Dance music  

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Josephine Baker dancing the charleston at the Folies Bergère in Paris for La Revue nègre in 1926. Notice the art deco background.
(Photo by Walery)

"Buffalo Gals" (c. 1840), covered by Malcolm McLaren on his 1983 album Duck Rock, which mixed up influences from Africa and America, including hip-hop. The album proved to be highly influential in bringing hip-hop to a wider audience in the UK. Two of the singles from the album ("Buffalo Gals" and "Double Dutch") became major chart hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

Generic Salsoul twelve inch sleeve (1970s)

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20th century dance music, pre-20th century dance music

Dance music is music composed or played specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. From a genre-theoretical point of view, it is a body genre.

Dance clubs

The Hot Dance Club Play chart tracks which songs are currently most popular in nightclubs.

See also

• List of ballroom and social dance albums
• Dance competition music
• Venus on the dancefloor