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... nightclubs, in which disc jockeys would play dance records for hours without interruption, taking care to synchronize the beats so as to make a seamless change between records. Artists such as Donna Summer, Chic, and the Bee Gees had many hits in the genre, which peaked with the release of the film Saturday Night Fever (1977). Disco faded quickly after ...

nounA person who announces and plays popular recorded music. synonyms: disk jockey, disc jockeyverbComment on music to be played.usage: "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend"synonyms: disk-jockey, disc-jockey