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| Disco | |
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| Stylistic origins: | Funk and soul music |
| Cultural origins: | Early 1970s |
| Mainstream popularity: | 1970s in the United States |
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| Bright disco | |
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| List of disco artists | |
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Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular originally with gay and black audiences in large U.S. cities, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning nightclub), coined from disc + bibliotèque (library) by La Discothèque in Rue Huchette (Jones and Kantonen, 1999).
Like all such musical genres, defining a single point of its development is difficult, as many elements of disco music appear on earlier records (such as the 1971 theme from the movie Shaft by Isaac Hayes) (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). In general it can be said that first true disco songs were released in 1973, however, many consider Manu DibangoManu Dibango (born December 12 1933) is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz and traditional Cameroonian music. He has collaborated with many musicians, including Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell's 1972 "Soul Makossa" the first disco record (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). Initially, most disco songs catered to a nightclub/ dancing audience only, rather than general audiences such as radioFor other uses see: radio (disambiguation Radio is a technology that allows the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. Radio waves Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, and are listeners.
Social trends that contributed to disco music include the surpassing of white people by racial and ethnic minorities, black and hispanic people, in the purchasing of records and sound equipment, the increased independence of women in finance and leisure, gay liberation, and the sexual revolution. (Jones and Kantonen, 1999)
Musical influences include funk, soul, and salsa and the latin or hispanic musics which created salsa.
Pre-disco soul records include:
Pre/Early-disco TK Records tracks:
Early disco hits include:
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