Friday, February 22, 2013

The Rise into the Mainstream

From 1974 through 1977, disco music increased in popularity as many disco songs topped the charts.

KC and the Sunshine Band formed by Harry Wayne Casey ("KC") and Richard Finch had a string of disco-definitive top-five hits, including "Get Down Tonight", "That's the Way (I Like It)", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man" and "Keep It Comin' Love".
Also noteworthy are Cheryl Lynn's "Got to Be Real" (1978), Evelyn "Champagne" King's "Shame" (1978), Cher's "Take Me Home" (1979), Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" (1979).
The evolution of 'Disco' was well underway and the influence had crossover appeal to different genres as the revolution had begun.

No comments:

Post a Comment