# Would disco not have been so hated had so many rock stars not gone disco? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-disco-not-have-been-so-hated-had-so-many-rock-stars-not-gone-disco/957070 "2022-01-02T06:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-disco-not-have-been-so-hated-had-so-many-rock-stars-not-gone-disco/957070/12 "2022-01-02T13:39:24Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > On a related and completely subjective note, I like [Philly Soul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_soul) which is also discoish but not full disco. PS is proto-disco, no doubt about it, and by 1973 had evolved into full-fledged disco when the Gamble and Huff produced MFSB’s _TSOP: The Sound of Philadelphia_, featuring the Three Degrees (another Philly Soul mainstay), became the first disco song to hit #1, as well as the anthem to Don Cornelius’ _Soul Train_. In short, no matter the later cultural appropriation, disco is a Philadelphia sound, not a New York one. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8axwM3_APaI/hqdefault.jpg "The Three Degrees - TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8axwM3_APaI) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-disco-not-have-been-so-hated-had-so-many-rock-stars-not-gone-disco/957070)._