White Male disco singers include 1. Barry Gibb 2. Robin Gibb, 3. Randy Jones. Disco is a genre of dance music.
It originated during the 1960s and the 1970s in Philadelphia and New York. The genre was especially prevalent in urban settings with popular nightlife.
It was most popular among the African-American and Latin-American communities as well as the LGBTQ groups. Disco is shortened form of the French word Discotheque, which means a library of phonograph records.
Over the years, we have seen many disco groups and artists who have managed to leave their mark and make an impact in the genre and music industry itself.
White Male Disco Singers And Their Age
| Name: | Age: |
| Barry Gibb | 76 |
| Robin Gibb | 62 (Passed in 2012) |
| Dan Hartman | 43 (Passed in 1994) |
| Leo Sayer | 74 |
| Dieter Bohlen | 69 |
| Peter Brown | 80 (Passed in 2016) |
| Arthur Russell | 40 (Passed in 1992) |
| Fancy | 76 |
| Benny Andersson | 76 |
| Randy Jones | 73 |
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1. Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb was part of the Bee Gees. The Bee Gees are one of the most prominent disco artists/groups of their time.
Born as Barry Alan Crompton Gibb on 1 September 1946, the 76-year-old singer-songwriter and musician has been active in the music industry since 1955.
He co-founded the iconic Bee Gees alongside his brothers. Starting his musical journey in Manchester, England, he is also a great guitar player apart from being a wonderful vocalist.
Gibb was also a member of a short-lived English band The Rattlesnakes from 1955 to 1958.
Even today, Gibb has many admirers as he has 132K Instagram followers. On his official Spotify account, 116,980 people follow him with 425,662 monthly listeners.
2. Robin Gibb
The late Robin Gibb comes in at the second position just behind his elder sibling.
Similar to his brother, Robin started his musical journey in 1955. The singer was active until he passed away in 2012 at the age of 62 due to kidney failure.
Starting his journey in music in Manchester, the singer-songwriter was more into rock, soul, disco, pop, and new wave genres of music. The younger Gibb was also a member of the short-lived band The Rattlesnakes from 1955 to 1958.
Although he has been gone for more than a decade, his Spotify account still has 92,913 followers and 624,700 people listen to his music every month. This just goes to show how much people admire him.
3. Dan Hartman
The late Dan Hartman Hartman was active in the music industry from 1963 until 1994.
The Pennsylvania native was born on December 8, 1950. Sadly, he didn’t have a lot of time in the music industry or the world as he tragically passed away on March 22, 1994, at the age of 43 due to a brain tumor.
He only had three decades in the music industry but in the time he had, he did a lot with his talent. Hartman released seven studio albums with his latest one, “New Green Clear Blue” coming out in 1989.
Of his many singles, three of them managed to peak at the number 1 spot in the dance club songs chart.
Although it has been a long time since he passed away, he still has admirers of his work with 74,182 people following his Spotify page while 1,148,783 listen to him monthly.
4. Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Sayer was born on 21 May 1948.
Born Gerard Hugh Sayer, the 74-year-old Sussex native has been in the music industry since 1973. The Englishman has 16 studio albums released to date along with four live albums among many other musical projects in his discography.
Four of his albums have been certified silver in the UK and four have been certified gold respectively. His fourth album, “Endless Flight” went platinum in both the UK and the US and 2x platinum in Canada.
Sayer has 4.8K followers on Instagram while his Spotify followers count up to 493,664 with 2,547,793 monthly listeners to his songs on the platform.
5. Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen is a 69-year-old singer-songwriter from Berne, Germany
Born Dieter Gunter Bohlen, he has been active in the music industry since 1973.
He is most known for being a prevalent artist of the pop, Europop, Eurodance, and Euro disco genres among others. Signed with BMG, Dieter released three albums as a solo artist.
Bohlen was also a part of Modern Talking, a German pop music duo, and Blue System, another German pop band. He has 56,512 followers on Spotify and 479,577 people listen to his music monthly on the platform.
6. Peter Brown
Peter Brown has been active in the music industry since the 1970s.
The singer was born on July 11, 1953, in Blue Island, Illinois, and is 69 years old. He is most known for being a prevalent artist of the electronic, disco, post-disco, and funk genres of music among others.
Brown first came into prominence when his disco single, “Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me” became a huge hit. The song even managed to peak at number 3 on the hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart.
He has five studio albums released in his discography. With 3,302 followers on his Spotify account, 52,829 people listen to him every month.
7. Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell takes the seventh spot on our list. He was born Charles Arthur Russell Jr. in Oskaloosa, Iowa on May 21, 1951.
The singer was also known as an amazing cellist. Growing up, Arthur was trained in Indian classical music.
Arthur was active in the music industry from 1973 until he passed away in 1992 at 40 in New York.
He has released two solo albums as Arthur Russell, one as Dinasour L, and two as a member of “The Necessaries” among other projects.
Even after so many years of his demise, he still has many fans and admirers of his music. Russell has 115,729 followers on Spotify with 271,129 monthly listeners of his songs and music.
8. Fancy
Manfred Alois Segieth or more commonly known as just Fancy sits in the eighth spot.
Born on July 7, 1946, the 76-year-old German singer-songwriter has been active in the music industry since 1962. His primary genre is the Euro disco.
Signed with several record labels such as Metronome, BMG, and ZYX among others, he has 15 studio albums released with the very first one coming out in 1985 and the latest one released in 2021.
With 18.4K Instagram followers, Fancy also has 87,765 Spotify followers. 392,533 people listen to Fancy’s music every month on the platform.
Flames of love is his most popular song on Spotify with 14,445,557 likes.
9. Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson is a singer-songwriter from Sweden. Benny is a member of the acclaimed Swedish disco supergroup, ABBA.
Born as Göran Bror Benny Andersson, the 76-year-old has been in the industry since 1964.
Apart from ABBA, he is also a member of Benny Andersson Orkester, who is his bandmate from ABBA.
Initially, Benny was a member of Hep Stars, a Swedish rock band from 1964 to 1969. With 30,760 Spotify followers, Benny has 429,385 people who listen to his music every month on the platform.
10. Randy Jones
Randy Jones from the popular disco group Village People comes in at the tenth spot.
Born on September 13, 1952, the 70-year-old North Carolina native has been active in the music industry since 1977 and is still going strong.
Not only disco but Jones is also very prominent in the pop and R&B genres of music. Randy has not been part of the Village People since 1990 but he has maintained his solo career.
His solo disco and pop album, “Ticket to the World” was released in 2007. He has released a few other albums, with the latest one being “Still Makin’ Noise” in 2017.
Randy’s single from his latest album, Hard Times peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Dance Clun Songs chart. Randy has 5.7k Instagram followers and 160 people follow him on Spotify while 1,485 people listen to his music monthly.