The ’70s were a wild time, right? Bell bottoms, platform shoes, and an endless supply of glitter seemed to rule the world. But let’s be real: nothing defined the decade quite like disco music. It was ...

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.

Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...

As disco made its way from neon-lit dance halls to mainstream radio in the mid-1970s, rock bands who enjoyed chart domination in the earlier part of the decade found themselves at a crossroads. They ...

"Father of Disco" Giorgio Moroder selects 34 of his favorite songs from the genre he helped pioneer. By Giorgio Moroder There’s a reason they call Giorgio Moroder the “Father of Disco.” The Italian ...

While disco music is innocent and was created for the sheer pleasure of dancing, it is one of the more divisive genres. Why is that? Well, there are a multitude of different reasons and answers, but ...

The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music ...

The world lost two of the great icons of Seventies disco, Donna Summer and Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, last week. We asked you to name your favorite disco song of all time, and unsurprisingly, Summer ...

She had heard the Donna Summer songs, she had watched John Travolta ooze across a dance floor in “Saturday Night Fever” and she had amassed an impressive collection of 12-inch dance mixes. But in the ...