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Author : Radcliffe A. Joe
Publisher : Billboard
ISBN 13 : 9780823077564
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (775 download)
Download or read book This Business of Disco written by Radcliffe A. Joe and published by Billboard. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alice Echols
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393338916
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Hot Stuff written by Alice Echols and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Echols reveals the ways in which disco transformed popular music, propelling it into new sonic territory and influencing rap, techno, and trance. She probes the complex relationship between disco and the era's major movements: gay liberation, feminism, and African American rights. You won't say "disco sucks" as disco thumps back to life in this pulsating look at the culture and politics that gave rise to the music.
Author : James Arena
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786475811
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book First Ladies of Disco written by James Arena and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The female vocalists who pioneered the disco genre in the '70s and early '80s were an extraordinarily talented group who dazzled the world with an exciting blend of elegance, soulful passion and gutsy fire. In this book of original interviews, 32 of these women tell their stories, explaining how they view their music, careers, connection to gay audiences, and their places in dance music history. Interviewed artists include: The Andrea True Connection; Claudja Barry; Pattie Brooks; Miquel Brown; Linda Clifford; Carol Douglas; Yvonne Elliman; Rochelle Fleming (First Choice); Gloria Gaynor; Debbie Jacobs-Rock; Madleen Kane; Evelyn "Champagne" King; Audrey Landers; Suzi Lane; Cynthia Manley (Boys Town Gang); Kelly Marie; Maxine Nightingale; Scherrie Payne; Wardell Piper; The Ritchie Family, 1975-1978: Gwendolyn Wesley, Cassandra Wooten and Cheryl Mason-Dorman; The Ritchie Family, 1978-1982: Theodosia "Dodie" Draher; Barbara Roy (Ecstasy Passion & Pain); Pamala Stanley; Evelyn Thomas; Jeanie Tracy; Anita Ward; Martha Wash; Carol Williams; Jessica Williams and Norma Jean Wright.
Author : Peter Shapiro
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466894121
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Turn the Beat Around written by Peter Shapiro and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long-overdue paean to the predominant musical form of the 70s and a thoughtful exploration of the culture that spawned it Disco may be the most universally derided musical form to come about in the past forty years. Yet, like its pop cultural peers punk and hip hop, it was born of a period of profound social and economic upheaval. In Turn the Beat Around, critic and journalist Peter Shapiro traces the history of disco music and culture. From the outset, disco was essentially a shotgun marriage between a newly out and proud gay sexuality and the first generation of post-civil rights African Americans, all to the serenade of the recently developed synthesizer. Shapiro maps out these converging influences, as well as disco's cultural antecedents in Europe, looks at the history of DJing, explores the mainstream disco craze at it's apex, and details the long shadow cast by disco's performers and devotees on today's musical landscape. One part cultural study, one part urban history, and one part glitter-pop confection, Turn the Beat Around is the most comprehensive study of the Me Generation to date.
Author : Alan Jones
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1907195912
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Saturday Night Forever written by Alan Jones and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If all disco means to you is records like 'I Will Survive' and 'YMCA', tacky fashions and glitter eyeshadow, this book will be a real revelation. For Alan Jones and Jussi Kantonen, disco was an essential soundtrack to their lives. They loved its total hedonistic excess, its drive, its punch and its sweet, catchy melodies. For every chart hit that pounded into the public's consciousness, countless other better tracks were causing hair-raising highs on dance floors where Alan and Jussi and thousands of aficionados like them were strutting their funky stuff. Disco started in obscure underground clubs as a glamour-filled reaction to the plodding, self-indulgent rock music of the late '60s and really took off in the excitement-parched early '70s. Created by people marginalised by their colour (black), race (Latino), sexuality (gay) or class (working), the music and its attendant lifestyle inevitably became watered down and distorted once it slipped from the control of small independent labels and became a worldwide craze. The massive popularity of films such as Saturday Night Fever and the accompanying Bee Gees soundtrack led people to believe that this was disco. But the authors, by exploring such diverse strands as Eurodisco and roller disco, gay disco, and disco fashions, drugs and clubs, show this to be untrue, and instead uncover the magical, multi-layered genre in all its shining, strobe-lit glory. They believe in mirror balls.
Author : David Hamsley
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250068460
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book To Disco, with Love written by David Hamsley and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 250 Disco-era album covers-from sexy to silly, elegant to outrageous-that brings alive a time when fashion, politics, and sexuality all converged in harmony on the dance floor. Paging through To Disco, with Love is like catching Saturday Night Fever all over again. From Diana Ross and Donna Summer gazing fiercely from their chart topping albums to the Village People's trademark costumes and the Bee Gee's blinding white jumpsuits, To Disco celebrates the days when the dance floor ruled the world. Gathered together and presented chronologically, these striking covers tell the story of a moment in time when art and photography, music, and dance changed the world. We see a rapid evolution, from the early days when Disco's roots were firmly planted in Soul, Latin, and Jazz, all the way to the digital revolution of the 1980s. Like fleeting moments caught in the strobe, these covers vibrantly capture our takes on fashion and beauty, wealth and status, sex, race, and even God. As the hair gets bigger, bell bottoms wider, and platform shoes steeper, the vibrancy and energy of this moment in music history is brought back to vivid life. Accompanied by insightful, spirited descriptions that showcase the evolving trends in photography, illustration, and design, To Disco, with Love charts the history of the music and the industry during its groovy heyday.
Author : Clare Foges
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571307892
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)
Download or read book Kitchen Disco written by Clare Foges and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At night when you are sleeping There's a party in your house, It's a pumping, jumping, funky bash When all the lights go out . . .When the sun goes down, the Kitchen Disco starts up - and all the fruit in the fruit bowl come out to play. There are lemons who break-dance, tangerines who twirl and some very over-excited apples. Kitchen Disco is a zany and hilarious rhyming picture book for young children, featuring a stunning holographic foil spread in the middle of the book.'A party season essential.' The Times'Absurdly catchy account of what the fruit gets up to when the household sleeps.' Metro
Author : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634045974
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Big Book of Disco & Funk written by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 70 hot dance-floor hits, including: Bad Girls * Boogie Oogie Oogie * Brick House * Da Ya Think I'm Sexy * Dance with Me * Fire * Funkytown * Get Down Tonight * Higher Ground * Hot Stuff * I Love the Night Life * If I Can't Have You * In the Navy * It's Your Thing * Le Freak * Let's Groove * Love Rollercoaster * Stayin' Alive * Super Freak * That's the Way (I like It) * Turn the Beat Around * We Are Family * Y.M.C.A. * You Sexy Thing * and more.
Author : John-Manuel Andriote
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780380809073
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Hot Stuff written by John-Manuel Andriote and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-03-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You either love it or hate it. But one thing's for sure: rumors of its death are premature. This fast paced yet in-depth look at one of the most outrageous eras in musical -- and cultural -- history discusses the fashion and the freaks, the music-makers and the celebrators, to uncover why disco was so revered and reviled. In its early days, disco was dismissed by the public as producers' music made by studio musicians. But this amalgam of African-American rhythm and blues, soul, and funk soon caught fire, bringing together gay and straight, black and white, young and old in a way no other popular music has before or since -- a phenomenon that is still reverberating through the culture. As it takes you from the history of dance halls to the rise of impossible-to-get-into clubs; from the reigning queens (Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones, and Donna Summer among them) to the wanna-bes (including Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, and even Ethel Merman!); from the political mayhem of the Vietnam era to the party-all-night eighties, Hot Stuff will make you want to dust off those platform shoes, dig out your mirrored ball, and shake your booty all night long.
Author : Noel Hankin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736614914
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (149 download)
Download or read book After Dark written by Noel Hankin and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mid-town Buppies, big-time mobsters, fabulous dancing queens, and unscrupulous promoters all come together in After Dark, a first-hand account of the birth and growth of the disco movement in the 1970s. Disco music has earned an unflattering reputation for being garish and flashy; however, it was the voice of a generation that spoke using the power of dance to unite people. Now, for the first time you can hear the compelling, never-been-told story of the rise of the New York disco scene. In the late 1960s, a group of college students formed a social club called "The Best of Friends" (TBOF) and learned to monetize their love of dancing and music by building a multi-million-dollar network of discotheques. Their innovative DJing techniques transported dancers into a carefree state of euphoria that paved the way for "Saturday Night Fever," Studio 54, and the nationwide explosion of disco in the late '70s. TBOF discotheques attracted everyone from CEOs to mailroom clerks, from Rick James to Elizabeth Taylor, and from big-time mobsters to FBI agents. This unprecedented collection of humanity made it impossible to know what excitement would unfold each night. What the partners in TBOF did know is that After Dark, they had to be on their toes.
Author : Brigitte Legendre
Publisher : Skatescool
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book A Skater's Business - ROLLER DISCO written by Brigitte Legendre and published by Skatescool. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for low investment business idea that is fun and rewarding? All the steps to set up successful a mobile Skate School will guide you on how to make it happen fast and efficiently. It's all you will need to invest in training material to feel confident you can set up and run your business well right from the start. Before I started, I didn’t think I could earn an income out of teaching skating but I can and I do. The great thing is you don't have to charge much per skater to get a good hourly rate when you teach groups. It is very affordable for your students while being profitable for you. In this 65 pages book, we cover all the topics that will make your journey easy, avoiding mistakes and taking full advantage of my experience. Instead of taking a year or two to figure it all out, you can use these tools right now, become a great coach and enjoy a successful business faster.
Author : Frank Decaro
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847899616
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Disco written by Frank Decaro and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dazzling volume shines new light on the songs, styles, and enduring pop culture impact of the 1970s musical genre that emerged from Black and Latin queer culture to take the world by storm. Half a century after the drug-fueled, DJ-driven, glamour-drenched musical phenomenon of disco was born at a New York City loft party, disco’s musical and fashion influences live on in popular culture. This is a frolicking, entertaining, yet serious tribute to the overlooked art form of disco, which has never been given its proper due, nor taken its true place in the historic struggle for LGBTQ+, gender, and racial equality. Painting a vivid portrait of this provocative era, DeCaro explores the cultural importance of disco and how the music and dance that originated in queer Black and Latin clubs of the day became a mainstream phenomenon, changing our culture along the way. With glamorous photos from disco’s heyday up through today, DeCaro examines disco’s pervasive influence on pop culture over the last fifty years—exploring disco in film and television as well as in fashion and interior design. Through entertaining texts—as well as interviews with artists and celebrities of the era, such as Donna Summer and Grace Jones, among others—this book champions the diverse origins of disco while celebrating its influence on today’s groundbreaking artists such as Lady Gaga, Duo Lipa, and Miley Cyrus. A must for all lovers of music, style, and pop culture.
Author : James Arena
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603324
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book First Ladies of Disco written by James Arena and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The female vocalists who pioneered the disco genre in the '70s and early '80s were an extraordinarily talented group who dazzled the world with an exciting blend of elegance, soulful passion and gutsy fire. In this book of original interviews, 32 of these women tell their stories, explaining how they view their music, careers, connection to gay audiences, and their places in dance music history. Interviewed artists include: The Andrea True Connection; Claudja Barry; Pattie Brooks; Miquel Brown; Linda Clifford; Carol Douglas; Yvonne Elliman; Rochelle Fleming (First Choice); Gloria Gaynor; Debbie Jacobs-Rock; Madleen Kane; Evelyn "Champagne" King; Audrey Landers; Suzi Lane; Cynthia Manley (Boys Town Gang); Kelly Marie; Maxine Nightingale; Scherrie Payne; Wardell Piper; The Ritchie Family, 1975-1978: Gwendolyn Wesley, Cassandra Wooten and Cheryl Mason-Dorman; The Ritchie Family, 1978-1982: Theodosia "Dodie" Draher; Barbara Roy (Ecstasy Passion & Pain); Pamala Stanley; Evelyn Thomas; Jeanie Tracy; Anita Ward; Martha Wash; Carol Williams; Jessica Williams and Norma Jean Wright.
Author : James Arena
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147666496X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Legends of Disco written by James Arena and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this candid retrospective of the disco era, 40 men and women who reigned over the dance music industry of the 1970s and 1980s recall their lives and careers before, during and after the genre's explosion. Artists interviewed include Alfa Anderson, formerly of Chic ("Good Times"); Ed Cermanski and Robert Upchurch of The Trammps ("Disco Inferno"); Sarah Dash ("Sinner Man"); producer John Davis ("Ain't That Enough for You"); Janice Marie Johnson of A Taste of Honey ("Boogie Oogie Oogie"); France Joli ("Come to Me"); Denis LePage of Lime ("Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonite"); Randy Jones of the Village People ("Y.M.C.A."); Rob Parissi of Wild Cherry ("Play That Funky Music"); producer Warren Schatz ("Turn the Beat Around"); Debbie, Joni and Kim Sledge of Sister Sledge ("We Are Family"); and many more.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1980-08-16 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Author : Martin Padgett
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324007133
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)
Download or read book A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution written by Martin Padgett and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electric and intimate story of 1970s gay Atlanta through its bedazzling drag clubs and burgeoning rights activism. Coursing with a pumped-up beat, gay Atlanta was the South's mecca—a beacon for gays and lesbians growing up in its homophobic towns and cities. There, the Sweet Gum Head was the club for achieving drag stardom. Martin Padgett evokes the fantabulous disco decade by going deep into the lives of two men who shaped and were shaped by this city: John Greenwell, an Alabama runaway who found himself and his avocation performing as the exquisite Rachel Wells; and Bill Smith, who took to the streets and city hall to change antigay laws. Against this optimism for visibility and rights, gay people lived with daily police harassment and drug dealing and murder in their discos and drag clubs. Conducting interviews with many of the major figures and reading through deteriorating gay archives, Padgett expertly re-creates Atlanta from a time when a vibrant, new queer culture of drag and pride came into being.
Author : Roman Kozak
Publisher : Trouser Press Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (898 download)
Download or read book This Ain't No Disco: The Story of CBGB written by Roman Kozak and published by Trouser Press Books. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CBGB was the birthplace of punk and new wave in America in the 1970s. The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads and many other groundbreaking bands got their start in the rock club on New York’s Bowery. Years later, CBGB became the cauldron for New York hardcore. Originally issued in 1988 and out of print for decades, This Ain't No Disco is a detailed warts-and-all history, with memories, stories and gossip from dozens of insiders who worked, played or just hung out at CBGB. Written long before the legend overtook the reality — while the club was open and most of the principals alive — this is the real story, told in gritty, outrageous and sometimes hilarious detail.
