Taiwan’s forgotten disco era and the singers who made it big with covers of Abba, New Order and David Bowie
But Kao copied much more than just New Order. On just a single album from 1980, its cover emblazoned with the English word “disco”, he produced Chinese versions of Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana”, Anita Ward’s “Ring My Bell”, Rod Stewart’s “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, Blondie’s “Call Me” and Boney M.’s “Gotta Go Home”. In all, … Read more
