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Released December 16, 1977, the fever was Saturday Disco Tenebriousness film that broke in two directions: it has developed and popularized the contract at the same time as it froze a lively and creative subculture. Shades of Saturday Night Fever Disco is ubiquitous in 1978. He became a fashion phenomenon - with the inevitable rebound.

The statistics speak for themselves. The film took more than $ 3 million in the first weekend, finally moving on to gross in the region of $ 237m, he became the fourth highest grossing film of 1977. The soundtrack album includes six U.S. No. 1 and topped the charts for 24 weeks in the United States, 18 weeks in the UK.

In the accident, disco had been building for years. In his pioneering history in September 1973 by Pierre fish stock, Vince Aletti its origins back in the return of the disco underground, "where the crowd jumping hardcore - blacks, Latinos, gays - a But last year they returned. not only as a social phenomenon without delay the spread ... (Via juice bars, after-hours clubs, lofts informal open on weekends for members only, donor groups receiving floating lounges are more old hotel from midnight to dawn), but as a strong influence on the music people listen and buy.

Source: The Guardian