Dancehalls, Glitterballs and Djs

Bruce Lindsay is a freelance music journalist and social history researcher. He is the author of Shellac and Swing: A Social History of the Gramophone in Britain (Fonthill Media, 2020), Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival: The Lives, Song Traditions and Legacies of Sam Larner and Harry Cox (Equinox Publishing, 2020) and Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox, 2023).

• Preface1Where Will it End? An Introduction2When Did it All Begin?3Spin Me Right Round4How to Do the Tickle Toe5It Don’t Mean a Thing6A Night at the London Palladium7Dance Like Fred and Ginger, Sing Like Gracie and George8Swing Until You Win9V-Discs, Clubmobiles and a Platter Pilot10 Rock, Roll and 45s11 La Discothèque estici12It’s All Over Town13A Beat Boom, A Baby Boom14A Land of a Thousand Dances15Music, Fashion and Passion16On the Way Down and On the Way Up17Disco Britannia!18Disco Charts and Chat19Disco Breaks Out20Disco’s Death Knell21Disco’s Alive!SelectiveDiscography