User talk:Karaoke - Disco Music: The Growth And Fall Of The Disco Genre

Smooth and relaxing, but adequate to keep your feet moving - this is just what greatest describes disco music.

Disco music was initially introduced in the late 60s in addition to electric synthesizers. These synthesizers allowed the creation of music with one steady beat along with a few instruments like pianos, flutes, and many others, resulting to the creation of the disco genre. Its upbeat and appealing tone made it among the most popular music genres in the 1960-70s, and is even made popular in The late seventies when the film “Saturday Night Fever” starring John Travolta was shown in movie theater. At this stage, disco music became the most widely used music genre, creating disco music of many songs, including classical music.

Disco Fever - The Boost in Popularity of Disco Music

With the acceptance of disco music increasing, the number of artists who made their names by disco music raised too. Among the many well-known names in disco music are Earth, Wind & Fire, KC & The Sunshine Band, and the Village People. In fact, disco (karaoke) music proved to be too well-known, that the Navy asked the group Village People to create a song for them, which result in the creation of the once-popular song, “In The Navy”. Because of the popularity of the song, Navy applicants almost doubled in number, proving that disco music is indeed the hottest music genre during that time.

Several Tv programs having the disco theme were also popular throughout the 1980s. In addition, the majority of sitcoms use disco music for their opening themes and closing credits. These persisted until the late 80s, which resulted in statement that “disco will never die”. However, disco music was never meant to be popular forever…

The Decrease in Popularity of the Disco Genre

With so many songs and TV shows revolving around the disco theme, people became tired of it and replaced it along with other genres. This led to the creation of a new music genre known as “popular music”, or “pop music”, for short. From there point on, disco’s popularity started to lessen, and other genres (besides pop) were introduced.

Disco Songs Today

Disco songs still flourish up to this day, but not as mainstream as the more popular genres such as pop, rock, alternative, rap, as well as other popular genres. Disco songs, today, are now established and regarded as “house” music, as it has the same characteristics and parts of disco music. Disco music, and house music, are still played on disco clubs across the world. Disco songs are also available for download on many websites on the net. However, just a few disco songs are available for download - listing only the favorites and the hottest ones.