekkan (born 12 February 1946) is a Turkish singer.
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
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Alec R. Costandinos
Alec Rupen Costandinos, (born Alexandre Garbis Sarkis Kouyoumdjian on 20 March 1944 in Cairo, Egypt) is a French composer, music producer, songwriter and singer of the 1970s, known for his contributions to disco music.
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Alicia Bridges
Alicia Bridges (born July 15, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter who co-wrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" in 1978.
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear (born 18 June or 18 November 1939 or 1941 or 1946 or 1950 in Saigon or Hong Kong or Hanoi) is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress, and former model.
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.
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Andrea True
Andrea Marie Truden (July 26, 1943 – November 7, 2011), better known by her pseudonym Andrea True, was an American former pornographic actress and singer from the disco era.
Andy Gibb
Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English-Australian singer and songwriter.
Aneka
Mary Sandeman (born 20 November 1947), better known by her former stage name Aneka, is a retired Scottish traditional singer.
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Anita Ward
Anita Ward (born December 20, 1956) (sources differ) is an American singer and musician from Memphis, Tennessee.
Another Brick in the Wall
"Another Brick in the Wall" is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera The Wall, written by the bassist, Roger Waters.
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Another One Bites the Dust
"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the British rock band Queen.
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Aquarela do Brasil
"Aquarela do Brasil" ('Watercolor of Brazil'), written by Ary Barroso in 1939 and known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs.
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Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
Arrangement
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.
Arthur Russell (musician)
Charles Arthur Russell Jr. (May 21, 1951 – April 4, 1992) was an American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician from Iowa, whose work spanned a disparate range of styles.
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.
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Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.
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Average White Band
The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980.
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B. T. Express
B.T. Express (originally named Brooklyn Transit Express) was an American funk/disco group that had a number of successful songs during the 1970s.
Baby I'm Burnin'
"Baby I'm Burnin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.
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Baccara
Baccara was a Spanish female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951) and María Mendiola (4 April 1952 – 11 September 2021). The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all time by a female group, eventually selling more than 16 million copies worldwide.
Bad Girls (Donna Summer song)
"Bad Girls" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer from her 1979 seventh studio album of the same name.
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Bail
Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process.
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Baltimora
Baltimora was an Italian music project from Milan, active from 1984 to 1987.
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director.
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Barrie & Jenkins
Barrie & Jenkins was a small British publishing house that was formed in 1964 from the merger of the companies Herbert Jenkins (founded by English writer Herbert George Jenkins) and Barrie & Rockliff (whose managing director was Leopold Ullstein and whose editorial staff included John Bunting and John Pattison).
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Barry Gibb
Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades.
Barry White
Barry Eugene White (September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003) was an American singer and songwriter.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
Baseball field
A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played.
Bass drum
The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch.
Bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.
Bassline
Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, dub and electronic, traditional, and classical music, for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or synthesizer).
Beatmatching
Beatmatching or pitch cue is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting or time stretching an upcoming track to match its tempo to that of the currently playing track, and to adjust them such that the beats (and, usually, the bars) are synchronized—e.g. the kicks and snares in two house records hit at the same time when both records are played simultaneously. Disco and Beatmatching are DJing.
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees --> were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
Bell-bottoms
Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg. Disco and bell-bottoms are 1970s fads and trends and 1970s fashion.
Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic.
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (Knowles; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman.
Biddu
Biddu Appaiah (born 8 February 1945) is a British-Indian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer who composed and produced many worldwide hit records during a career spanning five decades.
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Big band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.
Bill Anderson (singer)
James William Anderson III (born November 1, 1937), known professionally as Bill Anderson, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television host.
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Bill Cosby
William Henry Cosby Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American former comedian, actor, spokesman, and media personality.
Bill Laswell
William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner.
Bill Veeck
William Louis Veeck Jr. (February 9, 1914 – January 2, 1986), also known as "Sport Shirt Bill" and "Wild Bill", was an American Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter.
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Blackpool Mecca
The Blackpool Mecca was a large entertainment venue on Central Drive in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, in North West England, first opened in 1965.
Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Disco and Blues are African-American music and American styles of music.
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Blur (band)
Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988.
Bob Ezrin
Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish.
Bob Seger
Robert Clark Seger (born May 6, 1945) is a retired American singer, songwriter, and musician.
Bob Sinclar
Christophe Le Friant (born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar, is a French record producer, DJ and remixer.
Bobby Vinton
Stanley Robert Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American singer, celebrity, and actor, who hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s.
Boney M.
Boney M. are a disco group that specialises in R&B, reggae, disco and funk, created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter.
Bonfire
A bonfire is a large and controlled outdoor fire, used either for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration.
Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Boogie Nights (song)
"Boogie Nights" is a 1977 single by international funk-disco group Heatwave.
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Boogie Oogie Oogie
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" is a song by the American band A Taste of Honey from their 1978 self-titled debut album.
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Boogie Shoes
"Boogie Shoes" is a funk/disco song by KC and the Sunshine Band, which first appeared on their 1975 self-titled album.
Boogie Wonderland
"Boogie Wonderland" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions, released in April 1979 on Columbia Records as the first single from their ninth album, I Am (1979).
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Brass instrument
A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips.
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Break (music)
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece. Disco and break (music) are DJing.
Bromley Contingent
The Bromley Contingent were a group of followers of the Sex Pistols.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.
Brooklyn Dreams
Brooklyn Dreams is an American comic book limited series written by J. M. DeMatteis and illustrated by Glenn Barr.
Bump (dance)
The Bump is a form of popular dance introduced in the 1970s in the United States. Disco and Bump (dance) are 1970s fads and trends.
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama.
Can't Get You Out of My Head
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album, Fever (2001).
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Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant.
Canned Heat (song)
"Canned Heat" is the second single from British funk group Jamiroquai's fourth studio album, Synkronized (1999).
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Car Wash (film)
Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film released by Universal Pictures.
Car Wash (song)
"Car Wash" is a song by the American soul and R&B band Rose Royce.
Carl Douglas
Carlton George Douglas (born 10 May 1942) is a Jamaican-British singer best known for his 1974 disco single "Kung Fu Fighting".
Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records.
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Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)
"Celebration" is a 1980 song by American band Kool & the Gang.
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Celebrity
Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media.
Cello
The violoncello, often simply abbreviated as cello, is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family.
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Cerrone
Marc CerroneDaryl Easlea, "Supernature Boy", Record Collector, #502, February 2020, pp.60-63 (born 24 May 1952) is a French disco drummer, composer, record producer and creator of concerts.
Cha-cha-cha (dance)
The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin.
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Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer.
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes.
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Chateau Impney
Chateau Impney Hotel & Exhibition Centre is a Grade II* listed 19th-century house built in the style of an elaborate French château near Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, England.
Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter.
Chic (band)
Chic (stylized CHIC), currently called Nile Rodgers & Chic, is an American disco band that was formed in 1972 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards.
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967.
Chicago 13
Chicago 13 is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Chicago, released on August 13, 1979, by Columbia Records.
Chicago house
Chicago house refers to house music produced during the mid to late 1980s within Chicago.
Chicago Police Department
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Chicago City Council.
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Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
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Chord progression
In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords.
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Christian right
The Christian right, otherwise referred to as the religious right, are Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative and traditionalist policies.
Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
Claude François
Claude Antoine Marie François (1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer.
Clavinet
The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982.
Cloud Nine (The Temptations album)
Cloud Nine is the ninth studio album by American musical group The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1969.
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Club drug
Club drugs, also called rave drugs or party drugs, are a loosely defined category of recreational drugs which are associated with discothèques in the 1970s and nightclubs, dance clubs, electronic dance music (EDM) parties, and raves in the 1980s to today. Disco and club drug are 1970s fads and trends, dance culture, drug culture and musical subcultures.
Club Kids
The Club Kids were a group of young New York City dance club personalities.
Cocaine
Cocaine (from, from, ultimately from Quechua: kúka) is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant.
Coldcut
Coldcut are an English electronic music duo composed of Matt Black and Jonathan More.
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997, consisting of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey.
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina.
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Combined oral contraceptive pill
The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women.
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Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city.
Commodores
Commodores, often billed as the Commodores, are an American funk and soul group.
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.
Confessions on a Dance Floor
Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna.
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Confessions Tour
The Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna, launched in support of her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005).
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Connie Smith
Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador; August 14, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Consumerism
Consumerism is a social and economic order in which the aspirations of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those necessary for survival or traditional displays of status.
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. Disco and Contemporary R&B are African-American music and American styles of music.
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Copacabana (nightclub)
The Copacabana is a New York City nightclub that has existed in several locations.
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Copacabana (song)
"Copacabana", also known as "Copacabana (At the Copa)", is a song recorded by Barry Manilow.
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Copyist
A copyist is a person that makes duplications of the same thing.
Cor anglais
The cor anglais (or original; plural: cors anglais) Longman has /kɔːz/ for British and /kɔːrz/ for American -->, or English horn (in North American English), is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family.
Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a song written by Adrienne Anderson and composed by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20.
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Counterculture of the 1960s
The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century.
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Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. Disco and country music are 1970s in music, African-American music and American styles of music.
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.
D Train (music group)
D Train was an American duo that had hits on the Billboard magazine Dance and R&B charts during the first half of the 1980s.
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Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", also written "Da' Ya' Think I'm Sexy", is a song by British singer Rod Stewart from his ninth studio album, Blondes Have More Fun (1978).
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Daddy Cool (Boney M. song)
"Daddy Cool" is a song produced and co-written by Frank Farian who had founded the group Boney M. to visually perform to his songs on TV and while touring discos.
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Daft Punk
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
Dalida
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida (داليدا), was a French singer and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents.
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Dallas (1978 TV series)
Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.
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Dance Club Songs
Dance Club Songs was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by Billboard magazine.
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Dance Fever
Dance Fever is an American musical variety television series that aired weekly in syndication from January 1979 to September 1987.
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a subgenre of pop music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
Dance-punk
Dance-punk (also known as punk-funk) is a post-punk subgenre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the disco, post-disco and new wave movements. Disco and Dance-punk are American styles of music.
Dance-rock
Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. Disco and dance-rock are 1970s in music and American styles of music.
Dancing Machine
"Dancing Machine" is a song recorded by American R&B group the Jackson 5; it was the title track of their ninth studio album.
Dancing Queen
"Dancing Queen" is a song by the Swedish group ABBA, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival (1976).
Daniel J. Flynn
Daniel J. Flynn is an American author and columnist.
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
David Mancuso
David Paul Mancuso (October 20, 1944 – November 14, 2016) was an American disc jockey who created the popular "by invitation only" parties in New York City, which later became known as "The Loft".
David Ruffin
David Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin;Ribowsky, p. 88 January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known.
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978.
Dead or Alive (band)
Dead or Alive were an English pop band who released seven studio albums from 1984 to 2000.
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December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" is a song originally performed by the Four Seasons, written by original Four Seasons keyboard player Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker, produced by Gaudio, and included on the group's album Who Loves You (1975).
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Deee-Lite
Deee-Lite was an American house and dance music group formed in New York City.
Deep house
Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music.
Deney Terrio
Denis George Mahan (born June 15, 1950), better known as Deney Terrio, is an American choreographer and hosted the television musical variety series Dance Fever from 1979 to 1987.
Desmond Child
John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and producer.
Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit.
Devo
Devo (originally), often stylized as DEVO, is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973.
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress.
Dim All the Lights
"Dim All the Lights" is a song by American recording artist Donna Summer released as the third single from her 1979 album Bad Girls.
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Direct-drive mechanism
A direct-drive mechanism is a mechanism design where the force or torque from a prime mover is transmitted directly to the effector device (such as the drive wheels of a vehicle) without involving any intermediate couplings such as a gear train or a belt.
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Disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Disco and disc jockey are DJing.
Disco 2000 (song)
"Disco 2000" is a song by British band Pulp, included on the band's fifth album, Different Class (1995).
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Disco ball
A disco ball (also known as a mirror ball or glitter ball) is a roughly spherical object that reflects light directed at it in many directions, producing a complex display.
Disco Bill
Disco Bill (1977) is an album by Bill Cosby.
Disco Dancer
Disco Dancer is a 1982 Indian dance-action film, written by Rahi Masoom Raza and directed by Babbar Subhash.
Disco Demolition Night
Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot.
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Disco Duck
"Disco Duck" is a satirical disco novelty song performed by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots.
Disco Inferno
"Disco Inferno" is a song by American disco band the Trammps from their fourth studio album of the same name (1976).
Disco polo
Disco polo is a genre of popular dance music, created in Poland in the 1980s.
Disco Step-by-Step
Disco Step-by-Step was a local television show in Buffalo, New York which featured disco music, dance instruction, and hustle dancing.
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Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes were a Disco group of the 1970s, featuring Monti Rock III (born Joseph Montanez, Jr.). The band is best known for their two Disco hits: "Get Dancin'" (1974), and "I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo (Doo Dat Dance)" (1975).
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DJ Mag
DJ Magazine (also known as DJ Mag) is a British monthly magazine dedicated to electronic dance music and DJs.
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DJ mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. Disco and DJ mix are DJing.
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DJ mixer
A DJ mixer is a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys (DJs) to control and manipulate multiple audio signals.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music.
Don Cornelius
Donald Cortez Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television show host and producer widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1970 until 1993.
Don Henley
Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician who is a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and co-lead vocalist, as well as the sole continuous member of the band.
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a 1976 duet by English musician Elton John and English singer Kiki Dee, released by The Rocket Record Company on 25 June 1976.
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Don't Leave Me This Way
"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert.
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Donna Summer
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
Double knitting
Double knitting is a form of hand knitting in which two fabrics are knitted simultaneously on one pair of needles.
Drag (entertainment)
Drag is a performance of exaggerated femininity, masculinity, or other forms of gender expression, usually for entertainment purposes.
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Droitwich Spa
Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich) is a historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe.
Drug
A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect.
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Drum kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.
Drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns.
Dub music
Dub is an electronic musical style that grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
Duke University Press
Duke University Press is an academic publisher and university press affiliated with Duke University.
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Eagles (band)
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.
Earl Young (drummer)
Earl Donald Young (born June 2, 1940) is a Philadelphia-based drummer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s as part of the Philly Soul sound.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American band whose music spans the genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin, and Afro-pop.
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Easy listening
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s.
Eddie Kendricks
Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American tenor singer and songwriter.
Edwin Starr
Charles Edwin Hatcher (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003), known by his stage name Edwin Starr, was an American singer and songwriter.
Effects unit
An effects unit, effects processor, or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing.
Eighth note
'''Figure 1.''' An eighth note with stem extending up, an eighth note with stem extending down, and an eighth rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four eighth notes beamed together. An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve).
El País
() is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain.
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.
Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan.
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Electric organ
An electric organ, also known as electronic organ, is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ.
Electric piano
An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into electrical signals by pickups (either magnetic, electrostatic, or piezoelectric).
Electroclash
Electroclash (also known as synthcore, retro-electro, tech-pop, nouveau disco, and the new new wave) is a genre of popular music that fuses 1980s electro, new wave and synth-pop with 1990s techno, retro-style electropop and electronic dance music.
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. Disco and electronic dance music are culture of Latin America and Italian-American culture.
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Electronic drum
Electronic drums are a modern electronic musical instrument, primarily designed to serve as an alternative to an acoustic drum kit.
Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.
Eminence Front
"Eminence Front" is a song by the Who, written and sung by lead guitarist Pete Townshend.
Emotional Rescue (song)
"Emotional Rescue" is a song by the English rock and roll band, the Rolling Stones.
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Eroticism
Eroticism is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love.
Escapism
Escapism is mental diversion from unpleasant aspects of daily life, typically through activities involving imagination or entertainment.
ESG (band)
ESG (Emerald, Sapphire & Gold) is an American rock band formed in the South Bronx in 1978.
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann; January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer.
Eurodance
Eurodance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe.
Eurodisco
Eurodisco (also spelled as Euro disco) is the variety of European forms of electronic dance music that evolved from disco in the middle 1970s, incorporating elements of pop and rock into a disco-like continuous dance atmosphere.
Europop
Europop (also spelled Euro pop) is a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the mid-to-late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s. Disco and Europop are 1970s in music.
Evelyn "Champagne" King
Evelyn "Champagne" King (born July 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Evil Woman (Electric Light Orchestra song)
"Evil Woman" is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and written by lead vocalist Jeff Lynne.
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Experimental music
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.
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Falsetto
Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.
Fame (1980 film)
Fame is a 1980 American teen musical drama film directed by Alan Parker and written by Christopher Gore.
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Fanzine
A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk (born Farley Keith Williams; January 25, 1962) is an American musician, DJ and record producer of Chicago house and acid house music.
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Fashion accessory
In fashion, an accessory is an item used to contribute, in a secondary manner, to an individual's outfit.
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Feminism
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.
Fever (Kylie Minogue album)
Fever is the eighth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue.
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Flashdance
Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.
Flight of the Bumblebee
"Flight of the Bumblebee" (Полёт шмеля) is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900.
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Flo Rida
Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper and singer.
Flugelhorn
The flugelhorn, also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore.
Flute
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.
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Fly, Robin, Fly
"Fly, Robin, Fly" is a song by the German disco group Silver Convention from their debut studio album Save Me (1975).
Four on the floor (music)
Four-on-the-floor (or four-to-the-floor) is a rhythm used primarily in dance genres such as disco and electronic dance music.
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Francis Grasso
Francis Grasso (March 25, 1948 – March 20, 2001) was an American disco music disc jockey from New York City, best known for being one of the first people to beatmatch.
Frank Farian
Franz Reuther (18 July 1941 – 23 January 2024), known professionally as Frank Farian, was a German record producer and singer who founded the 1970s disco-pop group Boney M., the Latin pop band No Mercy, and the pop band Milli Vanilli.
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.
Frankie Knuckles
Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (January 18, 1955 – March 31, 2014), known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer.
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Freeez
Freeez were an English electronic music group, initially known as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s before transitioning to an electro style.
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French horn
The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell.
French house
French house (also referred to as French touch, filter house, or tekfunk) is a style of house music devised by French musicians in the 1990s.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century. Disco and Funk are 1970s fads and trends, 1970s in music, African-American music and American styles of music.
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Funky house
Funky house is a subgenre of house music that uses disco and funk samples, a funk-inspired bass line or a strong soul influence, combined with drum breaks that draw inspiration from 1970s and 1980s funk records.
Funkytown
"Funkytown" is a song by American disco-funk group Lipps Inc., written and produced by Steven Greenberg and released by Casablanca Records in March 1980 as the second single from the group's 1979 debut studio album Mouth to Mouth.
G.I.T.: Get It Together
G.I.T.: Get It Together (a.k.a. Get It Together) is the eighth studio album by the Jackson 5, released on September 12, 1973 for the Motown label.
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Gamble and Huff
Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production duo credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s.
Garage house
Garage house (originally known as "garage"; local terms include "New York house" and New Jersey sound) is a dance music style that was developed alongside Chicago house music. Disco and Garage house are American styles of music.
Garry Meier
Garry Meier (born December 2, 1949) is a Chicago-based radio personality who has been active in Chicago radio since 1973.
Gay
Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual.
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Gay bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBTQ+ communities.
Gay men
Gay men are male homosexuals.
George Benson
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
George Clinton (funk musician)
George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader.
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George McCrae
George Warren McCrae Jr. (born October 19, 1944) is an American soul and disco singer who is most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Get Down Tonight
"Get Down Tonight" is a song released in 1975 on the self-titled album by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band.
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Ghazal
The ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry.
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Gibberish
Gibberish, also known as jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense: ranging across speech sounds that are not actual words, pseudowords, language games and specialized jargon that seems nonsensical to outsiders.
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" is a song by Swedish band ABBA.
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Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer and music producer.
Girls & Boys (Blur song)
"Girls & Boys" is a song by English rock band Blur, released in March 1994 by Food Records as the lead single from the group's third studio album, Parklife (1994).
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips were an American R&B, soul, and funk family music group from Atlanta, Georgia, that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for over three decades starting from the early 1950s.
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Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing. Disco and Glam rock are 1970s fads and trends.
Glitter
Glitter is an assortment of flat, small, reflective particles that are precision cut and come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Fowles (born September 7, 1943), known professionally as Gloria Gaynor, is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), "I Am What I Am" (1983), and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1974).
Go-go
Go-go is a subgenre of funk music with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience call and response. Disco and Go-go are African-American music, American styles of music and musical subcultures.
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Golden Age of Porn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2018/01#Another_Worthy_Journal_Article_on_Wordpress ---> The term "Golden Age of Porn", or "porno chic", refers to a 15-year period (1969–1984) in commercial American pornography, in which sexually explicit films experienced positive attention from mainstream cinemas, movie critics, and the general public.
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Golden Torch
The Golden Torch, more commonly known as The Torch, was a nightclub in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Good Times (Chic song)
"Good Times" is a disco soul song by American R&B band Chic from their third album Risqué (1979).
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Goodnight Tonight
"Goodnight Tonight" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings.
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Got to Be Real
"Got to Be Real" is a song by American singer Cheryl Lynn from her 1978 self-titled debut studio album.
Got to Give It Up
"Got to Give It Up" is a song by American music artist Marvin Gaye.
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Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959.
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia.
Grease (film)
Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by co-producer Allan Carr, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.
Great Balls of Fire (Dolly Parton album)
Great Balls of Fire is the twenty-first solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.
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Groove Is in the Heart
"Groove Is in the Heart" is a song by American dance band Deee-Lite, released in August 1990 by Elektra as their debut and lead single from their first album, World Clique (1990).
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Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" is a song by Italian electronic music producer Spiller with lead vocals performed by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
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Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Guido and Maurizio De Angelis, also known as Oliver Onions, are a prolific duo of Italian musicians, multi-instrumentalists, composers and singers, as well as television and film producers.
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Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine for guitarists – and fans of guitar-based music and trends – that has been published since July 1980.
Halston
Roy Halston Frowick (April 23, 1932 – March 26, 1990), known mononymously as Halston, was an American fashion designer, who rose to international fame in the 1970s. Disco and Halston are 1970s fashion.
Halterneck
Halterneck is a style of women's clothing strap that runs from the front of the garment around the back of the neck, generally leaving the upper back uncovered. Disco and Halterneck are 1970s fashion.
Hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars.
Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American soul and R&B vocal group.
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Harry Wayne Casey
Harry Wayne Casey (born January 31, 1951), better known by his stage name KC, is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter.
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He's the Greatest Dancer
"He's the Greatest Dancer" is a 1979 song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge.
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Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton album)
Heartbreaker is the twentieth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.
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Heaven Knows (Donna Summer song)
"Heaven Knows" is a song by American singer Donna Summer, with guest vocals from Brooklyn Dreams.
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Hedonism
Hedonism refers to the prioritization of pleasure in one's lifestyle, actions, or thoughts.
Henri Belolo
Henri Belolo (27 November 1936 – 3 August 2019) was a French music producer and songwriter active during the disco era.
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called "Herb Alpert and the TJB") in the 1960s.
Hi-hat
A hi-hat (hihat, high-hat, etc.) is a combination of two cymbals and a pedal, all mounted on a metal stand.
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Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG (pronounced "high energy") is a genre of uptempo disco or electronic dance music (EDM) that originated during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Disco and Hi-NRG are American styles of music and LGBT-related music.
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High fidelity
High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound.
High-heeled shoe
High-heeled shoes, also known as high heels or pumps, are a type of shoe with an upward-angled sole.
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Hippie
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during or around 1964 and spread to different countries around the world. Disco and hippie are 1970s fashion, 1970s in music and music and fashion.
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HIV/AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares (originally The Hollywood Squares) is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes.
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Homophobia
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.
Horn section
A horn section is a group of musicians playing horns.
Hot Gossip
Hot Gossip (1974–1986) was a British television dance troupe and recording group.
Hot Stuff (Donna Summer song)
"Hot Stuff" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her seventh studio album Bad Girls (1979), produced by English producer Pete Bellotte and Italian producer Giorgio Moroder and released as the lead single from Bad Girls in 1979 through Casablanca Records.
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Hot tub
A hot tub is a large tub full of water used for hydrotherapy, relaxation or pleasure.
House music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. Disco and House music are African-American music, American styles of music, LGBT-related music and musical subcultures.
Human sexual activity
Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.
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Hung Up
"Hung Up" is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005).
Hustle (dance)
The Hustle is a catch-all name for some disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s.
I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)
"I Am What I Am" is a song originally introduced in the Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles.
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I Feel for You
"I Feel for You" is a song written by American musician Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album.
I Feel Love
"I Feel Love" is a song by the American singer Donna Summer.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966.
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I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons.
I Love the Nightlife
"I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" is a popular disco song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Bridges in 1978.
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I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)
"I Want You" is a song written by Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and performed by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye.
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I Want You Back
"I Want You Back" is the first national single by the Jackson 5.
I Want Your Love (Chic song)
"I Want Your Love" is a song by American band Chic from their second studio album C'est Chic (1978).
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I Was Made for Lovin' You
"I Was Made for Lovin' You" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1979 album, Dynasty.
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I Will Survive
"I Will Survive" is a song by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978 by Polydor Records as the second single from her sixth album, Love Tracks (1978).
I'm Coming Out
"I'm Coming Out" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross.
I'm Your Boogie Man
"I'm Your Boogie Man" is a song written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, and performed by Casey's band KC and the Sunshine Band, from their fourth album Part 3 (1976).
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Ian Schrager
Ian Schrager (born July 19, 1946) is an American entrepreneur, hotelier and real estate developer, credited for co-creating the "boutique hotel" category of accommodation.
Identity politics
Identity politics is politics based on a particular identity, such as ethnicity, race, nationality, religion, denomination, gender, sexual orientation, social background, caste, and social class.
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In the Navy
"In the Navy" is a song by American disco group Village People.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Iron City Brewing Company
Pittsburgh Brewing Company (formerly known as Iron City Brewing Company) is a beer company headquartered in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, best known for producing brands such as Iron City Beer, I.C. Light Beer, I.C. Light Mango, Old German, and Block House Brewing.
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Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.
It's Raining Men
"It's Raining Men" is a song by the American musical duo The Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983).
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Italian Americans
Italian Americans (italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry.
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Italo disco
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s.
J'attendrai
"J'attendrai" (French for "I will wait") is a popular French song first recorded by Rina Ketty in 1938.
Jackie Wilson
Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American singer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection
Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album released by Motown Records in 1995 featuring the music of The Jackson 5.
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Jacques Morali
Jacques Morali (4 July 1947 – 15 November 1991) was a French disco and dance music record producer and songwriter, known for creating acts like The Ritchie Family and Village People.
James Chance
James Chance, also known as James White (born James Siegfried, April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024), was an American saxophonist, keyboard player, and singer.
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai are an English acid jazz and funk band from London.
Japanese Boy
"Japanese Boy" is a hit single by Scottish singer Aneka, released in July 1981.
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. Disco and Jazz are African-American music and American styles of music.
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Jell-O
Jell-O, stylised as JELL-O, is an American brand offering a variety of powdered gelatin dessert (fruit-flavored gels/jellies), pudding, and no-bake cream pie mixes.
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Jello Biafra
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and political activist.
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist.
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Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer.
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer.
Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Lee RuffinRibowsky, Mark (2010), Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, p. 89.
Jingle
A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses.
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Joe Tex
Yusuf Hazziez (born Joseph Arrington Jr.; August 8, 1935 – August 13, 1982), known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the styles of funk, country, gospel, and rhythm and blues.
John Benitez
John Benitez (born November 7, 1957), also known as Jellybean, is an American musician, songwriter, DJ, remixer, and music producer.
John Rockwell
John Sargent Rockwell (born September 16, 1940) is an American music critic, dance critic and arts administrator.
John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor.
Jon Savage
Jon Savage (born 2 September 1953 in Paddington, London) is an English writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his definitive history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming (1991).
Jumpstyle
Jumpstyle is an electronic dance style and music genre popular in Western Europe, originally in Belgium. Disco and Jumpstyle are dance culture.
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
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KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American disco and funk band that was founded in 1973 in Hialeah, Florida.
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Keep It Comin' Love
"Keep It Comin' Love" is a song by KC and the Sunshine Band, released as a single in 1977.
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Keep On Truckin' (song)
"Keep On Truckin'" is a 1973 hit song recorded by Eddie Kendricks for Motown Records' Tamla label.
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Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers that are pressed by the fingers.
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created by August Darnell with Andy Hernandez and Adriana Kaegi.
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Kiki Dee
Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947) better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English pop singer.
Kim Weston
Kim Weston (born December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna.
Kiss (band)
Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).
Know Your Enemy (Manic Street Preachers album)
Know Your Enemy is the sixth studio album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.
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Kojak
Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak.
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Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B, soul, and funk group formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk ("power plant") are a German electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.
Krautrock
Krautrock (also called, German for) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Kung Fu Fighting
"Kung Fu Fighting" is a disco song by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas, written by Douglas and produced by British-Indian musician Biddu with additional production by iconic DJ and spiritualist Suzie Collard and backing chants by MC Zaza.
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer and actress.
Labelle
Labelle was an American funk rock band that originated out of the Blue Belles, a girl group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s.
Ladies' Night (song)
"Ladies' Night" is a song by American band Kool & the Gang, released as the first single from their eleventh album of the same name (1979).
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Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" is a song by French house duo Modjo, written and performed by vocalist Yann Destagnol and producer Romain Tranchart.
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Lady Marmalade
"Lady Marmalade" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan that is famous for the French refrain of "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?", which is a sexual proposition that translates into English as: "Do you want to sleep with me, tonight?" The song first became a popular hit when it was recorded in 1974 by the American funk rock group Labelle and held the number-one spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for one week, and also topped the Canadian RPM national singles chart.
Lamé (fabric)
Lamé is a type of fabric woven or knit with threads made of metallic fiber wrapped around natural or synthetic fibers like silk, nylon, or spandex for added strength and stretch.
Larry Levan
Lawrence Philpot (July 20, 1954 – November 8, 1992), known as Larry Levan, was an American DJ best known for his decade-long residency at the New York City night club Paradise Garage, which has been described as the prototype of the modern dance club.
Last Dance (Donna Summer song)
"Last Dance" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from the soundtrack album to the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday.
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Last Train to London
"Last Train to London" is a song from the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the fifth track from their album Discovery.
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Latin percussion
Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music.
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Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer.
Law enforcement
Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society.
Le Freak
"Le Freak" is a 1978 funk-disco song by American R&B band Chic.
Lead guitar
Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure.
Legs McNeil
Roderick Edward "Legs" McNeil (born January 27, 1956) is an American music journalist.
Leisure suit
A leisure suit is a casual suit consisting of a shirt-like jacket and matching trousers (pants),, Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Disco and leisure suit are 1970s fads and trends.
Lemon (U2 song)
"Lemon" is a song by Irish rock band U2.
Let the Music Play (Shannon song)
"Let the Music Play" is a song recorded by American singer Shannon and released on September 19, 1983, as both her debut single and the lead single from her 1984 debut studio album of the same name.
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LGBT community
The LGBT community (also known as the LGBTQ+ community, LGBTQIA+ community, GLBT community, or queer community) is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals united by a common culture and social movements.
Light Years (Kylie Minogue album)
Light Years is the seventh studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue.
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Lipps Inc.
Lipps Inc. (a pun on the phrase "lip sync") was an American disco and funk group from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Liquid Liquid
Liquid Liquid is an American no wave and dance-punk group, originally active from 1980 to 1983.
Liquor license
A liquor license (or liquor licence in most forms of Commonwealth English) is a governmentally issued permit for businesses to sell, manufacture, store, or otherwise use alcoholic beverages.
List of best-selling albums
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs.
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List of best-selling singles
This is a compendium of the best-selling music singles.
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List of disco artists
This is a list of artists primarily associated with the disco era of the 1970s and some of their most noteworthy disco hits.
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List of number-one dance singles of 1978 (U.S.)
These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1978.
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List of number-one dance singles of 1979 (U.S.)
These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1979.
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Little Anthony and the Imperials
Little Anthony and the Imperials is an American rhythm and blues/soul vocal group from New York City founded by Clarence Collins in the 1950s and named in part for its lead singer, Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine, who was noted for his high-pitched voice.
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Little L
"Little L" is the lead single from British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey (2001).
Live and More
Live and More is the first live album recorded by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, and it was her second double album, released on August 28, 1978 by Casablanca Records.
Loft
A loft is a building's upper storey or elevated area in a room directly under the roof (American usage), or just an attic: a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (primarily British usage).
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Louis Clark
Louis Clark (27 February 1947 – 13 February 2021) was an English music arranger and keyboard player.
Love & Kisses
Love & Kisses is a 1970s disco group assembled by European producer Alec Costandinos, with a variety of male and female singers.
Love at First Sight (Kylie Minogue song)
"Love at First Sight" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her eighth studio album, Fever (2001).
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Love Hangover
"Love Hangover" is a song by the Motown singer Diana Ross, recorded in 1975 and released as a single on March 16, 1976.
Love Machine (The Miracles song)
"Love Machine" is a 1975 single recorded by Motown group the Miracles, taken from their album City of Angels.
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Love to Love You Baby (song)
"Love to Love You Baby" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her second studio album, Love to Love You Baby (1975).
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Love Train
"Love Train" is a hit single by the O'Jays, written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
Love You Inside Out
"Love You Inside Out" is a 1979 single by the Bee Gees from their album, Spirits Having Flown.
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Love's Theme
"Love's Theme" is an instrumental piece written by Barry White around 1965.
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD (from German Lysergsäure-diethylamid), and known colloquially as acid or lucy, is a potent psychedelic drug.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.
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Luv'
Luv' were a Dutch girl group that scored a string of hit records in Continental Europe (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as well as Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Argentina and Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Ma Baker
"Ma Baker" is a song by disco group Boney M., released as a single in 1977.
Machismo
Machismo is the sense of being "manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity". Disco and Machismo are culture of Latin America.
Macho Man (song)
"Macho Man" is a song by American disco group Village People, released as the second single and title song of their album Macho Man (1978).
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Mad (magazine)
Mad (stylized as MAD) is an American humor magazine first published in 1952.
Madison Avenue (band)
Madison Avenue was an Australian electronic music duo consisting of writer-producer Andy Van Dorsselaer and singer-lyricist Cheyne Coates.
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Mainstream rock
Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada.
Man in the Moon
In many cultures, several pareidolic images of a human face, head or body are recognized in the disc of the full moon; they are generally known as the Man in the Moon.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers, also known simply as the Manics, are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986.
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Manila sound
Manila sound (Filipino: Tunog ng Maynila) is a music genre in the Philippines that began in the mid-1970s in Metro Manila.
Manu Dibango
Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango (12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020) was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone.
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950) is an American musician and composer.
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Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American musician, DJ, and producer.
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California.
MARRS
MARRS (stylised M|A|R|R|S) were a 1987 recording collective formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox, which only released one commercial disc.
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician.
Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.
Mass (liturgy)
Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity.
Massachusetts (Bee Gees song)
"(The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and released in 1967.
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Maxi single
A maxi single, or maxi-single, (sometimes abbreviated to MCD or CDM) is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an A-side song and a B-side song.
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s.
McFadden & Whitehead
McFadden and Whitehead were an American R&B duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".
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MDMA
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (tablet form), and molly or mandy (crystal form), is a potent empathogen–entactogen with stimulant and minor psychedelic properties.
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Medal
A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Merv Griffin
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul.
Metal Box
Metal Box is the second studio album by Public Image Ltd, released by Virgin Records on 23 November 1979.
Methaqualone
Methaqualone is a hypnotic sedative.
Metro (British newspaper)
Metro is the United Kingdom's highest-circulation freesheet tabloid newspaper.
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MFSB
MFSB, officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother", was a pool of more than 30 studio musicians based at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios.
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Miami
Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.
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Michael Zager
Michael Zager (born January 3, 1943) is an American record producer, composer, and arranger of original music for commercials, albums, network television, and theme music for films.
Microhouse
Microhouse, buftech or sometimes just minimal, is a subgenre of house music strongly influenced by minimalism and 1990s techno.
Microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic, or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal.
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Midland International Records
Midland International Records (later Midsong International Records) was a US record label founded in 1974 by Eddie O'Loughlin and Bob Reno.
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Midnight Star (band)
Midnight Star is an American musical group that had a string of hit records in the 1980s.
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Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.
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Miss You (Rolling Stones song)
"Miss You" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on Rolling Stones Records in May 1978.
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Mixing console
A mixing console or mixing desk is an electronic device for mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems.
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine published in London.
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Mobile disc jockey
Mobile disc jockeys (also known as mobile DJs or mobile discos) are disc jockeys that tour with portable sound, lighting, and video systems. Disco and mobile disc jockey are DJing.
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Mod (subculture)
Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries. Disco and mod (subculture) are 1970s fads and trends and musical subcultures.
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Modjo
Modjo was a French house music duo formed in Paris in 1999 by producer Romain Tranchart (born 9 June 1976) and singer Yann Destagnol (born 14 July 1978), best known for their greatest hit "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" released in 2000, and hits such as "Chillin'" and "No More Tears" released in 2001.
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Moog synthesizer
The Moog synthesizer is a modular synthesizer invented by the American engineer Robert Moog in 1964.
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More, More, More
"More, More, More" is a song written by Gregg Diamond and recorded by American artist Andrea True (credited to her recording project Andrea True Connection).
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Motor coordination
In physiology, motor coordination is the orchestrated movement of multiple body parts as required to accomplish intended actions, like walking.
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Motown
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. Disco and Motown are African-American music.
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MSNBC
MSNBC (short for Microsoft NBC) is an American news-based television channel and website headquartered in New York City.
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Mucus
Mucus is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes.
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Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments, often but not exclusively at a professional level of proficiency.
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Multitrack recording
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a cohesive whole.
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Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
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Murder on the Dancefloor
"Murder on the Dancefloor" is a song written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Gregg Alexander, produced by Alexander and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's first album, Read My Lips (2001).
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Music genre
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.
My Guy
"My Guy" is a 1964 hit single by American singer Mary Wells for the Motown label.
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Myron Floren
Myron Floren (November 5, 1919 – July 23, 2005) was an American musician best known as the accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show between 1950 and 1980.
NBC Sports
NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast.
Necklace
A necklace is an article of jewellery that is worn around the neck.
Neil Bogart
Neil E. Bogart (born Neil Scott Bogatz, February 3, 1943 – May 8, 1982) was an American record executive.
Never Can Say Goodbye
"Never Can Say Goodbye" is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by the Jackson 5.
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Never Can Say Goodbye (Gloria Gaynor album)
Never Can Say Goodbye is the debut album by Gloria Gaynor, released on MGM Records in January 1975.
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New Order (band)
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris.
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New Romantic
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Disco and New Romantic are musical subcultures.
New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. Disco and New wave music are 1970s fads and trends, 1970s in music, American styles of music and music and fashion.
New York (magazine)
New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Nicky Siano
Nicky Siano (born March 18, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former resident DJ at Studio 54.
Night Fever
"Night Fever" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five.
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Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" is a 1979 song recorded by American singers Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer.
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No wave
No wave was an avant-garde music genre and visual art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City.
Norman Whitfield
Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.
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Northern soul
Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s. Disco and Northern soul are musical subcultures.
Nu-disco
Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in the late 1970s disco, synthesizer-heavy 1980s European dance music styles, and early 1990s electronic dance music.
Oboe
The oboe is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument.
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Octave
In music, an octave (octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the '''diapason''') is a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice the frequency of vibration of the other.
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
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Old Time Rock and Roll
"Old Time Rock and Roll" is a song written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, with uncredited lyrics by Bob Seger.
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Old-school hip hop
Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. Disco and old-school hip hop are 1970s in music and African-American music.
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Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
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On the Radio (Donna Summer song)
"On the Radio" is a song by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, produced by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder, and released in late 1979 on the Casablanca record label.
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One (Bee Gees song)
"One" is a 1989 song by the Bee Gees and the title track from the album of the same name, released as its second international single and lead single in the United States.
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One of These Nights (Eagles song)
"One of These Nights" is a song by the American rock band Eagles, written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey.
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One-hit wonder
A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success.
Orange Juice (band)
Orange Juice were a Scottish jangle pop band founded in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976.
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Orchestration
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra.
Organ trio
An organ trio is a form of jazz ensemble consisting of three musicians; a Hammond organ player, a drummer, and either a jazz guitarist or a saxophone player.
Orgasm
Orgasm (from Greek ὀργασμός,; "excitement, swelling") or sexual climax (or simply climax) is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic, involuntary muscular contractions in the pelvic region characterized by sexual pleasure.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Pamela Rooke
Pamela Rooke (23 June 1955 – 3 April 2022), (known as Jordan) was an English model and actress known for her work with Vivienne Westwood and the Sex boutique in the Kings Road area of London in the mid-1970s, and for attending many of the early Sex Pistols performances.
Pan's People
Pan's People were a British all-female dance troupe most commonly associated with the BBC TV music chart show Top of the Pops, from 1968 to 1976.
Pansexuality
Pansexuality is sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people of all genders, or regardless of their sex or gender identity.
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a song originally performed by Motown recording act the Undisputed Truth in 1972, though it became much better known after a Grammy-award winning cover by the Temptations was issued later the same year.
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Paradise Garage
Paradise Garage, also known as "the Garage" or the "Gay-rage", was a New York City discotheque notable in the history of dance and pop music, as well as LGBT and nightclub cultures.
Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s.
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Patrice Rushen
Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.
Patrick Hernandez
Patrick Pierre Hernandez (born 6 April 1949) is a French singer who had a worldwide hit with "Born to Be Alive" in 1979.
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Paul McCartney and Wings
Paul McCartney and Wings, often billed simply as Wings, were an English-American rock band formed in 1971 in London by former Beatles songwriter, bassist, guitarist; and singer Paul McCartney; his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards; session drummer Denny Seiwell; and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine.
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Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician who was the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss from the band's inception in 1973 to their retirement in 2023.
Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991.
Peaches & Herb
Peaches & Herb is an American vocal duo.
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument.
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Percy Faith
Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards.
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor, and television personality.
Pete Bellotte
Peter John Bellotte (born 28 August 1943)Ancestry.com.
Peter Braunstein
Peter Braunstein (born January 26, 1964) is an American former journalist, writer and playwright who became infamous for committing an October 31, 2005 rape and leading police on a multi-state manhunt until his capture and self-injury in Memphis, Tennessee on December 16, 2005.
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Peter Shapiro (journalist)
Peter Shapiro (born 1969) is an American lawyer and music journalist.
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Phallocentrism
Phallocentrism is the ideology that the phallus, or male sexual organ, is the central element in the organization of the social world.
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
Philadelphia soul
Philadelphia soul, sometimes called Philly soul, the Philadelphia sound, Phillysound, or The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP), is a genre of late 1960s–1970s soul music characterized by funk influences and lush string and horn arrangements.
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Phonograph record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
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Piano
The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.
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Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin, born Pietro Costante Cardin (2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020), was an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer.
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
"Pigs (Three Different Ones)" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals.
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Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
PinkNews
PinkNews is a UK-based online newspaper marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning community (LGBTQ+) in the UK and worldwide.
Pitch control
A variable speed pitch control (or vari-speed) is a control on an audio device such as a turntable, tape recorder, or CD player that allows the operator to deviate from a standard speed (such as 33, 45 or even 78 rpm on a turntable), resulting in adjustments in pitch. Disco and pitch control are DJing.
Pitch invasion
A pitch invasion (also known as field storming, rushing the field or rushing the court) occurs when a person or a crowd of people spectating a sporting event run onto the competition area, usually to celebrate or protest an incident, or sometimes as a publicity stunt.
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Planet Patrol
Planet Patrol is an American electro group originating in the 1980s.
Planet Rock (song)
"Planet Rock" is a song by the American hip hop artists Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force.
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Platform shoe
Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or sandals with a thick sole, usually in the range of. Disco and Platform shoe are 1970s fads and trends and 1970s fashion.
Playboy
Playboy (stylized in all caps) is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online.
PolyGram
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands.
Polyrhythm
Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter.
Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Poppers
Poppers (or popper or poppe) is a slang term referring to recreational drugs belonging to the alkyl nitrite family of chemical compounds. Disco and poppers are drug culture.
Post-disco
Post-disco is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history circa 1979–1986, imprecisely beginning with the backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and indistinctly ending with the mainstream appearance of new wave in 1980. Disco and Post-disco are African-American music and American styles of music.
Power pop
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a subgenre of rock music and form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. Disco and power pop are 1970s in music and American styles of music.
Prelude Records
Prelude Records was a New York–based independent record label that was active from 1977 to 1986.
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Disco and Progressive rock are 1970s in music and American styles of music.
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Promiscuity
Promiscuity is the practice of engaging in sexual activity frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners.
Psychedelia
Psychedelia usually refers to a style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produced by certain psychoactive substances. Disco and psychedelia are drug culture.
Psychedelic soul
Psychedelic soul (originally called black rock or conflated with psychedelic funk) is a form of soul music which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s.
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Public address system
A public address system (or PA system) is an electronic system comprising microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and related equipment. Disco and public address system are DJing.
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Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (a founder member of The Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in May 1978.
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Public sex
Public sex is sexual activity that takes place in a public context.
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978.
Pump Up the Volume (song)
"Pump Up the Volume" is the only single by British recording act MpipeApipeRpipeRpipeS.
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Punk (magazine)
Punk was a music magazine and fanzine created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, publisher Ged Dunn, and "resident punk" Legs McNeil in 1975.
Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Disco and punk rock are 1970s in music and musical subcultures.
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of music, ideologies, fashion, and other forms of expression, visual art, dance, literature, and film. Disco and punk subculture are musical subcultures.
Puritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.
Qiana
Qiana is a silky nylon fiber developed in 1962 at the DuPont Experimental Station by Stanley Brooke Speck.
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).
Quiet storm
Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style. Disco and Quiet storm are 1970s in music and African-American music.
Racism
Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.
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Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known professionally by her stage name as Raffaella Carrà, also sometimes known mononymously as Raffaella was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and model.
Ralston Purina
Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment.
Rapper's Delight
"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip hop track that serves as the debut single of American hip-hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, produced by Sylvia Robinson.
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Rave
A rave (from the verb: to rave) is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. Disco and rave are DJing, dance culture, drug culture, music and fashion and musical subcultures.
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Régine Zylberberg
Régine Zylberberg (born Rachelle Zylberberg; 26 December 1929 – 1 May 2022), often known mononymously as Régine, was a Belgian-born French singer and nightclub impresario.
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Róisín Murphy
Róisín Marie Murphy (born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter and record producer.
Reach Out I'll Be There
"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a song recorded by American vocal quartet Four Tops from their fourth studio album, Reach Out (1967).
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Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors.
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Record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.
Recording studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for recording and mixing of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds.
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Recreational drug use
Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime. Disco and Recreational drug use are drug culture.
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Reel-to-reel audio tape recording
Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels.
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Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
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Remix
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item.
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Retro style
Retro style is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the past, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes.
Reverberation
Reverberation (commonly shortened to reverb), in acoustics, is a persistence of sound after it is produced.
Rhodes piano
The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s. Disco and Rhythm and blues are African-American music and American styles of music.
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Rhythm guitar
In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar); and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords from a song's chord progression, where a chord is a group of notes played together.
Rhythm section
A rhythm section is a group of musicians within a music ensemble or band that provides the underlying rhythm, harmony and pulse of the accompaniment, providing a rhythmic and harmonic reference and "beat" for the rest of the band.
Richard Dyer
Richard Dyer (born 1945) is an English academic who held a professorship in the Department of Film Studies at King's College London.
Rick Dees
Rigdon Osmond Dees III (born March 14, 1950), best known as Rick Dees, is an American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the 1976 satirical novelty song "Disco Duck".
Rick James
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
Riff
A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.
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Ring My Bell
"Ring My Bell" is a 1979 disco song written by Frederick Knight.
Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles.
Ringo the 4th
Ringo the 4th is the sixth studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released on 20 September 1977.
Rise (instrumental)
"Rise" is an instrumental written by Andy Armer and Randy 'Badazz' Alpert, first recorded in 1979 by trumpeter Herb Alpert.
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Rivers of Babylon
"Rivers of Babylon" is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970.
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Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter.
Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.
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Robert Stigwood
Robert Colin Stigwood (16 April 1934 – 4 January 2016) was an Australian-born British-resident music entrepreneur, film producer and impresario, best known for managing Cream, Andy Gibb and the Bee Gees, theatrical productions like Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, and film productions including the successful Grease and Saturday Night Fever.
Robin Gibb
Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter.
Robin Thicke
Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Disco and rock and roll are African-American music, American styles of music and Italian-American culture.
Rock and Roll (Gary Glitter song)
"Rock and Roll" is a song by English singer Gary Glitter, released in 1972 from his debut studio album, Glitter.
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Rock DJ
"Rock DJ" is a song by English singer and songwriter Robbie Williams, featured on his third studio album, Sing When You're Winning (2000).
Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. Disco and Rock music are African-American music and American styles of music.
Rock the Boat (The Hues Corporation song)
"Rock the Boat" is a song by American trio The Hues Corporation, written by Wally Holmes.
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Rock Your Baby
"Rock Your Baby" is the debut single by American singer George McCrae.
Rockism and poptimism
Rockism and poptimism are ideological arguments about popular music prevalent in mainstream music journalism.
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Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter.
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.
Roland Corporation
is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment, and software.
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Roller derby
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters.
Roller disco
A roller disco is a discothèque or skating rink where all the dancers wear roller skates of some kind (traditional quad or inline). Disco and roller disco are 1970s fads and trends.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Lee Milsap (born Ronald Lee Millsaps; January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist.
Rose Royce
Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B group.
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
RSO Records
RSO Records was a record label formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood and record executive Al Coury in 1973.
S'Express
S'Express (pronounced ess-express; sometimes spelled S'Xpress or S-Express) were a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre.
S-Curve Records
S-Curve Records is an American record label founded in 2000 by former Mercury Records executive Steve Greenberg.
Safe sex
Safe sex is sexual activity using methods or contraceptive devices (such as condoms) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially HIV.
Salsoul Orchestra
The Salsoul Orchestra was the backing band of session musicians for many acts on the New York City label Salsoul Records and, under its own name, recorded several hit singles and albums between 1975 and 1982.
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Salsoul Records
Salsoul Records is an American New York City based record label, founded by three brothers, Joseph Cayre, Kenneth Cayre, and Stanley Cayre (the Cayre brothers).
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University (Sam Houston, SHSU or Sam) is a public research university in Huntsville, Texas.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American dance drama film directed by John Badham and produced by Robert Stigwood.
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Saxophone
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass.
Scratching
Scratching, sometimes referred to as scrubbing, is a DJ and turntablist technique of moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable to produce percussive or rhythmic sounds. Disco and Scratching are DJing.
Seduction
In sexuality, seduction means enticing someone into sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.
Self Control (Raf song)
"Self Control" is a song by Italian singer Raf, released in 1984.
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Selling out
"Selling out", or "sold out" in the past tense, is a common expression for the compromising of a person's integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles by forgoing the long-term benefits of the collective or group in exchange for personal gain, such as money or power.
September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"September" is a song by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire released as a single in 1978 on ARC/Columbia Records.
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Sequin
A sequin is a small, typically shiny, generally disk-shaped ornament.
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Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975.
Sexism
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender.
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Sexual revolution
The sexual revolution, also known as the sexual liberation, was a social movement that challenged traditional codes of behavior related to sexuality and interpersonal relationships throughout the developed Western world from the 1960s to the 1970s.
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Shadow Dancing (song)
"Shadow Dancing" is a disco song performed by English singer-songwriter Andy Gibb.
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Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" is a song recorded by the Jacksons for their 1978 album Destiny, and released as a single in early 1979.
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Shake Your Groove Thing
"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by disco duo Peaches & Herb.
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Shakedown Street (song)
"Shakedown Street" is a song by the Grateful Dead.
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Shame (Evelyn "Champagne" King song)
"Shame" is a 1977 single recorded by American singer Evelyn "Champagne" King, written by John H. Fitch Jr.
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Shannon (American singer)
Brenda Shannon Greene (born May 2, 1958), known professionally as Shannon, is an American singer and songwriter of freestyle and dance-pop music.
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Sheik Yerbouti
Sheik Yerbouti is a double album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in March 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records, distributed by Phonogram Inc. in the United States and Canada.
Shep Pettibone
Robert "Shep" Pettibone (born 10 July 1959) is an American record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s.
Shine a Little Love
"Shine a Little Love" is a song by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright, which was first performed on Pink Floyd's 1974 French tour and appeared in Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here.
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Shining Star (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"Shining Star" is a song by Earth, Wind & Fire's album That's the Way of the World, issued as a single in January 1975 on Columbia Records.
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Silly Love Songs
"Silly Love Songs" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings that was written by Paul and Linda McCartney.
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Silver Convention
Silver Convention were a German Euro disco recording act of the 1970s.
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Simon Frith
Simon Webster Frith (born 1946) is a British sociomusicologist and former rock critic who specializes in popular music culture.
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.
Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.
Sir Duke
"Sir Duke" is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life.
Sister Disco
"Sister Disco" is the fourth track from the Who's eighth album Who Are You.
Sister Sledge
Sister Sledge is an American musical vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band originating from San Francisco, California.
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Smiling Faces Sometimes
"Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label.
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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a term used to describe commercially oriented crossover jazz music. Disco and Smooth jazz are 1970s in music.
Snuff spoon
A snuff spoon is a tiny spoon used for nasal insufflation of powdered substances.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer and songwriter.
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Soul Makossa
"Soul Makossa" is a song by Cameroonian saxophonist and songwriter Manu Dibango, released as a single in 1972.
Soul music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Disco and Soul music are African-American music and American styles of music.
Soul Train
Soul Train is an American musical variety television show.
Sound module
A sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a piano-style musical keyboard.
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
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Sound reinforcement system
A sound reinforcement system is the combination of microphones, signal processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers in enclosures all controlled by a mixing console that makes live or pre-recorded sounds louder and may also distribute those sounds to a larger or more distant audience.
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Soundtrack
A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound.
Spandex
Spandex, Lycra, or elastane is a synthetic fiber known for its exceptional elasticity. Disco and Spandex are 1970s fashion.
Spiller
Cristiano Spiller (born 3 April 1975) is an Italian electronic music DJ and record producer.
Stacey Q
Stacey Lynn Swain (born November 30, 1958), known by her stage name Stacey Q, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress.
Staircase
A stairwell or stair room is a room in a building where a stair is located, and is used to connect walkways between floors so that one can move in height.
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the ''Saturday Night Fever'' motion picture soundtrack.
Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter.
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Manassas. As both a solo act and member of three successful bands, Stills has combined record sales of over 35 million albums. He was ranked number 28 in Rolling Stones 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"Rolling Stone 2003-08-27.
Stereogum
Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary.
Steve Dahl
Steven Robert Dahl (born November 20, 1954) is an American radio personality.
Steve Greenberg (record producer)
Steve Greenberg is an American record producer currently heading the S-Curve Records label.
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Steve Hillage
Stephen Simpson Hillage (born 2 August 1951) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist.
Steve Rubell
Steve Rubell (December 2, 1943 – July 25, 1989) was an American entrepreneur and co-owner of the New York City disco Studio 54.
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Stomp! (Brothers Johnson song)
"Stomp!" is a song released by the Brothers Johnson from their fourth album, Light Up the Night, in early 1980.
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Stonewall riots
The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.
String orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music.
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String section
The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family.
Strobe light
A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light.
Studio 54
Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Subculture
A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.
Subwoofer
A subwoofer (or sub) is a loudspeaker designed to reproduce low-pitched audio frequencies, known as bass and sub-bass, that are lower in frequency than those which can be (optimally) generated by a woofer.
Suit
A suit, lounge suit, business suit or dress suit is a set of clothes comprising a suit jacket and trousers of identical textiles generally worn with a collared dress shirt, necktie, and dress shoes.
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Sunset People
"Sunset People" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her seventh studio album Bad Girls (1979).
Super Freak
"Super Freak" is a 1981 single produced and performed by American singer Rick James.
Super Trouper (song)
"Super Trouper" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA, and the title track from their 1980 studio album of the same name, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
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Superfly (song)
"Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name.
Swing music
Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Disco and Swing music are African-American music and American styles of music.
Swinging (sexual practice)
Swinging, earlier commonly known as wife-swapping, is a sexual activity in which both singles and partners in a committed relationship sexually engage with others for recreational purposes.
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Sylvester (singer)
Sylvester James Jr. (September 6, 1947December 16, 1988), known simply as Sylvester, was an American singer-songwriter.
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Syncopation
In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. Disco and synth-pop are 1970s in music.
Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.
Take a Chance on Me
"Take a Chance on Me" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in January 1978 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ABBA: The Album (1977).
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Tammi Terrell
Thomasina Winifred Montgomery (April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970), professionally known as Tammi Terrell, was an American singer-songwriter, widely known as a star singer for Motown Records during the 1960s, notably for a series of duets with singer Marvin Gaye.
Tangerine (1941 song)
"Tangerine" is a popular song.
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Tarzan Boy
"Tarzan Boy" is the debut single by Italian-based act Baltimora.
Tech house
Tech house is a subgenre of house music that combines stylistic features of techno with house.
Technics SL-1200
Technics SL-1200 is a series of direct-drive turntables originally manufactured from October 1972 until 2010, and resumed in 2016, by Matsushita Electric (now Panasonic Corporation) under the brand name of Technics.
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Tee Scott
Marc Allen Scott (September 17, 1948 – December 12, 1995), also known as Toraino Scott or Tee Scott, was an American DJ and remixer in the disco era working in New York City.
Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.
Temptation (Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed song)
"Temptation" is a popular song published in 1933, with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed.
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Thank God It's Friday (film)
Thank God It's Friday is a 1978 American musical-comedy film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca FilmWorks for Columbia Pictures.
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That's the Way (I Like It)
"That's the Way (I Like It)" is a song by American disco and funk band KC and the Sunshine Band from their self-titled second studio album (1975).
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The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media.
The American Spectator
The American Spectator is a conservative American magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation.
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The Brothers Johnson
The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of the American brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs").
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The Chakachas
The Chakachas were a Belgium-based group of Latin soul studio musicians.
The Chambers Brothers
The Chambers Brothers is an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1968 psychedelic soul hit "Time Has Come Today".
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The Ethel Merman Disco Album
The Ethel Merman Disco Album is a 1979 album by American Broadway performer Ethel Merman.
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The Four Seasons (band)
The Four Seasons is an American vocal quartet formed in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey.
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, also known as The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, is a 1980 British mockumentary film directed by Julien Temple and produced by Don Boyd and Jeremy Thomas.
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (album)
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle is the soundtrack album of the film of the same name by the Sex Pistols.
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The Hues Corporation
The Hues Corporation was an American pop and soul trio, formed in Santa Monica, California in 1969.
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The Hustle (song)
"The Hustle" is a disco song by songwriter/arranger Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony.
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The Impressions
The Impressions were an American music group originally formed in 1958.
The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that began as a vocal trio consisting of the brothers O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley in the 1950s.
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The J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band was an American rock band formed in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the leadership of guitarist John "J." Geils.
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The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Whit Stillman, and loosely based on his travels and experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan, including Studio 54.
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The Lawrence Welk Show
The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk.
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The Loft (New York City)
The Loft was the location for the first underground dance party (called "Love Saves the Day") organized by David Mancuso, on February 14, 1970, in New York City.
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The Long Run (album)
The Long Run is the sixth studio album by American rock group the Eagles.
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The Love Boat
The Love Boat is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977 to May 24, 1986.
The Miracles
The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and one of the most important and most influential groups in the history of pop, soul, R&B and rock and roll music.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The O'Jays
The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in summer 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles.
The Originals (group)
The Originals, often called "Motown's best-kept secret", were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits "Baby I'm for Real", "The Bells", and the disco classic "Down to Love Town." Formed in 1966, the group originally consisted of baritone singer Freddie Gorman, tenor/falsetto Walter Gaines, and tenors C.
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The Phil Donahue Show
The Phil Donahue Show, also known as Donahue, is an American television talk show that was hosted by Phil Donahue.
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The Professionals (TV series)
The Professionals is a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mark1 Productions for London Weekend Television (LWT) that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983.
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The Ritchie Family
The Ritchie Family are an American vocal group based in Philadelphia that achieved several hits during the disco era.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Rubberband Man
"The Rubberband Man" is a song recorded by American vocal group the Spinners.
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The Saint (New York City)
The Saint was an American gay nightclub, located in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune is a newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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The Spinners (American group)
The Spinners are an American rhythm and blues vocal group that formed in Ferndale, Michigan, in 1954.
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The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey in 1979.
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The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.
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The Supremes
The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
The Temptations
The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s to mid 1970s.
The Three Degrees
The Three Degrees are an African-American female vocal group formed circa 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Trammps
The Trammps are an American disco and soul band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands.
The Undisputed Truth
The Undisputed Truth was an American Motown recording act assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques.
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The Velvelettes
The Velvelettes were an American singing girl group, signed to Motown in the 1960s.
The Very Best Of (Eagles album)
The Very Best Of (released as The Complete Greatest Hits in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand) is a two-disc compilation album by the Eagles, released in 2003.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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The Weather Girls
The Weather Girls are an American female duo whose best-known line-up comprised Martha Wash and Izora Armstead.
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The Whispers
The Whispers are an American vocal group from Los Angeles, California.
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston (Jackson; born May 7, 1946) Retrieved.
Theme from A Summer Place
"Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue.
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Theme from S-Express
"Theme from S-Express" is an acid house song by British electronic dance music group S'Express, from their debut studio album, Original Soundtrack (1989), written and produced by Mark Moore and Pascal Gabriel.
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Theme from Shaft
"Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Shaft.
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Theme music
Theme music is a musical composition which is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at some point during the program.
Third World (band)
Third World is a Jamaican reggae fusion band formed in 1973.
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This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
"This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" is a Holland–Dozier–Holland song that was a hit for American musical group the Isley Brothers in January 1966 during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label.
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Thoroughfare Gap
Thoroughfare Gap is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stephen Stills, released in 1978.
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Timpani
Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family.
TK Records
TK Records was an American independent record label founded by record distributor Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo in 1972.
Tom Moulton
Thomas Jerome Moulton (born November 29, 1940) is an American record producer.
Tommy Tucker (singer)
Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham; March 5, 1933 – January 22, 1982) was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist.
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Tragedy (Bee Gees song)
"Tragedy" is a song released by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown.
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Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night
"Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" is the title of a 1976 New York article by British rock journalist Nik Cohn, which formed the basis for the plot and inspired the characters for the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever.
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Trombone
The trombone (Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family.
Trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)
"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" is a 1974 recording by MFSB featuring vocals by The Three Degrees.
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Turn the Beat Around
"Turn the Beat Around" is a disco song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson, and performed by American actress and singer Vicki Sue Robinson in 1976 (see 1976 in music), originally appearing on her debut album, Never Gonna Let You Go (1976).
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Turntablism
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer. Disco and Turntablism are DJing.
TV Globo
TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo;, "Globe TV", or simply Globo and alternatively as Global), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965.
Twelve-inch single
The twelve-inch single (often written as 12-inch or 12) is a type of vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a "single" or a few related sound tracks on each surface, compared to LPs (long play) which have several songs on each side.
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Twisted Wheel Club
The Twisted Wheel was a nightclub in Manchester, England, open from 1963 to 1971.
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Two of Hearts (song)
"Two of Hearts" is a song by American singer Stacey Q, first issued as an independent 12-inch dance club single by On the Spot Records, then picked up by Atlantic after achieving regional sales.
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U2
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Upside Down (Diana Ross song)
"Upside Down" is a song written and produced by Chic members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.
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Urban contemporary music
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format.
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Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American romantic Western film directed by James Bridges.
Van McCoy
Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and singer.
Vice (magazine)
Vice (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics.
Vicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 – April 27, 2000) was an American singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, "Turn the Beat Around".
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Vince Aletti
Vince Aletti (born 1945) is a curator, writer, and photography critic.
Vincent Montana Jr.
Vincent Montana Jr. (February 12, 1928 – April 13, 2013), known as Vince Montana, was an American composer, arranger, vibraphonist, and percussionist.
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Viola
The viola is a string instrument that is usually bowed.
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Violin
The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family.
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Viral video
A viral video is a video that becomes popular through a viral process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites such as YouTube as well as social media and email.
Wall of Sound
The Wall of Sound (also called the Spector Sound) is a music production formula developed by American record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios, in the 1960s, with assistance from engineer Larry Levine and the conglomerate of session musicians later known as "the Wrecking Crew".
Walter Gibbons
Walter Gibbons (April 2, 1954 – September 23, 1994) was an American record producer, early disco DJ, and remixer.
Walter Murphy
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer.
War (The Temptations song)
"War" is a counterculture-era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969.
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Warehouse (nightclub)
The Warehouse is a historic building located in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, best known for the same-named nightclub catering to the gay and alternative communities that was established in 1977 under the direction of Robert "Robbie" Williams.
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Warner Curb Records
Warner Curb Records was a joint venture between Warner Bros. Records and producer Mike Curb to release his productions.
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Was (Not Was)
Was (Not Was) is an American band founded in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan, by David Weiss and Don Fagenson, who adopted the stage names David Was and Don Was.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation.
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Waterloo (song)
"Waterloo" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, with music composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics written by Stikkan Anderson.
WBLS
WBLS (107.5 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary formatted FM radio station, licensed to New York, New York.
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We Are Family (song)
"We Are Family" is a song recorded by American vocal group Sister Sledge.
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Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
West End Records
West End Records is an American music record label based in New York City.
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WFAN-FM
WFAN-FM (101.9 FM), is a commercial radio station licensed to New York City.
WGCI-FM
WGCI-FM (107.5 MHz) is an urban contemporary radio station that is licensed to Chicago, Illinois, serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana.
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966.
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Whitfield Records
Whitfield Records was a record label, founded in 1975 by former Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield and active until 1982.
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Wigan Casino
The Wigan Casino is the colloquial name for the nightclub the Casino Club, that operated in Wigan between Friday, August 27 1965 (with Shirley Bassey topping the bill) and 1981, associated with the Northern Soul movement in the UK.
Willie Hutch
William McKinley Hutchison (December 6, 1944 – September 19, 2005), better known as Willie Hutch, was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s.
Wilton Place Street Band
Wilton Place Street Band was an American disco group of studio musicians put together by record producer Trevor Lawrence in Los Angeles, California for the purpose of recording an instrumental disco cover version of the theme tune to I Love Lucy.
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Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps
Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps was an American disco group in existence from 1975 to 1978.
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WKRP in Cincinnati
WKRP in Cincinnati is an American sitcom television series about the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional AM radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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WKTU
WKTU (103.5 FM) is a rhythmic adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Lake Success, New York, a suburb of New York City.
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WLS-FM
WLS-FM (94.7 MHz) is a commercial classic hits radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois.
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Wonder Woman (TV series)
Wonder Woman, known for seasons 2 and 3 as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, is an American superhero television series based on the DC Comics comic book superhero of the same name.
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Working My Way Back to You
"Working My Way Back to You" is a song made popular by the Four Seasons in 1966 and the Spinners in 1980.
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Wurlitzer
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to as simply Wurlitzer, is an American company started in Cincinnati in 1853 by German immigrant (Franz) Rudolph Wurlitzer.
Y.M.C.A. (song)
"Y.M.C.A." is a song by American disco group Village People, written by Jacques Morali (also the record's producer) and singer Victor Willis and released in October 1978 by Casablanca Records as the only single from their third studio album, Cruisin' (1978).
You Should Be Dancing
"You Should Be Dancing" is a song by the Bee Gees, from the album Children of the World, released in 1976.
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You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by the English pop band Dead or Alive, featured on their second studio album, Youthquake (1985).
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You're the First, the Last, My Everything
"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Barry White from his third studio album, Can't Get Enough (1974).
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Young Lust (song)
"Young Lust" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1979.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
Zoot Allures
Zoot Allures is the 22nd album by the American rock musician Frank Zappa, released in October 1976 and his only release on the Warner Bros. Records label.
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" is a song performed by Andy Gibb, released in September 1977 as the second and final single by RSO Records from his debut album, Flowing Rivers (1977).
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(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" is a song recorded and released in 1976 by KC and the Sunshine Band for the album Part 3.
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1990s in music
Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s.
See also
1970s fads and trends
- 1970s in furniture
- 1970s in music
- 8-track cartridge
- Afro
- Aqua Net
- Autoball
- Bell-bottoms
- Bike boom
- Blacklight poster
- Bump (dance)
- California Cooler
- Citizens band radio
- Clog
- Club drug
- Disco
- Flower power
- Funk
- Glam rock
- Go-go boot
- Harvest gold
- Heavy metal music
- Hotpants
- Lava lamp
- Leisure suit
- Macramé
- Mod (subculture)
- Mood ring
- Mujib coat
- New wave music
- Opera window
- Papasan chair
- Pet Rock
- Platform shoe
- Pogo (dance)
- Psychedelic rock
- Roller disco
- Roller skates
- Running boom of the 1970s
- Safari jacket
- Shag (fabric)
- Sideburns
- Streaking
- Tetherball
- Tie-dye
- Tube top
- Waterbed
2020 in music
- 2020 albums
- 2020 in African music
- 2020 in Asian music
- 2020 in Chinese music
- 2020 in European music
- 2020 in Latin music
- 2020 in Philippine music
- 2020 in Scandinavian music
- 2020 in classical music
- 2020 in country music
- 2020 in heavy metal music
- 2020 in hip hop music
- 2020 in jazz
- 2020 in music
- 2020 in rock music
- Der kleine Song Contest
- Disco
- Eurovision Song Contest 2020 – das deutsche Finale
- Eurovision: Come Together
- Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
- Free European Song Contest 2020
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry
- List of 2020 deaths in popular music
- Sveriges 12:a
- Vortex 2020
Dance culture
- American Dance Traxx
- Ayr Pavilion
- Buzz (DC)
- Club drug
- Clubbing (subculture)
- Competitive dance
- Cover dance
- Cutting in
- Dance awards
- Dance card
- Dance crazes
- Dance etiquette
- Dancing ban
- Disco
- Doof
- Electro dance
- Father–daughter dance
- First dance
- Gavari
- Gloving
- Hip hop dance
- History of hip hop dance
- Jack and Jill (dance)
- Jago Art Center
- Jamming (dance)
- Jumpstyle
- Madiaba
- Matinée (disco)
- Mixer dance
- Money dance
- Phat pants
- Physically integrated dance
- Purity ball
- Rat Parties
- Rave
- Rogers v. Grimaldi
- Samba rock
- Slow dance
- Social dance
- Sock hop
- Stiletto dance
Dances
- Aerial dance
- Afro fusion
- Ballets
- Clog dance
- Concert dance
- Disco
- Erotic dance
- Folk dances
- Hiplet (dance style)
- Ice dance
- Kullawada
- List of dances
- List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin
- Modern dance
- Papa Stour Sword Dance
- Pole sports
- Ritual dances
- Sacred dance
- Seki Dance
- Solo dance
- Taskiwin
- The Strictly
- Vernacular dance
Italian-American culture
- American Institute for Roman Culture
- Anti-Italianism
- Columbus Day
- Cookie table
- Council for the United States and Italy
- Disco
- Doo-wop
- Electronic dance music
- Freestyle music
- Goombah
- Greaser (subculture)
- Guido (slang)
- Heat (1986 film)
- I Love Paraisópolis
- International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
- Italian language in the United States
- Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month
- Italian-American cuisine
- Joanna Clapps Herman
- Krebs, Oklahoma
- Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
- List of Italian-American television characters
- Madonna dell'Udienza
- Memphis Italian Festival
- Naples, Idaho
- Nīnole, Hawaii
- Pepino the Italian Mouse
- Rock and roll
- Saint Joseph's Day
- Stregheria
- The Gaylords (American vocal group)
- The Godfather Effect
- Tony De Nonno
- White ethnic
- Wild Card (2015 film)
- Yo (greeting)
- Zoot suit
LGBT-related music
- Disco
- Diva house
- Drag Race discography
- GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist
- GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist
- Gay anthem
- Hi-NRG
- House music
- Hyperpop
- Janet Jackson as a gay icon
- LGBT hip hop
- LGBT music
- LGBT visibility in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Madonna as a gay icon
- Producer Entertainment Group
- Queercore
- Stop Murder Music
Music and fashion
- Beatle boot
- Blue Gucci dress of Harry Styles
- Cher
- Concert T-shirt
- Cultural impact of Beyoncé
- Cultural impact of Jennifer Lopez
- Cultural impact of Michael Jackson
- Cultural impact of Shakira
- Cultural impact of the Beatles
- Cybergoth
- Disco
- Emo
- Fashion of Madonna
- Gothic fashion
- Greaser (subculture)
- Green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez
- Grunge fashion
- Heavy metal fashion
- Hip hop fashion
- Hippie
- Hipster (contemporary subculture)
- Indie sleaze
- List of models in music videos
- Malcolm McLaren
- Meat dress of Lady Gaga
- Music and fashion
- New wave music
- Punk fashion
- Rave
- Rocker (subculture)
- Scene (subculture)
- Skinhead
- Thriller jacket
- Vivienne Westwood
- Western wear
References
Also known as 1960's disco, 1960s disco, 1970s disco, 1970s disco music, 2000s disco, 60's disco, Disco (genre), Disco (music), Disco Era, Disco Freestyle Dancing, Disco Music, Disco backlash, Disco dance, Disco dancing, Disco funk, Disco revival, Discophile, Discos, Electro-disco, History of disco, Mid-2010s disco revival, Proto-disco, U.S disco, U.S. disco, US disco.
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Manhattan, Manic Street Preachers, Manila sound, Manu Dibango, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mark Ronson, Maroon 5, MARRS, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Mass (liturgy), Massachusetts (Bee Gees song), Maxi single, MCA Records, McFadden & Whitehead, MDMA, Medal, Memphis, Tennessee, Merv Griffin, Metal Box, Methaqualone, Metro (British newspaper), MFSB, Miami, Michael Zager, Microhouse, Microphone, Middle East, Midland International Records, Midnight Star (band), Midtown Manhattan, Miss You (Rolling Stones song), Mixing console, Mixmag, Mobile disc jockey, Mod (subculture), Modjo, Moog synthesizer, More, More, More, Motor coordination, Motown, MSNBC, Mucus, Multi-instrumentalist, Multitrack recording, Munich, Murder on the Dancefloor, Music genre, My Guy, Myron Floren, NBC Sports, Necklace, Neil Bogart, Never Can Say Goodbye, Never Can Say Goodbye (Gloria Gaynor album), New Order (band), New Romantic, New wave music, New York (magazine), New York City, Nicky Siano, Night Fever, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Nile Rodgers, No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), No wave, Norman Whitfield, Northern soul, Nu-disco, Oboe, Octave, Official Charts Company, Old Time Rock and Roll, Old-school hip hop, Oldies, On the Radio (Donna Summer song), One (Bee Gees song), One of These Nights (Eagles song), One-hit wonder, Orange Juice (band), Orchestration, Organ trio, Orgasm, Oxford English Dictionary, Pamela Rooke, Pan's People, Pansexuality, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, Paradise Garage, Parliament-Funkadelic, Patrice Rushen, Patrick Hernandez, Paul McCartney and Wings, Paul Stanley, Pauline Kael, Peaches & Herb, Percussion instrument, Percy Faith, Perry Como, Pete Bellotte, Peter Braunstein, Peter Shapiro (journalist), Phallocentrism, Philadelphia, Philadelphia soul, Phonograph record, Piano, Pierre Cardin, Pigs (Three Different Ones), Pink Floyd, PinkNews, Pitch control, Pitch invasion, Pittsburgh, Planet Patrol, Planet Rock (song), Platform shoe, Playboy, PolyGram, Polyrhythm, Pop music, Poppers, Post-disco, 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music, Soul Train, Sound module, Sound recording and reproduction, Sound reinforcement system, Soundtrack, Spandex, Spiller, Stacey Q, Staircase, Stayin' Alive, Stephanie Mills, Stephen Stills, Stereogum, Steve Dahl, Steve Greenberg (record producer), Steve Hillage, Steve Rubell, Stevie Wonder, Stomp! 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Geils Band, The Kinks, The Last Days of Disco, The Lawrence Welk Show, The Loft (New York City), The Long Run (album), The Love Boat, The Miracles, The New York Times, The O'Jays, The Originals (group), The Phil Donahue Show, The Professionals (TV series), The Ritchie Family, The Rolling Stones, The Rubberband Man, The Saint (New York City), The Salt Lake Tribune, The Spinners (American group), The Sugarhill Gang, The Sunday Times, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Three Degrees, The Trammps, The Undisputed Truth, The Velvelettes, The Very Best Of (Eagles album), The Village Voice, The Weather Girls, The Whispers, The Who, Thelma Houston, Theme from A Summer Place, Theme from S-Express, Theme from Shaft, Theme music, Third World (band), This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You), Thoroughfare Gap, Timpani, TK Records, Tom Moulton, Tommy Tucker (singer), Tragedy (Bee Gees song), Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night, Trombone, Trumpet, TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), Turn the Beat Around, Turntablism, TV Globo, Twelve-inch single, Twisted Wheel Club, Two of Hearts (song), U2, UK singles chart, Upside Down (Diana Ross song), Urban contemporary music, Urban Cowboy, Van McCoy, Vice (magazine), Vicki Sue Robinson, Vietnam War, Vince Aletti, Vincent Montana Jr., Viola, Violin, Viral video, Wall of Sound, Walter Gibbons, Walter Murphy, War (The Temptations song), Warehouse (nightclub), Warner Curb Records, Was (Not Was), Washington, D.C., Watergate scandal, Waterloo (song), WBLS, We Are Family (song), Weimar Republic, West End Records, WFAN-FM, WGCI-FM, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, Whitfield Records, Wigan Casino, Willie Hutch, Wilton Place Street Band, Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, WKRP in Cincinnati, WKTU, WLS-FM, Wonder Woman (TV series), Working My Way Back to You, Wurlitzer, Y.M.C.A. (song), You Should Be Dancing, You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), You're the First, the Last, My Everything, Young Lust (song), YouTube, Zoot Allures, (Love Is) Thicker Than Water, (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty, 1990s in music.