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July 2, 1964. The Civil Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination in employment and public places, is passed.
July 18, 1964. “Race riot” in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods of New York.
1965. Roger Eagle starts DJing at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and helps create the foundation for the Northern Soul scene, which would have an enormous impact on disco.
May 1965. The ultratrendy Arthur opens in New York. It was here that DJ Terry Noel became the first DJ to mix records.
1966. The multiracial band from north London, the Equals, release their first single, “Hold Me Closer.” The following year, the flip, “Baby Come Back,” becomes a huge hit across Europe, setting in motion Europop and soon Eurodisco.
September 1968. The Continental Baths, an over-the-top and overground gay pleasure palace, opens in New York.
November 1968. Richard Nixon wins the presidential election by appealing to “America’s silent majority.”
1969. The Church, later called the Sanctuary, opens in an old church in New York’s theater district. Francis Grasso, one of the crafters of the disco aesthetic, is the club’s DJ.
1969. Time magazine declares the “Middle American” as the “Man and Woman of the Year.”
February 1969. Jerry Butler’s “Only the Strong Survive” is released. The record would help define the sound of Philadelphia International, which would become the most important component of the disco sound.
June 27, 1969. The Stonewall Inn, a dingy gay bar on Christopher Street in Manhattan, is raided by police. Fed up with constant harassment by the cops, the bar’s patrons protest, and the gay pride movement is born.
December 31, 1969. The Cockettes, a cross-dressing theater troupe featuring Sylvester, debut in San Francisco.
February 14, 1970. David Mancuso holds his “Love Saves the Day” party at his loft space on Broadway. His weekly parties take off and become the most crucial crucible of disco.
May 8–20, 1970. The “Hard Hat Riots” explode in lower Manhattan when construction workers attack an antiwar demonstration.
May 27, 1970. The Ice Palace, an important gay discotheque, opens on Fire Island.
December 1972. Fire Island habitués open the Tenth Floor in an abandoned warehouse in New York’s garment district.
Late 1972 / early 1973. Two Motown records, Eddie Kendricks’s “Girl You Need a Change of Mind” and the Temptations’ “Law of the Land,” become the prototype disco records.
1973. Latin record label Mericana changes its name to Salsoul after its most successful record, and will soon become the most important disco label.
1973. Kool DJ Herc throws his first party at the community center at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, in the Bronx, and hip-hop is born.
June 1973. Manu Dibango’s “Soul Makossa” enters the American pop charts after it becomes a favorite record at the Loft and other New York nightclubs.
September 1973. Featuring the drumming of Earl Young, whose hissing hi-hat sound would come to define the disco beat, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes’ “The Love I Lost” is released.
1974. Tom Moulton does the first of his extended mixes on Don Downing’s “Dream World.”
February 9, 1974. Love Unlimited Orchestra’s “Love’s Theme” hits #1 on the American pop charts. It’s the first #1 whose popularity was credited to discos.
June 1974. Disco’s “national anthem,” MFSB’s “Love Is the Message,” is released.
November 1974. New York radio station WPIX starts the world’s first disco radio show.
December 1974. The Flamingo, perhaps the most legendary of New York’s gay clubs, opens in SoHo.
January 1975. Silver Convention’s “Save Me,” the calling card of Eurodisco, is released.
Spring 1975. Moulton’s extended mix of Moment of Truth’s “So Much for Love” becomes the first twelve-inch single.
May 1975. New York City faces meltdown when financial institutions refuse to lend it money any longer.
June 1975. The
July 2, 1964. The Civil Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination in employment and public places, is passed.
July 18, 1964. “Race riot” in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods of New York.
1965. Roger Eagle starts DJing at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and helps create the foundation for the Northern Soul scene, which would have an enormous impact on disco.
May 1965. The ultratrendy Arthur opens in New York. It was here that DJ Terry Noel became the first DJ to mix records.
1966. The multiracial band from north London, the Equals, release their first single, “Hold Me Closer.” The following year, the flip, “Baby Come Back,” becomes a huge hit across Europe, setting in motion Europop and soon Eurodisco.
September 1968. The Continental Baths, an over-the-top and overground gay pleasure palace, opens in New York.
November 1968. Richard Nixon wins the presidential election by appealing to “America’s silent majority.”
1969. The Church, later called the Sanctuary, opens in an old church in New York’s theater district. Francis Grasso, one of the crafters of the disco aesthetic, is the club’s DJ.
1969. Time magazine declares the “Middle American” as the “Man and Woman of the Year.”
February 1969. Jerry Butler’s “Only the Strong Survive” is released. The record would help define the sound of Philadelphia International, which would become the most important component of the disco sound.
June 27, 1969. The Stonewall Inn, a dingy gay bar on Christopher Street in Manhattan, is raided by police. Fed up with constant harassment by the cops, the bar’s patrons protest, and the gay pride movement is born.
December 31, 1969. The Cockettes, a cross-dressing theater troupe featuring Sylvester, debut in San Francisco.
February 14, 1970. David Mancuso holds his “Love Saves the Day” party at his loft space on Broadway. His weekly parties take off and become the most crucial crucible of disco.
May 8–20, 1970. The “Hard Hat Riots” explode in lower Manhattan when construction workers attack an antiwar demonstration.
May 27, 1970. The Ice Palace, an important gay discotheque, opens on Fire Island.
December 1972. Fire Island habitués open the Tenth Floor in an abandoned warehouse in New York’s garment district.
Late 1972 / early 1973. Two Motown records, Eddie Kendricks’s “Girl You Need a Change of Mind” and the Temptations’ “Law of the Land,” become the prototype disco records.
1973. Latin record label Mericana changes its name to Salsoul after its most successful record, and will soon become the most important disco label.
1973. Kool DJ Herc throws his first party at the community center at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, in the Bronx, and hip-hop is born.
June 1973. Manu Dibango’s “Soul Makossa” enters the American pop charts after it becomes a favorite record at the Loft and other New York nightclubs.
September 1973. Featuring the drumming of Earl Young, whose hissing hi-hat sound would come to define the disco beat, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes’ “The Love I Lost” is released.
1974. Tom Moulton does the first of his extended mixes on Don Downing’s “Dream World.”
February 9, 1974. Love Unlimited Orchestra’s “Love’s Theme” hits #1 on the American pop charts. It’s the first #1 whose popularity was credited to discos.
June 1974. Disco’s “national anthem,” MFSB’s “Love Is the Message,” is released.
November 1974. New York radio station WPIX starts the world’s first disco radio show.
December 1974. The Flamingo, perhaps the most legendary of New York’s gay clubs, opens in SoHo.
January 1975. Silver Convention’s “Save Me,” the calling card of Eurodisco, is released.
Spring 1975. Moulton’s extended mix of Moment of Truth’s “So Much for Love” becomes the first twelve-inch single.
May 1975. New York City faces meltdown when financial institutions refuse to lend it money any longer.
June 1975. The
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