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How disco changed music for ever

Disco's 1970s heyday opened doors for black, Hispanic and gay people, and its influence lives onIf you weren't able to make it to the swanky One Night Only reopening of New York's legendary uptown disco mecca Studio 54 last October, don't fret about it. Not that Naomi Campbell, Cameron Diaz and Donald "Disco" Trump wouldn't have enjoyed your company, I'm sure, but there are far less elitist, and far more accessible, ways of partying like it's 1979 virtually on your doorstep.This summer NYC Downl...

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00:06 on February 26 2012

How disco changed music for ever

Guardian Music — Disco's 1970s heyday opened doors for black, Hispanic and gay people, and its influence lives onIf you weren't able to make it to the swanky One Night Only reopening of N... more info