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Disco and the Dance Floor
On the timeline · around 1977 · The Rock & Pop Era
What happened
Emerging from the club culture of Black, Latino, and gay New York, disco's steady four-on-the-floor beat and lush production took over the late 1970s. The 1977 film Saturday Night Fever and its Bee Gees–driven soundtrack — until then the best-selling album in history — made disco a global craze.
Why it matters
Disco put the DJ, the dance floor, and the twelve-inch single at the center of pop, and its rhythms and production directly shaped house, techno, and modern dance-pop.
Sources
- HISTORY (A&E). 'Saturday Night Fever' Gets Its World Premiere · Reputable source