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Article: Why '70s music is so popular in the '90s.
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- Jet
- Article date:
- June 17, 1996
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The music of the 1970s, from disco and funk to blues and R&B, has made a huge comeback in the 1900s. The music of such legends as George Clinton, Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight and the Pips and The Isley Brothers is having an incredible resurgence, appealing to a whole new generation of fans. It's on radio all over the country, played in sports arenas and re-recorded by rap artists.
And disco music, long panned by critics, can be heard on tons of radio stations from coast-to-coast on weekends. Even high school proms feature line dancing to the beat of songs like Donna Summer's Bad Girl and Hot Stuff, Anita Ward's Ring My Bell and Parliament's Flashlight. ...