In the 1970s, rock music was the dominant bully in the schoolyard, not only in the charts, but also in the general music scene, at venues and concerts. But as much as people liked the style, a lot of other music fans felt to be left out by the rock musicians’ decision of avoiding gay clubs and venues, and the gays had no genre to represent them, and that’s when disco came along. In the mid-1970s, artists like George McCrae and Van McCoy’s hits were known inside the disco scene and it felt as though it was coming around big. But it would all change in 1977 all that changed, when Saturday Night Fever hit theatres, starring John Travolta, which put disco on the map not only in the gay community, but also in all music scenes.
When Saturday Night Fever hit it big, more artists would come out with disco tracks and albums and would do quite well on the charts, but were known for their different style of music. Even the Rolling Stones and KISS put out disco-esque songs, such as “Miss You” and “I Was Made for Loving You”, respectively. Also, when the Saturday Night Fever’s soundtrack came out, some tracks on that album made the biggest impact on disco at that time, with such hits like “Stayin’ Alive” and “Night Fever”, which still play till this day.
As disco became popular, so did the producers. In the past, a lot of the artists and bands that were being signed would be shown not just for their songs, but their personalities. Not much so anymore however, as a lot of the songs that would be produced would be for just listening to the song, rather than focusing on the band or artist. For example, in 1978, the self-entitled “gay Monkees” by producer Jacques Morali, the Village People, came with their hit “YMCA”, still popular today, is well-known because of its good beat and easy-learning chorus, and it would become played everywhere it could be. But most people that would be listening to it wouldn’t realize that the song is about how two gay men can meet at a...