Likewise, the Top 10 Songs of 1978 incorporated some new sounds to stay relevant, bolstering their classic-rock sway with some disco bounce and punk fury. It wasn't always an easy mix, but they ...

“I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor (1978) Gaynor’s “I Will Survive ... single after the band decided to imitate American disco music. Do you remember the 21st night of September?

They produced some fine disco-adjacent music. But here are four songs that became emblematic ... Fever” finished one and two for the year (in 1978), “Stayin’ Alive,” which finished fourth ...

Freedom’s 1978 smash “Get Up and Dance ... Bites the Dust” is one of Queen’s most notable songs and the biggest hit to dabble in disco. The track has a bass line that’s become iconic ...

Step back in time with these famous 1970 songs. From rock to soul, check out the music that captured the spirit of the '70s.

It’s no surprise that nearly 50 years later, contemporary musicians would want to revisit that moment, when the many strains of pop — soul, funk, R&B, rock, jazz, and even disco — were all coming ...

The 1970s marked a period of significant change in American music, as the decade that birthed disco, funk ... People’s “Y.M.C.A.” in 1978. Those two songs are among the most successful ...

and novelty songs had been around since Rick Dees ... The Who may have bid “Sister Disco” goodbye in their 1978 song, but the original spirit lives on. As Brooks put it, “Its vibrancy ...

Since its inception in the late ’60s and early ’70s — as new technology created the instruments that created the sounds that created the songs ... some of the Euro-disco touches to reveal ...

in 1978. Credit: Newsday/Gerald S ... “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” which set “Rocket Man” and other John-penned songs to a disco-ized beat. There are also disco-themed cruises and nationally ...

The record pool sent out new music to DJs who would then rate the songs after seeing how clubgoers ... Joey Carvello and Carl Lupo at the National Disco Awards in 1978. (Courtesy Michelle Hirsch ...

One for Me,” the ecstatic 1978 disco hit by the Italian duo La Bionda. I was certainly not expecting a three-and-a-half-hour drama about an architect who survived the Holocaust to send audiences ...