Disco Disco

Hello, my name is Kandee and I have a shattered dream. Do you have a shattered dream or heart that's broken into pieces? I remember whe...

Cher, a wig, and Michael Jackson

Donna Summer was the queen of disco, and she dressed the part. See photos of her most memorable looks.

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Donna Summer as 'Nicole Sims' in Thank God It's Friday (1978)

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Rollerskating was such a part of growing up, that it simply behooves me to bring up this old chestnut once again. I wasn't quite old enough to enjoy the disco, except to see it on the big screen and splattered across the pop culture landscape. In its place, was a substitute for the younger generation: roller skating. It had its own culture, music, and "dance" as the disco.... except without the cocaine and consequence-free sex. Skatetown U.S.A. with Maureen McCormick is easily the best skate…

DISCO WAS TOO GREAT AND TOO MUCH FUN TO BE GONE FOREVER

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Sylvester, one of the first gender non conforming disco stars

It is generally accepted that disco is a genre that doesn’t really lend itself to the album format. Like house music, it is music primarily for the dance-floor and as such the ebb and flow of styles which are needed to provide variety in the album format don’t really work when all of the songs are of a similar tempo. Having said that, there are exceptions to every rule and Mighty Real is one such exception. This is actually an album that was pulled together in 1979 by Sylvester’s record…

Disco singer Sylvester aka Sylvester James poses for a portrait in circa 1975.