... late 1960's and early 1970s, many nightclubs in America shut down, or replaced DJs with live bands (Wegner). The disc jockey's popularity would not rise again until the emergence of disco music in the mid to late 70s. During this downtime, there was a plethora of advances in the field of DJing. Most notable is the introduction of the direct drive turntable by ... Wizard Theodore who was trying to listen to his mother while keeping the record he was listening to in the same place (Frick). Around the same time turntablism takes off, disco music begins to emerge as the pop music of the lat...

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"Rock n' Roll to Death" From Rock-a-Billy in the 50's, to Rock in the 60's, to Disco in the 70's, to Punk and Glamour in the 80's, no American institution has ever undergone such radical transformation in such a short time. Women's ... . By the end of the decade, Rock n' Roll started to decline because it was formula ridden and it was too sentimental. Teenage audiences shifted their devotion to Folk music. The rebirth of Rock n' Roll came in the 60's, when the Beatles started to play. The Beatles, for some the best rock group ever, dominated the record ... you experienced yet, etc. That all ...

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... 1920's that the worlds first synthesizer was born officially launching an era still very active today in all of our lives, yes, called electronic music. The first instrument was made by a Russian electronics genius named Leon Theremin and he called his synthesizer a "Theremin". The cool thing about ... George Clinton, Abba (and this is Amii Stewert Knock on wood) and so many more all contributed to the disco era which was the first public outrage of electronic music because they all used electronic instruments. A group of Germans got together in 1972 and formed the first purely ... ". I ...

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... know what he likes if you do not visit him you stupid old fool!" "Please, mum you seem to have forgotten, as always, that we'll see him at the disco and that Mrs. Long will introduce him to us," intervened Elizabeth. "I dont believe Mrs. Long would do such a thing because she is a stupid cow with no consideration for anyone else ... Mrs. Bennet. "I wouldnt trust her either," said Mr. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet decided not to make an answer, but instead began to yell at one of her daughters. "Turn the bloody music down Kitty your blowing my eardrums into miniscule pieces!" "Come on mum lay off ...

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... 1950-1970, popular culture started to influence people all around the world. People of all ages and cultures started to follow the trend. Television and music were the major attractions in the old popular culture. Elvis, Jonnie Cash, The Beetles, and the Rolling Stone. These were the main influential groups ... of people from the fifties to the seventies. Elton John came with his light rock music that captivated the world. In the late seventies, Michael Jackson and his moon walk. In the early eighties, the murder of John Lennon came as ... a shock to the music world, the disco era ende...

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... in the afternoon and they finish late,in the evening. Children of about 14-18 years old celebrate their birthdays with deejays,dance,music and they are very expensive for the parents.These parties can be organised in a disco or in a restaurant.They can start in the evening and finish late at night. The big birthdays in Romania are the 18th.Then ... you don't like.People who are between 20-50 years old celebrate their birthdays with a few friends and they invite them at home,where they can eat,drink,listen to music and talk about their lives. These are the birthday parties in Romania.If ...

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When you hear the phrase "hip-hop" often music, dancing and rapping come to mind. Hip-hop is all of that and much more. Hip-hop is a culture. When you look up culture in the dictionary it is defined ... songs. From the housing projects in south Bronx hip-hop poured onto the streets and subways, taking over in Bronx clubs like Savoy Manor Ballroom, Ecstasy Garage, Club 371, The Disco Fever, and the T-Connection. From there it spread downtown to the Renaissance Ballroom, Hotel Diplomat, the Roxy, and The Fun House. It migrated to Los Angeles, where a whole West Coast ... ...

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