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unusual facts about disco music



Carmita Jiménez

During the 1970s, Carmita became a part of the Disco Music movement in her country, and had the number one hit La Generacion De Hoy (Today's Generation), produced by Alfred D. Herger, which was followed by La Vida En Rosa (Life In Pink), a song which was later a hit in English too, Grace Jones performing the English version.

Dimitri from Paris

His musical influences are rooted in 1970s funk and disco sounds that spawned contemporary house music, as well as original soundtracks from 1950s and 1960s cult movies such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, La Dolce Vita and The Party, which were sampled in his album Sacrebleu.

Þagað í Hel

By late 1979 Þeyr members contacted Svavar Gestsson, the owner of SG-Hljómplötur, and introduced him a few songs of disco music.


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Asian hip hop

The beginnings of hip-hop culture in the Philippines can be attributed to several main factors; the innate of them being the heavy influx of American musical styles in that country as reflected in the widespread popularity during the 1960s of Motown artists The Temptations, The Supremes and The Jackson Five and later in the 1970s of Funk, Soul and Disco music.

Jock Jams

It also had some house music, hip-hop, classic disco music, megamix music, and some cheerleaders and other sports(wo)men saying phrases.

Karen Lynn Gorney

Due to her connection with disco music, and her popular role in Saturday Night Fever, she has been featured on a number of disco documentaries and specials, including Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion, which she co-hosted with Saturday Night Fever choreographer Deney Terrio for PBS.

Necropolis of Love

The group is often categorized within gothic or new wave genres; however, in a conversation with the prominent musician Iggy Pop, Necropolis of Love band member, David Velasquez, described the ensemble's sound as "hostile disco music".