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VH1 Presents the 70's

Disco Explosion
TV Episode | Music
Traces the rise of disco from its roots in R&B, to urban nightclubs, and with the help of Saturday Night Fever, to mass popularity. Also discusses disco's influence on race relations, the drug culture, the sexual revolution, and Rock and Roll.
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Aug 23, 1996 (United States)

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