CHICAGO (WLS) -- Almost 37 years ago to the day, Chicago radio icon Steve Dahl blew up disco records at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979. Disco Demolition Night was an event that blew up itself into the ...

What cultural conditions lead to a rock shock jock blowing up disco records and starting a riot at a ballpark? That is the question that "The War on Disco," the October 30 American Experience ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rioters at Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1979. - Credit: Ed Wagner Jr./Chicago Tribune/Tribune News ...

LYNWOOD -- As Officer Russ Pearson approached the Pointe East disco, he knew right away his little town had a big problem on its hands. He passed long lines of shiny, new Ford Pintos, Chevy Vegas and ...

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An anti-disco movement spurs the development of house music. An anti-disco movement believed to be rooted in racism and homophobia drives disco underground. But house music reemerges as a new genre.