User talk:The History of Disco Music - Dj til julefrokoster

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Disco music was first introduced in the late 60s alongside with electronic synthesizers. Synthesizers helped the development of music which contains just one, continuous beat that's combined with a number of other instruments like pianos, flutes, and many others. Because of its catchy tunes, people loved it and it was regarded as one of the most popular music genres in that time. Disco music reached its top in popularity when “Saturday Night Fever” starring John Travolta was shown on movies in 1978. This cemented the status of disco music to be the most popular genre of that age, resulting to the development of disco versions of a few of the most popular music in that time, including classical music.

Disco Fever - The Boost in Popularity of Disco Music

As disco music starts to boost in popularity, so does the number of performers who made their names through disco songs. Among the countless popular names in disco music are Earth, KC & The Sunshine Band, Wind & Fire, and the Village People. Disco music over these times were so popular, that the Navy requested the Village People to create a song for them. This led to them composing the now then popular disco song, “In The Navy”. Because of the rise in popularity of the song, Navy applicants nearly doubled in number, showing that disco music is indeed the most favored music genre during those times.

A lot of TV shows having the disco theme were also popular in the 1980s. Most sitcoms, too, use disco music for their opening and closing credits. These persisted until the late 80s, which resulted in statement that “disco will never die”. Still, disco music was never supposed to be popular forever…

The Decrease in Popularity of the Disco Genre

With lots of songs and TV shows revolving in the disco theme, people became tired of it and replaced it with other genres. This led to the eventual introduction of well-liked music, or “pop” for short. From there, numerous different music genres spawned, making the people forget the once-popular disco genre.

The Disco Genre Today

Disco songs still thrive up to this day, but not as mainstream as the more popular genres like pop, rock, alternative, rap, and other popular genres. Disco music is known and classified as “house music” today, since it contains the same elements and characteristics of disco music. Disco (DJ http://www.diskodasko.dk/Dj.htm) music, and by expansion, house music, are still performed on night clubs globally. If you wish to listen to disco songs, you can download them on some websites on the net. But, since it isn't as popular as it was before, the only ones which are available for download are the most popular disco songs.