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♪ ♪ ♪ >> unless you've been living in a sealed cave you've probably noticed that america's latest craze is disco dancing, that is dancing without a g. >> where have you been? ♪ i want to put on my my my my boogie shoes ♪ >> what they take should and generate with the records we are talking about an estimated $4 billion, with a b, 4 billion dollars a year. >> i remember being upset about this word, disco, it was r and b music, weren't giving credit where i think the credit was supposed to go. >> to bring that sound in that's great. okay. one two three four. >> the bee gees always like...

They always had r n b linings. >> they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. >> ♪ stayin' alive, ah-ha ha stayin' alive, alive ♪ >> this is the scene outside a new york disco called studio 54. this is the place that's in with the disco crowd. >> i have been to goat ropings and space shots. i've been in a lot of strange places and seen a lot of strange things but nothing stranger than studio 54 at the height of its popularity in the '70s. >> it's where you come when you want to escape. it is really escapism. >> and the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would just walk...

>> do it again, second half of the chorus, but bring that sound in, that's great. yeah. okay, one, two, three, four. >> the bee gees always liked r&b, they always liked soul. i always loved them as a pop band, but that always had r&b leanings. >> the bee gees did what pop stars do -- they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. >> this is the scene outside a new york disco called studio 54. this is the place that's "in" with the disco crowd. >> i had been to goat ropings and space shots. i've been in a lot of strange places and seen a lot of strange things, but nothing stranger than stu...

A spot out on the floor ♪ >> that's probably the best thing that ever actually 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, i hear chic's good times come on, and i just kept hearing someone talk over the song. ♪ ♪ are going to try to move your feet ♪ >> what's great about this song is that's where hip hop gets its name from. >> we didn't know the name of this song was called "rapper's delight."

♪ oh, freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> that's probably the best thing that ever 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, i heard chic's "good times" come on. i kept hearing somebody talk over the song. ♪ to the hip, hip hip-hop you don't stop ♪ ♪ a rock it out bubba to the bang, bang boogie boobie ♪ ♪ to the rhythm of the boogie the beat ♪ ♪ to the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie the beat ♪ >> what you hear is not a -- rock to the beat me the groove and ...