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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's really escapism. >> in the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would just walk by to watch the people not get in. because that was fun too. >> oh, you are not shaved. there's no way yous is getting in. it doesn't matter, you're not shaven. listen, just go home. >> you had to be se...

>> i wish i knew. but i'm glad it's happening. ♪ >> what we now know as disco really starts with a band called the trammps. the drummer, earl young, invents the idea of four on the floor with eight on the high hat. so everything is -- ♪ burn, baby, burn ♪ >> that's the sound of disco. ♪ burn, baby, burn ♪ ♪ burn, baby, burn ♪ >> i loved disco. i always loved dance music anyway. because whatever i did as a producer was always danceable. the melody. >> georgio moroder working out of munich put together technology and soulful vocalist. donna summer being the ultimate embodiment. and...

You had to be chosen to get in. >> we can't let in everybody who wants to come in. i wish we could. ♪ oh, freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ ♪ freak out ♪ >> the great chic, go to studio 54 to get in. and they don't. so they write a song. ♪ have you heard about the knew dance craze ♪ ♪ listen to us i'm sure you'll be amazed ♪ >> it was a diss to studio 54 for rejecting them. the part where they say "freak out" actually began as something else. ♪ freak out ♪ ♪ le freak, c'est chic ♪ >> it went from something off to freak off to being freak out. ♪ just come on dow...

What was going on. ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ ♪ staying alive ♪ [ applause ] >> 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's really escapism. >> in the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would walk by to watch the people not get in. because tha...

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 have been to goat ropings and space shots. i have 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's really escapism. >> the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would just walk by to watch the people not get in. be...