I happily admit I love disco. Not all of it. A few rock acts like the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and Rod Stewart failed when they tried to do it. I never cared for Abba’s version; most ...

One night in the middle of July 1979, a baseball game turned into a drunken anti-disco clusterfuck riot. That night, the Chicago White Sox were scheduled to play a doubleheader against the Detroit ...

*On June 30, 1979, Anita Ward began her two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Ring My Bell,” a disco anthem that made her a household name for decades to come. But the tune was not ...

Kelly Clarkson kicked off the Thursday (Sept. 22) episode of her eponymous talk show with a stunning rendition of Anita Ward‘s 1979 classic “Ring My Bell.” Rather than leaning into the slinky disco of ...