Key elements of the disco sound continued to pop up for another decade or so (credit work by Nile Rodgers of Chic after a shift to the producer’s chair) before disco was largely relegated to history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If someone says they’re not a fan of 70s disco songs, there’s a good chance they’re not being truthful. Despite the backlash the ...

In late 1971, a track with a very distinctive rhythm section reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Isaac Hayes’s “Theme from Shaft”—and its rat-a-tat, sixteenth-note high-hat cymbals—hung out on ...