Development of the Disco Sound
In a parallel development, European producers started to release disco recordings in 1975, and their collective efforts soon acquired the label of Eurodisco. Silver Convention demonstrated that the shift was aesthetic and geographical when “ Fly, Robin, Fly” featured a big four-on-the-floor kick drum beat along with a clipped female chorus. See a performance below:
Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly 
Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly (1975) • TopPop
That same year Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte continued the entrenched Eurodisco’s thudding four-on-the-floor bass drum motif when they recorded “ Love to Love You Baby ” with Donna Summer, as seen here.
Donna Summer performing “Love To Love You Baby”
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby • TopPop
Eurodisco’s rising share of the disco market grew when the Los Angeles–based disco label Casablanca Records signed up a significant number of its most prominent producers and artists. Propelled by its hyperactive and uncontained owner Neil Bogart, Casablanca became the most commercially successful disco label of the second half of the 1970s. It counted Cher (” Take Me Home,” 1979), Love and Kisses (“ Thank God It’s Friday ,” 1978), and the Village People (“ YMCA” 1978), along with the ubiquitous Donna Summer, among its most prominent artists. Disco acts also scaled the Hot 100 on other labels, including the Bee Gees (“ Stayin’ Alive,” 1977), Chic (“ Good Times ,” 1979), Tavares (” Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel,” 1976), The Ritchie Family (” The Best Disco in Town,” 1976), Diana Ross (“ Love Hangover,” 1976), The Trammps (“ Disco Inferno,” 1976), and Barry White (“ You’re the First, the Last, My Everything,” 1974). At the same time, one-hit wonders such as Carl Douglas (“ Kung Fu Fighting ,” 1974) and Van McCoy (“ The Hustle ,” 1975) were also a salient presence as well as an indicator of the transient nature of many disco acts.
Van McCoy performing “The Hustle”
Van McCoy - The Hustle (Official Music Video)
Carl Douglas performing “Kung Fu Fighting”
Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting (Original Music Video)
Gloria Gaynor, who endured four years of failure, eventually scored her second hit, “ I Will Survive ” (1978), which was initially released as a B-side until DJs revealed it to be more effective than the A-side.
Gloria Gaynor singing “I Will Survive”
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (Official Video)