Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...
Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...
"Father of Disco" Giorgio Moroder selects 34 of his favorite songs from the genre he helped pioneer. By Giorgio Moroder There’s a reason they call Giorgio Moroder the “Father of Disco.” The Italian ...