Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (updated): The History of the Disc Jockey

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In 1934 he found work as the staff announcer on WNEW in New York, reading off courtroom bulletins from the "Trial of the Century"—the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh Baby. During a Art Passing Hence," performed by baritone Sir Charles Santley by giving him a share of the sheet music royalties. This was euphemistically known as "song plugging," and by 1905, Tin Pan Alley (the New York

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But obviously, these days there’s more information out there now on the internet than there’s ever been, and we wanted to include some of it and update the book very subtly. I don’t think readers would really notice the update in a big way. Hopefully, they’ll realise that it’s just been tightened up a little bit maybe. For having such influence, Freed paid dearly. He was a clear example of how much power a DJ can wield, and an even clearer example of the lengths to which the establishment will sometimes go to curb that power. This excellent book does what the title claims - it presents the history of the DJ from the very first time a record was played on a radio broadcast (in 1906) through to a century later when the revised edition of this book was released. who gave us the flat-disc gramophone in 1887, would still probably fail on the volume test. A decade later the radio waves were tamed, but it would take another full ten years before Marconi's equipment was able toWhat was the very first record played by a DJ? It was a woman (probably Clara Butt) singing Handel's Largo. The song is featured in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on "Fever 105", one of the in-game radio stations accessed while driving.

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Almost immediately, the presence of records on the radio aroused opposition. In the U.S., the Department of Commerce granted preferential licenses to stations that didn't use recorded music, since there was a feeling that playing records was a rather man who changed the name, and who did more than anyone to popularize the music, aroused such controversy in doing so, that he would be investigated by the U.S. government for much of his professional life, an investigationSelvin recalled that some of the top artists made transcriptions under a phony name. The money was good, but they had to get around their existing record company contracts. Thus Tommy Dorsey became Harvey

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What was the very first record played by a DJ? It was a woman (probably Clara Butt) singing Handel’s Largo. A Sure-Fire Audience Builder For Your Station. A Powerful Selling-Vehicle For Your Sponsors” was how the discs, in this case Tiffany Transcriptions, were promoted. And musicians recall the mammoth recording sessions which produced them. In Duncan McLean’s book Lone Star Swing, Johnny “Drummer Boy” Cuviello, who played with western swing megastars Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, remembers recording nonstop all day long, about a hundred songs in a day. I did some editing to bring down the word count as it was massive. A quarter of a million words! It was a bit of a whopper and before we could add things, we had to take some stuff away. radio. Even at this early stage, it was clear that it was a powerful force. Mrs. True noted with satisfaction that her program had a noticeable effect on the store's record sales. "These young operators wouldIn 2003, Fab For with Robert Owens released a version with somewhat changed lyrics under the title "Last Night a DJ Blew My Mind", [31] reaching number 34 on the UK Singles Chart [32] and number six on the UK Dance Chart. [33]

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interchangeably, and both Billboard and Variety continued to refer to the music he played as "rhythm and blues." It was only when Elvis Presley's career was launched nationally that the twoIt was in 1922 that radio is said to have begun in earnest. Before that there were just scientists and hobbyists dotted around the world toying with the medium and trying to find uses for the new technology. Radio was broadcast to midwestern farmers with is a good one, the most effective type of direct marketing has just taken place. And sales are sure to reflect the airing of the disc."