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BBC Documentary | Once Upon A Time In New York: The Birth Of Hip Hop, Disco & Punk.How the squalid streets of '70s New York gave birth to music that would go on to conquer the world - punk, disco and hip hop. In the 1970s the Big Apple was rotten to the core, yet out of the grime, grit and low rent space emerged new music unlike anything that had gone before. Inspired by the Velvet Underground, a new wave of 'punk' rock emerged in lower Manhattan including The New York Dolls, The Ramones and the Patti Smith Group. Meanwhile, downtown loft parties held by gay New Yorkers heralded the birth of disco, which would eventually spawn the ultimate club for the privileged few: Studio 54. The swanky mid-town discos were out of bounds to black New York so in the Bronx DJs such as Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa created their own parties, heralding the birth of hip hop. With David Johansen, Patti Smith, John Cale, Richard Hell, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, Nile Rodgers, Chuck D, Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein, Fab 5. Freddy, Lenny Kaye, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Syl Sylvain, Nicky Siano, David Mancuso, DJ AJ, David Depino, Jayne County, Leee Childers, Nelson George, Victor Bokris and Vince Aletti. This Video Has Been Uploaded For Educational & Entertainment Purposes, No Copyright Infringement Intended "Funky Nassau" the original song was recorded by The Beginning of the End Band in 1971 they hailed from Nassau Bahamas band members were: Raphael Munnings Vocals,Keyboards, Writer Leroy Munnings Guitar Frank (Bud) Munnings Drums Percussions Fred Henfield Bass Ralph Munnings Tenor Sax Neville Sampson Trumpet Tyrone Fitzgerald Co-Writer This song was the first gold record to come out of the Bahamas and has been recorded by more than 70 top bands in the recording industry