
Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs
From the Pleasure Garden to the Discotheque
The history of disco and its predecessors is often portrayed as one of glamour and excess. Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs expands this history, to encompass tatty but much-loved provincial dancehalls, mobile DJs with home-made light shows and rusty vans, one-hit-wonders on the chicken-in-a-basket... Read more
Series: Popular Music History
Published: 2025
Pages: 293
eBook: 9781800505971
Cover | Cover | ||
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Contents | v | ||
Acknowledgements | vii | ||
Preface | viii | ||
1 | 1 | ||
2 | 4 | ||
3 | 20 | ||
4 | 26 | ||
5 | 41 | ||
6 | 52 | ||
7 | 63 | ||
8 | 78 | ||
9 | 88 | ||
10 | 99 | ||
11 | 120 | ||
12 | 125 | ||
13 | 145 | ||
14 | 162 | ||
15 | 176 | ||
16 | 182 | ||
17 | 195 | ||
18 | 209 | ||
19 | 217 | ||
20 | 234 | ||
21 | 246 | ||
Notes | 248 | ||
Selective Discography | 271 | ||
Bibliography | 274 | ||
Index | 277 |