Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion

Airs Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

This historic reunion of the superstars of the 1970s disco and dance era features Irene Cara performing <em>What a Feeling</em> from the movie <em>Flashdance</em>.

Credit: TJL Productions

Above: This historic reunion of the superstars of the 1970s disco and dance era features Irene Cara performing What a Feeling from the movie Flashdance.

Friday, August 7, 2009

MY MUSIC brings back the disco years with live performances from the legends of the lighted dance floor. K.C. of K.C. and the Sunshine Band hosts the program, which includes the hit-makers featured on the soundtrack of "Saturday Night Fever." K.C. and the Sunshine Band ("That’s the Way I Like It") and ("Get Down Tonight"), the Trammps ("Disco Inferno"), Yvonne Elliman ("If I Can’t Have You"), Tavares ("More Than a Woman") and more bring back the days of polyester suits, big hair, mirror balls and eight-track tapes.

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