Patrick Cowley
Actor · 1950 – 1982 · Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Patrick Joseph Cowley (October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982) was an American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist, best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester. Along with Giorgio Moroder, he has been credited as a pioneer of electronic dance music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Cowley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie6.5DocumentaryHistoryBy 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.