WBUR

The heyday of local disco remembered in 'The Boston Hustle'

The front and back cover of Joey Carvello's "The Boston Hustle." (Courtesy Palmetto Publishing) Fifty years ago, a streetwise East Boston tough kid named Joey Carvello, tossed out of the Army for ...

Gay clubs, Philly Soul, and the 1975 song that launched music’s disco future

Looking back at 'The Hustle', Van McCoy's disco masterpiece that established those groovy sounds on the mainstream airwaves ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Fifty Years Ago, This Irresistible Disco Song and Dance Craze Swept the Nation and Changed the Music Landscape

Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of “The Hustle,” a mega hit in the genre, lives on Alice George | Museums Correspondent On April 18, 1975, Van McCoy and the Soul City ...
Seattle Times

From disco days to Seattle dance parties, the hustle brings us together

CLUB CLASSROOM ISN’T exactly a speakeasy, but it helps to know people who know people, even just to find the joint. First you have to locate a door on the southwest corner of Red Square, at the ...