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Disco queen Donna Summer, c. 1976

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Disco queen Donna Summer, c. 1976

Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, 1977

Saturday Night Fever

Disco Demolition Night, 1979

Irene Cara, 1983

“Where do you go when the record is over…”

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Key People

Frankie Crocker

American disc jockey

The King of Pop

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer

Diana Ross

Diana Ross

American singer and actress

Joni Sledge

American singer

Queen of Disco

Donna Summer

American singer

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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz