CHICAGO (WLS) -- Almost 37 years ago to the day, Chicago radio icon Steve Dahl blew up disco records at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979. Disco Demolition Night was an event that blew up itself into the ...
What cultural conditions lead to a rock shock jock blowing up disco records and starting a riot at a ballpark? That is the question that "The War on Disco," the October 30 American Experience ...
LYNWOOD -- As Officer Russ Pearson approached the Pointe East disco, he knew right away his little town had a big problem on its hands. He passed long lines of shiny, new Ford Pintos, Chevy Vegas and ...
1964: Five weeks before Election Day, Republican Cook County Sheriff and future Illinois Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie said there may be as many as 150,000 “ghost voters” on Chicago election rolls and ...