The 1970s was the decade when it comes to disco music. People flocked to clubs with their dancing shoes on wanting to hear music that gave them the combination of joy and thrill. It was all the rage ...

Did you music taste initially form back in the 1970s? These hit songs probably influenced you, at least a little bit.

Disco queen Donna Summer has died of cancer at the age of 63. For many music fans, Summer's soaring voice and glittering style epitomized the excess and electricity of the 1970s. Host Michel Martin ...

On Oct. 13, 1979, Michael Jackson topped the charts with 'Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough,' kicking off his reign as the King ...

“After the rebellion and liberation, there’s this party,” says singer-songwriter Jon Batiste, referring to the disco music and style of the 1970s. In the second episode of our six-episode documentary ...

John Lennon was a fan of one of the forgotten disco songs of the 1970s. He had a more tolerant attitude toward disco than some other rock stars. He was also a fan of another track from the same era ...

There’s no consensus about what was behind the violence at the Disco Demolition Night at the Chicago White Sox field in 1979. Were the thousands of people—mostly White—who stormed the field after ...

Premieres Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV A story that’s about much more than music, “The War On Disco” explores how the ...