Netflix's The Saint of Second Chances tells the story of the Chicago White Sox owners whose notorious "disco demolition" stunt has been blamed for toppling an entire music genre, writes Dorian Lynskey ...
It was the summer of 1979, and disco was taking over the world. Donna Summer, Chic and Gloria Gaynor were at the top of the charts. Just a few months earlier, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack had ...
On July 12, 1979, a Chicago rock DJ hosted a so-called Disco Demolition during a break at a White Sox double header. It was the rumble heard 'round the pop world, including in North Carolina, where ...
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16 June 1979 While some of the best recent singles have been disco, Robin Denselow argues that it is best heard in a discotheque rather than the home or car Hell hath no fury like a miffed disco lover ...
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - I remember the disco era from the 1970's like it was yesterday. In looking back, very few events have had such an impact on world media, culture, and lifestyles as did disco.
It was an organised backlash against a changing US musical landscape that, by the late 1970s, had seen disco music dominate the charts, and, gasp, influence the likes of Rod Stewart and the Eagles.