DISCO RECORDS - Jim Colyer

The disco records of the late 1970s are some of the greatest recordings ever made. Their energy is unmatched. The disco beat was a heartbeat - thump thump thump. It called a whole generation of baby boomers to rise above the chaos of Vietnam and Watergate. Disco music was about sex. It was about fun and freedom. It was all out. That may be why it made enemies. How long can you keep a smile on your face? ABBA and The Bee Gees were the kings and queens of disco. Dancing Queen, Take A Chance On Me, Staying Alive, Night Fever. But there were so many. Donna Summer with Hot Stuff, K.C. and The Sunshine Band doing Get Down Tonight, YMCA from The Village People, Le Freak from Chic. That was a class act. Gloria Gaynor's anthem, I Will Survive. Rod Stewart & Do You Think I'm Sexy. Alicia Bridges & I Love The Nightlife. There will never be another era like it. Jimmy Carter was president. America had no enemies. No Bin Laden. No AIDS. Just peace and love and disco!