Rightly or wrongly, local journalists have long claimed that the first discothèque in North America was La Licorne, which opened in Montreal in 1963. Quebec’s hasty modernization in the ’60s, which produced a new middle class drawn to the signs of chic cosmopolitanism, nourished a discothèque boom which first peaked in 19. By the middle of the decade, entrepreneurs from France moved to Quebec to open clubs and French youth came to work in them. The idea of the discothèque was first brought to Montreal in the early 1960s, by locals who had seen this kind of nightclub on visits to Europe. In the beginning, the discothèque was a European invention, born in Parisian cellars during World War II and then spreading – in the late 1950s – through the nightlife of the Mediterranean Riviera and other vacation spots. One of these began in the early 1960s, and was marked by the influence of ideas and people coming from France. It makes sense to distinguish between two phases in Montreal’s history as a disco capital. “Montreal’s music is disco,” the Toronto Star claimed in 1977, “in either language.” During the ’70s, Montreal was home to a richly-layered disco industry in which label heads, remixers, musicians and DJs mediated the flow of records and influences between North America and Europe. 2 for two weeks beginning Feb.This status signalled the large number of clubs in the city, but had more to do with the extraordinary sales of disco music in Montreal, particularly in the 12-inch vinyl single format. Image Credit: Ron Wolfson /Courtesy The Everett Collection Image Credit: ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection Chic – "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)".Image Credit: ARTCO-Berlin/ullstein bild via GI Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony – "The Hustle".2 for three weeks beginning June 12, 1976 Silver Convention – "Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right)".1 for three weeks beginning March 10, 1979 Andrea True Connection – "More, More, More (Part 1)".Image Credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns Gloria Gaynor – "Never Can Say Goodbye".Tavares – "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1)".1 for eight weeks beginning March 18, 1978
Image Credit: ©Showtime Networks, Inc./courtesy Everett Collection KC & The Sunshine Band – "That’s The Way (I Like It)".Thelma Houston – "Don’t Leave Me This Way".1 for seven weeks beginning March 5, 1983 Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col Now’s the time to bust out your disco ball, bellbottoms and dancing shoes and crank up the volume on Giorgio Moroder’s disco favorites below. With all that in mind, there was only one person whose favorite disco tracks Billboard Dance wanted to hear. In 2014 he teamed up with Coldplay for a “Father of Disco” makeover on a remix of their song “Midnight,” and the year before that, he was featured on Daft Punk’s Grammy album of the year champ Random Access Memories on a nine-minute track titled “Giorgio by Moroder” (his involvement earned him his fourth Grammy). And yes, that also includes “Take My Breath Away,” the Oscar-winning Top Gun ballad that went viral on TikTok 36 years later alongside thirsty videos of Miles Teller acting in the film’s 2022 sequel, Top Gun: Maverick.įrom movies to radio to dance club speakers, Moroder’s music kickstarted a cultural shift marked by glittering synths that modern day musicians continue to want to take a bite of. Yes, that includes the Limahl-led song “Never Ending Story,” made pop culture famous for a second time in 2019 when two Stranger Things characters - Dustin and Suzie - performed it as a duet on the show. Love it or hate it, disco music owes a gargantuan amount to him.Īnd that doesn’t even begin to cover the influence of his work in cinema In fact, many of his most shining hits originated on the soundtracks of films like Midnight Express, American Gigolo, Flashdance, Superman III, Scarface, The NeverEnding Story and Top Gun. There’s a reason they call Giorgio Moroder the “Father of Disco.” The Italian song-making machine has released 14 of his own studio albums in addition to producing hits for artists like Donna Summer, Blondie and Irene Cara.
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