Forgotten Disco Facts

Sorry to bring them up again.

Cartoon by Lambert-Allen

One of the more maligned forms of music in recent, or at least semi-recent memory is disco. One of the more dramatic outbursts against disco music was a Disco Demolition Night promo held by the Chicago White Sox.

Fans were invited to destroy disco records between games of a doubleheader. Promoters vastly underestimated the size of the crowd and the zeal with which…