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How 'Disco Demolition Night' Turned Into a Chicago Riot
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July 12, 1979: Chicago's Disco Demolition Night results in White Sox loss and forfeit – Society for American Baseball Research
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Disco Demolition Night according to its ringmaster, Steve Dahl - Chicago Reader
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Disco Demolition Night: The 43rd anniversary
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The Night They Drove Disco Down - JSTOR Daily
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Rob Halford Recalls 'Xenophobic' Disco Demolition Night Stunt
Let's blow up this black music!': The ugliness and unrest of 1979's Disco Demolition Night
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Meet The Man Behind Chicago's 1979 Disco Riot And His Biggest Critic - The Chicagoist
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Disco Demolition - Chitown Clothing
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Disco Demolition: The Death of Disco - Riot Fest
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Chicago White Sox to commemorate controversial 'Disco Demolition' night
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Looking back on Disco Demolition Night in Chicago
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Disco Demolition Night (Radio Edit)