In the early 1970s, Miami was a backwater of the R&B record business. A few independent labels such as Deep City, Alston and TK Records put out singles by local artists, but very few had crossover ...

Disco may be one of the most polarizing genres of all time, having even incited "disco is dead" proclamations and inspiring a 1979 "Disco Demolition Night" in which rioters, spurred on by radio DJs, ...