re: Tell me about the Disco Era

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I turned 18 in 1978. Fresh out of high school, I could drink alcohol. I had been driving since I was 15, legally. I landed a job making $8.25 an hour which was huge back then. I had a one bedroom 800 square foot apartment that was $225 a month. I bought a brand new 1978 Jeep CJ5 golden eagle edition. Payment was $117 a month and insurance was like $43 a month. Gas was $0.55 a gallon. A large pizza and a picture of beer with salad bar at Pizza Hut was less than 10 dollars. Pack of cigarettes was 35 cents. Southern rock was my music of choice but if you wanted to hook up you had to go to the discos. No fake titties, no tattoos, full bush. Landing strips were starting to become popular. What a time to be alive. I miss it everyday.

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THIS right here.

R&B was in its heyday and crossed over with disco. It was heaven for people who didn't mind a break from an awesome period of rock and roll. It was a great time for music.

Coke was king.

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No 1 in America was an unintended disco song - Dancing Queen.

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They might have had another, but "Gimme A Man After Midnight" wasn't released in the US because of Disco Demolition Night basically beginning the downfall of disco here. (It was released internationally in October, 1979. Disco Demolition Night was in July 1979)

The song went #1 in 7 different countries, but by the time it was released in the US in February, 1980, disco was completely dead and it never made even the top 100.