Disco

:"Discothèque" redirects here. For the U2 song, see Discothèque (song).

Popular disco artists

The most popular disco artists of the 1970s include ABBA, Cerrone, The Bee Gees, Chic, Sister Sledge, The Jacksons, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Grace Jones, Stephanie Mills, Sylvester, Gloria Gaynor, Boney M, The Village People, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Vicki Sue Robinson, MFSB, Loleatta Holloway, France Joli, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Yvonne Elliman, Tavares, Salsoul Orchestra, Phyllis Hyman, The Emotions, Thelma Houston, Cheryl Lynn, The Trammps, Love and Kisses, Barry White, Silver Convention, and Dalida. However, many disco fans would agree that, "for every chart hit pounded into the public's consciousness, fifty far superior tracks from all over the world were being played at some hard-to-find basement club" (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). There appeared many non-disco artists, which included The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, KISS, The Grateful Dead, Dolly Parton, Cher, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Leif Garrett, Toto, Chaka Khan, the Beach Boys, Billy Preston, Chicago, Electric Light Orchestra, The Pointer Sisters, Frankie Avalon, Elton John, James Brown, Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Prince, Carly Simon, Diana Ross, Earth, Wind and Fire, Rod Stewart, Queen (with the bass guitar riffs emulating those of Chic in their hit Another One Bites The Dust), Blondie with "Heart of Glass", Bryan Adams, as well as veteran entertainers such as Paul Anka, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ethel Merman, Wayne Newton, Barbra Streisand, and Frank Sinatra.

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ABBA - Cerrone - The Bee Gees - Chic - Sister Sledge - The Jacksons - Donna Summer - Giorgio Moroder - Grace Jones - Stephanie Mills - Sylvester - Gloria Gaynor - Boney M - The Village People - K.C. and the Sunshine Band - Vicki Sue Robinson - MFSB - Loleatta Holloway - France Joli - Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Yvonne Elliman - Tavares - Salsoul Orchestra - Phyllis Hyman - The Emotions - Thelma Houston - Cheryl Lynn - The Trammps - Love and Kisses - Barry White - Silver Convention - Dalida - The Eagles - The Rolling Stones - KISS - The Grateful Dead - Dolly Parton - Cher - Aretha Franklin - Isaac Hayes - Leif Garrett - Toto - Chaka Khan - The Beach Boys - Billy Preston - Chicago - Electric Light Orchestra - The Pointer Sisters - Frankie Avalon - Elton John - James Brown - Barry Manilow - Bette Midler - Prince - Carly Simon - Diana Ross - Earth, Wind and Fire - Rod Stewart - Queen - Another One Bites The Dust - Blondie - Bryan Adams - Paul Anka - Engelbert Humperdinck - Ethel Merman - Wayne Newton - Barbra Streisand - Frank Sinatra

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Many disco novelty songs sold well and were popular. Rick Dees, at the time a radio DJ in Memphis, Tennessee, recorded what is considered to be one of the most popular parodies of all time, Disco Duck.

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Rick Dees - Memphis, Tennessee - Disco Duck

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