Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs - From the Pleasure Garden to the Discotheque - Bruce Lindsay
Where Will It End? An Introduction
Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs - From the Pleasure Garden to the Discotheque - Bruce Lindsay
Bruce Lindsay [+]
Music Journalist and Social Historian
Bruce Lindsay is a freelance music journalist and social history researcher. He is the author of Shellac and Swing: A Social History of the Gramophone in Britain (Fonthill Media, 2020), Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival: The Lives, Song Traditions and Legacies of Sam Larner and Harry Cox (Equinox Publishing, 2020) and Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox, 2023).
Description
This brief opening chapter offers an overview of disco’s place among the many musical styles that have, over the last 300 years, provided music for dancing and entertainment in Britain’s cities, town and villages. It will establish definitions of ‘disco’ – as a place, as an event, as a musical genre – and will outline its creation, rise, fall and eventual resurrection. Finally, it will discuss my own disco music credentials, such as they are, and my experience of the early days of this highly entertaining musical movement.