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    A roller disco is a discothèque or skating rink where all the dancers wear roller skates of some kind (traditional quad or inline). The music played is...
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    The Empire Roller Disco was a 30,000-square-foot roller rink located at 200 Empire Blvd., in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The...
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  • Roller Boogie is a 1979 American teen musical exploitation film about roller disco, directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Beverly...
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    associated with disco music and roller discos. During the 1990s, inline outdoor roller skating became popular. Roller skating has often been a part of...
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  • Roll-A-Palace (category Roller skating in the United States)
    The Roll-A-Palace Disco Skating Rink was a roller disco rink established in 1977 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Formerly a movie theater, it reopened as...
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  • Jam skating (category Roller skating)
    the popularization of the roller disco. The Empire Skate Center in New York City is credited as the birthplace of roller disco, as it is where Mr. Charisma...
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    Alice Tommy Hyatt Main cast (108 episodes) 1979 CHiPs Himself Episode: "Roller Disco: Part 2" 1982 Insight Tommy Russell Episode: "Leadfoot" 1984 Fantasy...
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    The Roxy (New York City) (category Roller skating rinks)
    Located in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, it began as a roller skating rink and roller disco in 1978, founded by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse and Steve...
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  • Skatetown, U.S.A. (category Disco films)
    comedy musical film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco. Directed by William A. Levey, the film features many television stars...
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    balls and special lights to disco beats. The end of the Disco Era and the advent of inline roller skates hit the roller rink industry hard, with many...
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  • Bill Butler (skater) (category American roller skaters)
    Godfather of Roller Disco". Butler is from Detroit, Michigan and skated at the Arcadia Rink. He is credited with introducing and popularizing the roller skating...
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  • redeem himself now by opening the roller disco with Sonny. Danny finds Sonny and tells him that if he can get the disco up and running in one day, he'll...
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    For the first time in history, K3 has started roller skating, which is reflected in the Roller Disco series, their video clip of the title song and on...
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    Kallianiotes appeared in her most celebrated role as the ultra-aggressive roller derby skater Jackie Burdette in Kansas City Bomber, for which she received...
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  • Mickey Mouse Disco is an album released by Disneyland Records in 1979. A late entry in the genre of disco, Mickey Mouse Disco included disco versions of...
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  • Billboard Hot Soul Singles and number 38 on the Disco Top 100 charts in 1980, riding the crest of the roller disco wave that was popular at the time. In 1981...
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  • Jeff Filgo & Jackie Filgo October 31, 2000 (2000-10-31) 303 8.80 56 5 "Roller Disco" David Trainer Mark Hudis November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14) 305 9.97 57...
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    of 1978 (U.S.) List of number-one dance singles of 1979 (U.S.) Roller disco Stealth disco Brewster, Bill; Broughton, Frank (2000) [1999]. Last Night a DJ...
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  • 1979. Also that year, she had small roles in the films Americathon, the roller disco comedy Skatetown, U.S.A., and a lead role in the exploitation film Autumn...
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  • ages of 14 to 16, he traveled the United States performing in roller rinks a mashup of disco-style skating with modern breakdance. He moved out at the age...
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  • chronicled in Liberty Ross’ 2021 book "Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace 1979-81," a visual history of the roller disco that Vogue magazine once called "the West...
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  • Surfer Publications (category Roller skating)
    published near-monthly at least from 1979 to 1981, during the height of the roller disco craze. TransWorld Skateboarding (November 1978). SkateBoarder Magazine...
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    film 1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Leslie Chiu Episode: "The Roller Disco Karate Kaper" The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island Hotel Clerk...
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  • Randy Cordova from The Arizona Republic praised the song, calling it a "roller-disco anthem". Cher starred in a short film that Casablanca Records wanted...
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    Country Chief Roy Mobey 44 episodes 1979 CHiPs Victor French Episode: "Roller Disco" 1980 Disneyland Sergeant Major Chester B. Sweet Episode: "The Ghosts...
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    Kind of Family Lisa Episode: "The Overcharge" CHiPs Herself Episode: "Roller Disco" (Part 2) 1980 Fantasy Island Amy Marson Episode: "Rogues to Riches/Stark...
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    Idol is Missing") (1978 season 3 episode 1) CHiPs (two-part episode "Roller Disco") (1979) Superboy ("Bringing Down The House") (1988) VH1's 8-Track Flashback...
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  • flat rides hired by Alton Towers from 2021 to 2023. In 2021 Mixtape, Roller Disco, and Funk'n'fly were all present, located in X-Sector, Dark Forest, and...
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    Sweepstakes Episode: "Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark" CHiPs Self Episode: "Roller Disco: Part 2" 1980 Charlie's Angels Blackie Episode: "Angels of the Deep"...
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  • finale episode of Killing Eve, "Hello, Losers". The song appears in the roller disco scene of the 2023 Netflix film The Kitchen. The song appears in an episode...
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