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Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with the renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, [133] mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Euro disco aesthetics. [134] The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online retailers Juno and Beatport. [ 135 ]
Waacking (also whacking) is a street dance style with origins stemming from punking, a dance created in the gay clubs of Los Angeles [1] [2] during the 1970s disco era. [3] The style is typically done to 1970s disco and 1980s post-disco music [4] and is mainly distinguishable by its rotational arm movements, posing and emphasis on expressiveness.
The 1977 disco movie Saturday Night Fever (the sound track includes Tavares, Yvonne Elliman, Bee Gees, Kool & the Gang, KC & the Sunshine Band, The Trammps [8]) showed both the line and partner forms of hustle, as well as a dance referred to as the "tango hustle" (invented for that film by Deney Terrio, according to the DVD commentary).
The Bluenotes were not a disco group, they did mostly ballads. I said ‘Look man, let’s pick this up because I like to dance.’” Young’s beat drove the most influential disco records and ...
On the issue dated October 20, the chart was renamed as the Hot Dance/Disco. [12] 1985: The Hot Dance/Disco chart was split into the 12-inch Singles Sales chart and the Club Play chart on the issue dated March 16. The first number one on the dance sales chart was "New Attitude"/"Axel F", a split single by Patti LaBelle and Harold Faltermeyer ...
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [10] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
Dua Lipa Taylor Hill/WireImage/Getty Images Dua Lipa has given her sequined swan song with “Dance the Night.” Though Lipa, 28, has found major success with the disco sound on songs like “Don ...
Songs such as "The Loco-Motion" were specifically written with the intention of creating a new dance and many more pop hits, such as "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, were written to cash in recent successful novelties. In the early 1970s, disco spawned a succession of dance fads including the Bump, the Hustle, and the Y.M.C.A.