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 The DISCOTHEQUE PIONEERS HALL of FAME
[...] The DISCOTEQUE PIONEERS HALL OF FAME is a not for profit organization project, dedicated to honoring not only deejays and artists worldwide - BUT(!) also others that have promoted the disco era
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 STAYING ALIVE and I'M LOOKING FOR:
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I would simply like to continue all my life passion, coming deep out of my heart and save as much as possible unique disco history materials for future generations and mankind
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TOM SAVARESE
[...] Tom Savarese was voted as the Number One Disco DJ for two years in a row at the annual Billboard Magazine's disco forums. (1976 + 1977) [...]
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 Ralph D'Agostino
[...] I hated that because once you have the dancefloor working soon as you say something it breaks the dancers concentration. [...] |
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AL MAGLIANO
[...] The deejays are minor celebrities today. In my day we were not looked upon that way, but it is great to know that I was truly one of the first [...]
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 Marty Angelo
[...] I've worn many hats in the music business besides being a Dj... from booking agent to personal manager. [...] |
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 CHARLIE "captain disco" ANZALONE
[...] Dj today are big stars although they are musically not as tallented as we were. We knew when a song was a HIT not just the BEAT [...] |
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BARRY LEDERER
[...] Speaking of jimmy stuard, most people do not know that i discovered him in boston and persuaded the owners of .12 west. to have him play there [...]
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RON BESS
[...] starting hustle dancing in the mid 70's, a vehicle to meet ladies. Got the bug and started to compete and perform. All together I have now been dancing for over 26 years [...]
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 JOHN 'dr. john' BISCI
[...] you had to remove the platter and shift the drive belt to go from 45 rpm to 33 rpm -- and the motor took a full revolution to get up to speed [...] |
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ROBERT J. CASEY
[...] In 1955, Bob Casey, a well-known sock-hop DJ, introduced the first two-turntable system in order to have continuous music [...]
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CAROL DOUGLAS
[...] You can still find people who come to our shows with albums and pictures of all the artist back in the days. [...]
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 JOHN CEGLIA
[...] I had the pleasure of working with and/or getting to meet artists like Phyllis Hymann, Boris Midney, Grace Jones, Gino Soccio and many others. [...] |
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CERRONE
[...] I was lucky that my career launch itself in the USA through New York discos in 1976 [...]
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 CHARLIE "CC" CIMINO
[...] The dj was king!!! We would go anywhere in town, people knew who we were and treated us with respect. [...] |
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 GARY DEANE
[...] The ONLY star in this business is the music. Many DJs both then and now believe they were more important than the music. [...] |
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 DELMAR BROWNE
[...] Do I agree with computers or robots replacing humans? "Hell, No"! I'm a D.J. from the old school, whose belief that "Hard work pays off"! [...] |
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 DAVID DePINO
[...] I was a hair cutter and by accident became a DJ. I was helping Judy for a short time at the record and ended up staying there for over five years. [...] |
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EDDIE CRUZ
[...] I've had my interest in Photography since High School. Military, Law Enforcement I retired as NYC Detective. Presently teaching Kyokushinkai [...]
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ELLEN MICHAELS
[...] My work for Salsoul consisted of one photo session which was to be used only for the cover of "Nice 'n' Naasty". [...]
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GIANT GENE
[...] We were always welcome because we "made the party happen". I was never happy until my crowd went home exhausted, sweaty, and HAPPY! [...]
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GLORIA GAYNOR
[...] I became a recording atistin 1971 when Clive Davis signed me to Columbia Records. I began singing with a local band right after I finished High School [...]
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JOHN HEDGES
[...] I built a FM pirate radio station in Ohio and played my own dance songs in my garage and later I got busted by the FCC [...]
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JESSE SAUNDERS
[...] I played an incredible set and ended it with "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette. Everyone was singing "It's like rai-ain." Unbelieveable. [...]
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JOHNNY GEORGE
[...] Y@HU - Do you prefer very early style, deejays use microphone, speak to the people or those came later - just mixing records ?
JOHNNY GEORGE: I did both [...]
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KAREN LYNN GORNEY
[...] did you know my composer father was POLISH? He was from Białystock. [...]
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LIZA NUNZIELLA
[...] The love and passion for dance took over. There were so many great clubs back then, Elephas, Ice Palace every sunday night, The Cat Club where Eddie and I performed weekly [...]
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JOHN LUONGO
[...] The day Disco dies is the day people stop dancing. And people aren't about to do that. There will always be Disco in one form or another [...]
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 DAVID MANCUSO
[...] I am of the belief that "the music plays us" and that I am a servant to the music. Most DJ's think the opposite. [...] |
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MARK KAMINS
[...] In the beginning DJ's had no respect, we were the same as the bartenders, busboys and bathroom cleaners. Now DJ's are pop stars. [...]
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MEL CHEREN
[...] I know times were not so easy back in 20 - 30 years in Poland, so I know you definitelly have a passion for what you do [...]
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DENISE MONTANA / GOODY GOODY
[...] My Dad started the Goody Goody project after he and Bud Ross wrote .#1 Dee Jay.. I am the Goody Goody girl [...]
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DAVID NATHAN
[...] The music of the divas profiled in my book as well as that of the many artists I have interviewed over the years really has formed the tapestry for my life... [...]
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PAOLO MONTAGNI
[...] Nothing wrong doing a good mix on a PC, but don´t sell this stuff all over and try to convince people it was made by 2 turntables and a mixer only [...]
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 RAY "pinky" VELAZQUEZ
[...] I preferred to take my crowds into a euphoria emotionally with my mixing talent and let my show do all of the talking [...] |
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 CHERRILL CUCANATO and ROBBIE BEVAN
[...] I always felt that my R&B roots and ROBBIEs rock/pop roots were the combination sounds that defined the Raes. [...] |
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RENE HEWITT
[...] For this reason you don't find too many dj's today spinning the classics because it takes an art to mix them. [...]
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GLENN RIVERA
[...] I knew that whatever this pop music was that was pounding out of my radio speakers was a sound that I could follow with satisfaction [...]
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 ROBBIE LESLIE
[...] I'm not to wild about techno any more, but a good deal of house music and its derivatives still have a certain resonance for me. "House has soul." [...] |
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EMPEROR ROSKO
[...] we had so much bass rumble, we hung the decks off the ceiling with bunjie cords to keep the harmonic bass frequency from vibrating the decks! [...]
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 STEVE FABUS
[...] In the Disco glory days a DJ would be identified with a club and a night, and play the whole night, often till 7 or 8 in the morning [...] |
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 TONY HADLAND
[...] DJs are like waiters: it's the chef who is the artist, the waiter simply presents the creation as beautifully as possible to the client [...] |
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TOM SILVERMAN
[...] In 1978 I moved back to NY to start Disco News which later became Dance Music Report and published for around 14 years [...]
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PETER SIS
[...] I became deejay 1968. I was questioned (kind of pesecution) by secret Police number of times, because of what I have said or the records / music I have played [...]
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STEVE MACK
[...] The bigger the club, the bigger the responsibility. If you don't do your job, all the other workers in the club make less money, less tips, etc. [...]
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HENRY STONE
[...] It was a victim of the Media in the United States and an Anti-Disco Movement that had started in Chicago and other parts of the United States [...]
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 Tony Prince
[...] It was the time of Saturday Night Fever. The UK was 'disco crazy'. [...] |
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TONY VALOR
[...] Music is an international language and no matter what the language is, if it is good music, you can feel the spirit of it. God Bless! [...]
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VINCENT MONTANA, JR.
[...] and they're still playing my music to this day, 30 years later !!! It's an honor and a great feeling [...]
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PHIL WATERMAN
[...] By the time I was Five I had been to more cities then most people would see in a lifetime. [...]
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CAROL WILLIAMS
[...] I believe the classic music of yesterday is so good, that it enables new artist to create their own vision and version of words and melodies. [...]
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DISCOTHEQUE PIONEERS - PART 2
(unique interviews with real disco pioneers)
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