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Estimated 4 billion, with a b, $4 billion a year. >> i remember really being upset about this word disco. it was r & b music to me. i felt like they stripped it and gave it a new name and weren't giving credit where i think the credit was supposed to go. >> to bring that -- to bring that sound in that's great. one, two, three, four. >> the beegees always liked r & b and soul. i always thought it was a pop band with r&b leanings. >> they were pop stars too. they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. ♪ staying alive ♪ staying alive [ applause ] >> this is the scene outside a new yor...

$4 billion a year. >> i remember really being upset about this word disco. it was r&b music to me. i felt like they stripped it and gave it a new name and weren't giving credit where i think the credit was supposed to go. >> to bring that sound in that's great. one, two, three, four. >> the beegees always liked r&b and soul. i always thought it was a pop band with r&b leanings. >> the beegees were pop stars, too. they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. ♪ staying alive ♪ stayin' alive ♪ stayin' alive >> this is the scene outside a new york disco called studio 54. this is the p...

>> i remember really being upset about this word disco. it was r & b music to me. i felt like they stripped it and gave it a new name and weren't giving credit where i think the credit was supposed to go. >> do it again top of the chorus but bring that sound in. it's great. one, two, three, four. ♪ tragedy >> the bee gees always liked r&b. they always liked soul. i always thought it was a pop band but that had r&b leanings. >> the bee gees did what pop stars do. they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. ♪ ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ staying alive ♪ staying alive ♪ ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ s...

Studio 54 for rejecting them. the part where they say "freak out" actually began as something else. ♪ freak out ♪ le freak >> it went from something off to freak off to being freak out. ♪ just come on down to the 54 ♪ on the spot ♪ out on the floor ♪ ah, freak out ♪ le freak, c'est chic >> that's probably the best thing that came out of studio 54, was that song. >> disco was a revolutionary force. funk marries disco, and it leads to hip-hop. >> it's 1979 and i heard chic's "good times" come on. and i just kept hearing somebody talk over the song. ♪ i said hip, hop, the hiby dib...

♪ i want to put on my my my my my boogie shoes and dance with you ♪ >> what they generate with the records, we are talking about an estimated 4 billion, with a b, $4 billion a year. >> i remember really being upset about this word disco. it was r & b music to me. i felt like they stripped it and gave it a new name and weren't giving credit where i think the credit was supposed to go. >> to bring that -- to bring that sound in that's great. one, two, three, four. >> the beegees always liked r&b and soul. >> they were pop stars too. they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. ♪ ah ...