Like Prince and Michael Jackson, Blondie’s 1979 hit connected one era to the next. Released as a single in 1979, “Heart Of Glass” blends disco with new wave, and if disco was indeed dying, it sure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, on July 12, 1979, what was supposed to be a wacky promotional stunt by shock-rock DJ Steve Dahl to sell tickets ...

Users across TikTok have fallen in love with a classic disco track from 1979 and many are dancing to it daily in hopes of drawing wealth into their lives. The song in question is Ring My Bell by Anita ...

Sometimes when the beat hits, you have to answer the call. There is something about the drums, the melodies, the performance of the vocalist and the musicians—it can be enough to get you off your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disco is finally getting its due, thanks to works like 2024's PBS docuseries "Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution" and a new book by ...

American Experience’s “The War on Disco” airs at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also stream on the PBS app. Rushmore DeNooyer always wanted to work with the PBS series ...

Disco Demolition Night, which happened 40 years ago today, is the day two genres were marked for death. Disco itself was one of them, of course: Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl, infuriated that his ...

Forty years ago, America was filled with tube tops and harness boots, the Atari and the Walkman. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the U.K. elected Margaret Thatcher. The snowboard was invented ...

In 1979, disco music was at its peak. Bell bottom jeans, afros, tight shirts with eye-popping patterns, platform shoes, and lots of gaudy gold jewelry were in. And dancing — lots and lots of dancing — ...