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Disco queen Donna Summer, c. 1976 American singer Donna Summer was a disco superstar in the 1970s and early '80s, known for hit songs such as “Love to Love You Baby” (1975) and “Last Dance” (1978).

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Emeritus Professor of American Studies, University of Massachsetts, Boston. Author of Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USA; editor of Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements.
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disco, beat-driven style of popular music that is one of the preeminent forms of dance music. Its name derives from discotheque, the French word for a type of dance-oriented nightclub that first appeared in the 1960s. Disco provided the musical accompaniment for political movements of the 1970s, in particular Gay Pride and LGBTQ+ rights. Its popularity peaked in the late 1970s, and its commercialization contributed to the backlash against it. Yet disco also gave birth to new genres of dance music, including house and techno. By the 21st century it had reemerged as electronic-focused nu-disco. Initially ignored by radio, disco ...(100 of 1640 words)

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