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The early house music sound was a "dialogue" between Hispanic, [2] and Black American post-disco [3] [4] [5] and European post-punk [6] [7] electronic music and their traditions with Italo-disco picked or, emulated the most, [8] as the template for house music. [9]
Admission was five dollars and the club offered free juice and water to dancers. In the middle floor is where DJ Knuckles began to experiment with editing disco breaks on a reel-to-tape recorder. This mixing would soon become the beginnings of the house music genre. [5] The Warehouse became a hub for the people of Chicago, specifically black ...
Paul Leighton Johnson (January 11, 1971 – August 4, 2021) was an American house disc jockey and record producer. He was known for his self-taught DJ style of house music, mentoring and inspiring younger producers, and for a series of singles, including his 1999 worldwide hit single "Get Get Down".
Ron Hardy (May 8, 1958 – March 2, 1992) was an American, Chicago, Illinois-based DJ and record producer of early house music. He is well known for playing records at the Muzic Box, a Chicago house music club. Decades after his death, he is recognized for his innovative edits and mixes of disco, soul music, funk and early house music.
2015: Chicago at Symphony Hall; 2018: Chicago: VI Decades Live (This is What We Do) (box set) 2018: Chicago: Chicago II Live on Soundstage; 2018: Chicago: Greatest Hits Live; 2018: Chicago: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival; Compilation albums. 1983: If You Leave Me Now; 1984: The Ultimate Collection; 1985: Take Me Back to Chicago; 1991: Group ...
From 25 February to 11 March 2016, the Anderson Ponty Band revealed, via their official Facebook page, the 18 dates of their Spring 2016 North-American Tour due to kick off on 28 April 2016 in Tucson, Arizona and to end with two shows in Canada on 26 May 2016 in Montreal, Québec and on 27 May 2016 in Québec City, Québec.
The tour featured a total 325 shows, the most ever for a concert tour by a female solo artist, and grossed more than $250 million, [5] becoming Cher's highest-grossing tour ever. Cher closed the farewell tour in April 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl. It was the most successful tour by a single female solo artist at that time. [6]
Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot.At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.