Who invented disco?
As with many pop culture phenomenons, it’s difficult to credit one specific person with creating disco. This musical style started in the early 1970s, primarily in New York City underground nightclubs. The DJs in these clubs played a mix of funk, soul, and R&B music that the crowds loved to dance to. As the scene grew, musicians and DJs experimented with different sounds and mixes. Faster, funkier music that kept the audience dancing became very popular, and eventually the style spread to other big cities in the U.S. and Europe. Disco peaked in the mid ’70s and died out at the end of the decade. A key development in creating disco seems to be longer song length. Typical radio pop songs were (and still are) about three minutes in length. Nightclub DJs noticed how one great song could keep people happy on the dance floor and wanted to exte
