Whether or not you understand a word of "Gasolina" or "Oye Mi Canto" means nothing. Both songs were understandable sun-scorched standards last summer, bumpin' from customized car stereos with the combu …

New wave was about a lot more than wearing skinny ties and sporting gravity-defying haircuts. It was about breaking from the past to find a new sound for a new generation, but without abandoning perenn …

Despite its edge and its ultra-cool image, new wave still had a big, sloppy heart beating at its center. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis' tragic, keyboard-kissed farewell  …

There is a place in the iTunes universe where time has no meaning, where decades collapse and the effervescent sounds of yesteryear remain as bright as a brand-new mirror ball, as fresh as a hot-and-he …

"I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet," insists the Gonzalez disco-whistle extravaganza, and we've mined the Disco Hits archives to make sure you never have to. We're bringin' the boogie and makin' it last, f …

Loaded down with circular choruses and an assault-and-battery attack, Dirty South tracks are custom built for clubs and raucous living rooms. This starter set could double as the headlining crate of an …

The history of American pop music has its iconic sounds, but few pack the moment-in-time intensity of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive," the street-strutting, finger-pointing, hip-swiveling anthem of an er …

There were some who were born to be disco creatures - witness Musique and the beat-heavy heavy-breather "In the Bush" - but the lure of the 4/4 beat attracted everyone from Motown mainstays the Miracle …