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

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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 to program on the air should breathe a prayer, or (if it is in more accord with temperament) raise a glass to salute the man who was the founder of his trade." 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. Donovan, Paul (1991). The Radio Companion. London: HarperCollins. p.198. ISBN 978-0-246-13648-0 . Retrieved 3 July 2011. Radio is a unique broadcast medium. It has the power to reach millions, and yet it has the intimacy to make them each feel they are the most important person listening. Unlike television, which invades the home with images of the outside world, radio

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rather than on the screen, from Murray the K, Gary Byrd, Jimmy Savile, Pete Murray and Alan Freeman, to John Peel, Annie Nightingale, Zoë Ball, Chris Evans and Howard Stern. a b c "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life (song by Indeep) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com . Retrieved August 10, 2020. and a live-sounding orchestra playing the latest hits, all captured using state-of-the-art electronic recording techniques. The transcription disc was aimed at the smaller stations and sold as a monthly subscription service. The entry of broadcasting into the history of music has changed all forms of musical creation and reception. Radio music is a kind of magic and the radio set becomes a magic box." We have modernised it and added later chapters that deal with what’s happening now. We completely rewrote the Jimmy Savile parts, for obvious reasons. We know a lot more about who he was as a person now.We knew he was a big fan of the book. He sent me a Facebook message about eight years ago saying it changed the chosen musical course of his life. I was pretty blown away by that because I love LCD Soundsystem. To have someone with his profile, saying he was that much of a fan was amazing. When we were fishing around for ideas for forewords, I said, look, this is the message he sent so why don’t we ask him and see if he’s up for it. both of themselves and the music, that made them essential to the growth of rhythm and blues." They talked to their audiences in the slangy "jive" vernacular, they pitched products aimed specifically at the Every label on every record specifically carried the warning that the disk was not to be broadcast," recalled pioneer DJ Al Jarvis in Billboard's seventy-fifth anniversary issue. "And

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and promoting the underground bands of the emerging hippie movement, including then unsigned acts Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. In 2001, American R&B singer Mariah Carey co-produced a cover of "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" with DJ Clue and Duro, which appeared on her eighth album, Glitter. Carey's version of the song features Fabolous and Busta Rhymes, and it is heard during a scene in the film Glitter, in which Carey starred. It was released as the album's sixth and final single in 2001 in Spain on a strictly promotional basis to boost the album's slow sales, as the preceding singles from the album had performed poorly. Because of its limited release and conflict between Carey and Virgin/ EMI Records, the single's music video (directed by Sanaa Hamri) was not released until late 2002–early 2003 through Carey's online fan club. While the big stations complied, using music from large orchestras and live dancehalls, the smaller broadcaster still relied on the gramophone. During the Depression, as belts were tightened, the use of records increased. Soon only the big new radio networks such as NBC and CBS could afford to broadcast only live music.and ethnic music which BMI had championed, ASCAP saw its position dramatically eroded. Out of spite, it spurred the government to sniff around the financial workings of radio. At the end of 1959 a Congressional hearing In 1907 an American, Lee DeForest, known as the "father of radio" for his invention of the triode, which made broadcasting possible, played a record of the "William Tell Overture" from Oppelaar, Justin (2000-10-01). "LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE (review)". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-12-27 . Retrieved 2007-10-30. Bill Brewster was editor of Mixmag USA and his writing appears regularly in Muzik, The Face, and The Guardian. shellac like the usual 78s but on "luxurious lightweight vinylite," i.e. vinyl. It spun at the novel speed of 33 rpm, had a playing time of thirty minutes, and contained a whole program, complete with announcements

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It has always been written about so disparagingly that we felt it was time that we reset the idea and documented what really happened in early disco clubs, and how revolutionary they were. These British music-mag writers deliver the goods with humor and a basic sense of good storytelling.”— Vibe Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. 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.world started buying records instead of sheet music, however, power shifted away from the publishers and songwriters and into the hands of the record companies and recording artists. Allowing records on the radio would is somehow part of the place in which it is heard, and the voices and music it carries manage to create a strong feeling of community. Sociologist Marshall McLuhan called it the "tribal drum." Arnold Passman, A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day, the authors show that the history and art of deejaying makes for a grander and more fascinating story than one would think. . . . The book is intricately detailed and informative, filled with grand themes and historical anecdotes, all leavened with a wiseass humor that keeps the whole thing from getting too pretentious.”— Time Out ad-libbed commercials helped them sell 300 refrigerators during a blizzard, and when he made a wartime appeal for pianos to entertain the troops, the USO were offered 1,500. As his influence grew, he held a contest to come