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Today's Morning Edition music features one of the most popular songs of the disco era, which dominated the 1970s.
  

"The Hustle" was the No. 1 song 40 years ago. It's from Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony. 


McCoy composed the song after a music partner watched people do a dance known as "The Hustle" in a New York City night club. The song sold more than one million copies and won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. 

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Van McCoy composed the song after a music partner watched people do a dance known as "The Hustle" in a New York City night club

Today's Morning Edition music is from one of the most popular songs of the disco era in the 1970s.  "The Hustle" was number one 40 years ago.  It's from Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony.   McCoy composed the song after a music partner watched people do a dance known as "The Hustle" in a night club in New York City called Adam's Apple.  The song sold more than a million copies, and won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental performance.

40 years ago: 'The Hustle' tops the charts

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