Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, would be inconceivable without a handful of legendary European music producers who conjured up some of the biggest world-wide hits in the anonymity of their studios.
By the end of the seventies, disco music, considered too mainstream, was dead. But DJs and dance floors still needed new records and faster rhythms. Built on synthesizer sounds, the hi-nrg (high energy) style swept the gay clubs before hitting the charts during the eighties.
With the founding of Stax Records, the white siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton created a label during the period of racial segregation that caused a revolution in the music scene with artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes. Their commercial success was closely linked to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Musical Christmas Special hosted by Benjamin Biolay.
The musical was written by Richard Cocciante in co-authority with Elisabeth Anais on the famous book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This book of amazing humanity, written by the French author, is translated into 200 languages and dialects all over the world and is being sold annually in quantities of 1 million copies. The premiere of the musical was held in Paris in October 1, 2002. Ambitious project was carried out by the first-class artistic team, expects their performance to be able to win no less glory than the famous «Notre Dame de Paris». The pilot was played by Daniel Lavoie (Daniel was playing this role since October 2002 until April 2003 at the Casino de Paris). For the role of Little Prince producers invited 13-year-old debutant from Lyon
1964. In the midst of the Cold War, ten young promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist regimes. They invent a whole new genre: Afro- Cuban Music and become the iconic group 'Las Maravillas de Mali'. New Year's Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.
Glitter, charm and a powerful voice: Diana Ross has written music history. Even as a little girl, the "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" singer dreamed of becoming a world star. The glamorous diva owes the fact that she succeeded despite many obstacles to her talent, strength of character and unshakeable determination.
