How many years was Best Disco Recording an award at the Grammys?
The late 1970s saw disco fever reach new heights, with everyone getting down to the Bee Gees and Donna Summer. The Grammy Awards, never ones to miss a cultural moment, decided to jump on the bandwagon and created their Best Disco Recording category to honor the genre that was packing dance floors across America. But eventually the disco balls came down, and so did the award. How many years did the Best Disco Recording award exist at the Grammys?
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Correct Answer: 1
(Source)The Grammys might have its fingers on the pulse of America's music industry, but that doesn't mean it can detect a heartbeat. The Best Disco Recording award was announced in 1979, right as the disco backlash struck and gave DJs everywhere whiplash. The Disco Demolition Night in July 1979 was seen as the turning point, and a rapid decline soon followed. At the 22nd Grammy Awards in 1980, Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" beat out "Boogie Wonderland," Da Ya Think I'm Sexy," "Bad Girls," and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" to become the first and ONLY winner of the disco category as the academy announced they were eliminating it. The Recording Academy clearly didn't understand the message of Gaynor's song.
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