disco: Quick Facts

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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.

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.

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Key People

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Frankie Crocker

American disc jockey

Grace Jones, 2022

Grace Jones

Jamaican singer, model, and actress

Diana Ross sings into a microphone on stage, wearing a black outfit and statement necklace, with voluminous curly hair, during the US Open opening ceremony.

Diana Ross

American singer and actress

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Joni Sledge

American singer

Donna Summer poses in a studio portrait, wearing a sheer white top with her long, voluminous hair styled in loose curls.

Donna Summer

American singer

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

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