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Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.
On January 19, 1985, the Hot Dance/Disco chart was split into two: Club Play and Dance Singles Sales, which ranked 12-inch single (or maxi-single) sales. Those singles that reached number one each week on the sales chart are listed to the right of the number on the Club Play chart.
These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1976.. Note: Billboard magazine's dance/disco chart, which began in 1974 and ranked the popularity of tracks in New York City discothèques, expanded to feature multiple charts each week which highlighted playlists in various cities such as San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Phoenix, Detroit and Houston.
These are the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and 12 Inch Singles Sales number-one hits of 1985. Issue date Club Play Song Artist 12 Inch Singles Sales Artist ...
Musically, "Dancing Queen" is a Europop version of American disco music. [5] [6] As disco music dominated the US charts, the group decided to follow the trend, replicating Phil Spector's Wall of Sound arrangements. [5] Andersson and Ulvaeus have cited George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby" as a source of inspiration for the style of the song. The ...
"Car Wash" is a song by the American soul and R&B band Rose Royce. Written and arranged by the ex-Motown producer Norman Whitfield, [1] the song was the group's first single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s disco era.
"The Hustle" is a disco song by songwriter/arranger Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony. It went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts during the summer of 1975. [3] It also peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian RPM charts, No. 9 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) and No. 3 in the UK.
The Dance Club Songs chart underwent several incarnations since its inception in 1974. Originally a top-10 list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in New York City discothèques, the chart began on October 26, 1974, under the title Disco Action. The chart went on to feature playlists from various cities around the country ...