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Donna Summer poses in a studio portrait, wearing a sheer white top with her long, voluminous hair styled in loose curls. Abba members Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, and Bjorn Ulvaeus pose together in colorful outfits after winning Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. John Travolta in a white suit and Karen Lynn Gorney in a red dress dance under a disco ball on a lighted floor in a scene from Saturday Night Fever. Large crowd gathers outside the entrance of Studio 54 nightclub in Manhattan at night, beneath a marquee with the club's bold 54 logo. Steve Dahl stands on the field at Comiskey Park holding a microphone, leading chants during Disco Demolition Night, with several men and a large crowd in the background. Madonna sings into a microphone while performing with two male dancers at Studio 54 in New York City. “Where do you go when the record is over…” Summer, Donna
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Disco queen Donna Summer, c. 1976
American singer Donna Summer was a disco superstar in the 1970s and early '80s, known...
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ABBA in 1974
Swedish Europop group ABBA produced classic disco tracks such as “Dancing Queen”...
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Saturday Night Fever
The disco-themed hit film Saturday Night Fever (1977) starred John Travolta...
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Studio 54
In April 1977 Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager opened Studio 54, a New York City discotheque...
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Disco Demolition Night, 1979
Radio deejay Steve Dahl (center) helped stage an anti-disco event at Chicago's Comiskey...
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Madonna at Studio 54
American pop star Madonna (center) performing at Studio 54 in New York City with...
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“Where do you go when the record is over…”
John Travolta (right) and Karen Lynn Gorney burning up the dance floor in a scene...
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Summer, Donna
Donna Summer.
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