Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Stayin' Alive
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
A look at how disco fell victim to a violent backlash at the end of the 1970s after a glut of bad singles and the perceived elitism of clubs like Studio 54 fuelled a surge in anti-disco feeling. The programme also traces the genre's legacy, with DJ Frankie Knuckles leaving New York for Chicago, where he remixed disco breaks with R&B to produce a new genre of dance music that became known as house
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution airs on RTE2 HD at 11:40 PM, Friday 18 April. (Finale, series, subtitles, new.)
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