*Forty-eight years ago today (July 6), “Rock the Boat” by The Hues Corporation became the first disco song to top the Hot 100. Or was it? Written by trumpeter/songwriter Wally Holmes, “Rock the Boat” ...
Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...