Disco, as a genre, was spontaneously and collectively created to fill a pressing need on the dancefloors of the early '70s. Sexual and racial liberation were increasing in urgency. Hippie idealism ...

Like punk, disco had a short-lived lifespan, but a huge impact on much of the music that followed ... Stevie Wonder and the O’Jays creating hybrid disco in the late ’60s and early ’70s.

Remarkable Black Female Singers of The ’60s and 70s. In the 1960s, ... Houston’s powerful voice and dynamic performances helped her become a standout artist in the ’70s disco scene.

“The War on Disco,” a new PBS documentary, ... “These liberation movements that started in the ’60s and early ’70s are really gaining momentum in the late ’70s,” Lisa Q. Wolfinger, ...