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1979 disco-funk hit 'He's the Greatest Dancer' launched Sister Sledge to stardom

Sister Sledge's declaration song remains an enduring staple of the decade ...
Billboard

New Compilation Presents Rare Disco, Funk, Jazz & More From 1980s Soviet Central Asia

Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia is out now through Ostinato Records. By Katie Bain The former USSR might ...
The Conversation

Disco ain’t dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for Renaissance

If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance. Rolling Stone has described her as the world’s “greatest living entertainer”, with a ...
American Songwriter

4 Funk and Disco One-Hit Wonders That Set the 1970s Ablaze

Disco might be more or less dead at this point in the 21st century, but it was absolutely everywhere in the 1970s. And with that, there were quite a few big disco one-hit wonders to hit the charts in ...
The Quietus

Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk From The South China Sea (1974–88)

Compiled by DJ and Soundway Records manager Alice Whittington, aka Norsicaa, Ayo Ke Disco is a snapshot of disco, funk and soul-inflected pop from the clubs of Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, ...