Music always runs in cycles. When one scene takes over for another, a lot of acts love to jump the bandwagon, usually with mixed success. At the end of the 70s, as disco completed its musical world takeover, a lot of rockers decided to get a little funky.
Though a little early in the disco era, Wild Cherry was there first.
The song that probably made it safe for rockers to go disco.
In probably the most infamous example of rockers going disco was Kiss.
Like every disco song of the era, you had to have strings.
Sometimes it's all about the beat.
The Stones were so steeped in "black" music, it was only natural they would give disco a shot.
While not really considered disco, there's no denying that danceable beat.
Probably the biggest of all the rockers going disco songs, this one hit #1 on the pop, dance and black music charts.
The reverse of all this was, some disco artists tried their hands at rock.
Finally, what's old is new again. Daft Punk is trying to bring back disco some 30 years on.
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