Euro disco

The term Euro disco refers to a collection of styles and genres of electronic dance music that had emerged from Europe by the early

The term Euro disco refers to a collection of styles and genres of electronic dance music that had emerged from Europe by the early 1980s, incorporating elements of electropop and disco into new hybrids such as Hi-NRG, Italo disco, Eurohouse, British Pop and others. The term is also commonly written as Eurodisco and Euro-disco. A typical Euro disco song has a contrasting verse-chorus form, a synthesizer-based accompaniment, and lyrics sung in English. Of course, the term has never been used in Europe, where such music was and is simply considered pop or disco music.

One of the early representors of the genre was a British group Imagination, with their series of hits throughout 1981 and 1982. In 1982 Euro disco began to develop in Italy by groups like Gazebo, Kano and Lectric Workers. During the late 80' Italian disco artists Spagna and Sabrina became popular in Europe with disco songs entering top charts in every major European country.