Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
- ISBN-10
- 0755313984
- ISBN-13
- 9780755313983
- Category
- Disc jockeys
- Pages
- 600
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Authors
- Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
Description
Drawing on in-depth interviews, two music journalists have written the first comprehensive history of the mysterious and charismatic figure behind the turntables--part obsessive record collector, part mad scientist, part intuitive psychologist of the party groove. DJs around the world are represented.
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- 2014-05-13
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