40 From 40: 1978

So we start the final furlong of the feature and complete the 1970s with the year disco ate the world. Who could complain? Well, middle America and everyone involved with financing the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film thinking they were onto a sure thing, but the new thing was inescapable what with Saturday Night Fever and the Bee Gees at their height (apart from the aforementioned movie), Grease, YMCA and the peculiar sideline Rivers Of Babylon all taking off. 1977's other brea...

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