Disco was the music of liberation ... Manu Dibango’s African-beat “Soul Makossa” in the spring of 1973. Mixing global beats with American R&B, it hit No.35 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 and ...

These disco one-hit wonders have a lot of staying power, decades after the 1970s (and the age of disco) came to an end.

The second was Rapture, a song that merges disco, hip-hop, funk and new wave Rapture would go on to become the first No. 1 ...

With the rise of disco and the birth of quiet-storm R&B, 1975 was a great year for music. Legends like Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson and more released songs that have ...

A list of 50 terrible songs on otherwise great, classic albums, from the Beatles and Bob Dylan to Harry Styles and Taylor Swift ...

The 80s were an interesting time in music, with the heyday of 70s rock, soul, and jazz giving way to exciting new iterations and subgenres. Disco was on the way out, but it helped lead to house ...

Donna Summer was named the “Queen of Disco” for a very palpable reason—Her music was impervious to inaction. Specifically on her 1977 single, “I Feel Love.” Thanks to the song’s ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys.

But the line is a fitting encapsulation of music historian Jon Savage’s argument in The Secret Public, a history of ...

‘You’re Cordially Invited’ is a Chaotic Battle of Wedding Parties. Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon ...

The documentary film Disco's Revenge digs into the music's history, beginning with its origins tied to the civil rights movement and the Stonewall riots, as well as its lasting impact across ...

A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.