Happy Birthday Giorgio Moroder! The Dance Music Pioneer Looks Back on His Prolific Career

Italian producer and composer Giorgio Moroder is largely responsible for disco, house and techno's popularity to this day, his innovative work with synthesizers and boundary-pushing sounds and lyrics typifying the audacious and dramatic mood inside both dance clubs and movie theaters in the 1970s and '80s. Best known for his work with Donna Summer, Moroder's record label Oasis, which later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records, was pivotal in defining the sexy vibe of the era.

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