Bee Gees: “You Should Be Dancing”
From the movie, “Saturday Night Fever”, John Travolta shows his dance moves which helped sparked the popularity of disco music and dance in the late 1970s.
Videos
Gloria Gaynor: “I Will Survive” (Live)
From a 2013 PBS concert featuring piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick, Gloria performs her classic and shows how infectious and danceable the disco era was.
Gloria Gaynor: “I Will Survive”
Few songs epitomize the disco movement like this Gloria Gaynor classic of the late disco era. This is the original released 1978 video.
Sly and the Family Stone: “Thank You (Faletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”
The most commercially successful funk group of the ’70s was the bi-racial band, Sly and the Family Stone, who incorporated the groove rhythms and horn hits of James Brown, and the costumes of the glam movement.
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
A 2014 BBC television documentary on the evolution of funk from its early beginnings to contemporary influences.
Parliament Funkadelic: “Do That Stuff”
Appearing in Houston in 1976, George Clinton and the P-Funk demonstrated why their version of funk combined the gritty rhythm of James Brown and the stage visuals of the glam-rock movement.
James Brown: “Night Train”
The sound of funk was first performed by James Brown and his band in the last part of the ’60s decade. Here Brown performs “Night Train”, shows his dance moves, and proves why he was called the “hardest working man in show business”.
James Brown: “Live in Rome ’71”
James Brown’s version of funk found an audience throughout Europe as well as America. Here Brown and his entourage appears on Italian television.
