Disco Step-by-Step was a local television show in Buffalo, New York which featured disco music, dance instruction, and hustle dancing. The show's creator was Marty Angelo, who was also the producer ...

These songs, including Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and Van McCoy's "The Hustle," were the soundtrack to many boomers' first ventures into the dance club.

Was disco a fad, a cultural trend, an era-defining musical genre — or all of the above? Whatever the case, there's no denying that there are some disco songs that, as soon as those opening notes kick ...