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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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JENNY COSTA
[...] Two of the very first deejay's that inspired me and who were my mentors are Paul Casella and Tony Cintorino. They were in my opinion the best mix masters ever [...]
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JOEY CARVELLO
[...] I partied with EDDIE KENDRICKS, KAREN YOUNG, VICKI SUE, THE SAVANAH BAND, EVELYN KING, LABELLE the list is endless and so was the party [...]
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MIKE ARATO
[...] Dj's were respected and revered. At the same time, this respect only came to those of us who worked hard and continued to provide the entertainment that the club clientele expected [...]
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ISSY SANCHEZ
[...] I think I had the music bug in me since I first heard The Beatles back in the 1960's. I was a dj as early as 13-14 yrs old [...]
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ROB HARKNETT
[...] Other time was when Motown recording artist, Jimmy Ruffin presented me with the TVDJA golden carrot award [...]
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TIM LAWRENCE
[...] I know, Yahu, that you believe that my source must have a vendetta against Tom, but I can assue you this is not the case. My source, like me, is simply interested in exploring the sexual and racial nuances that ran through the most influential clubbing network in New York's dance history [...]
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LESTER TEMPLE
[...] kind of idolization that came in later years, i.e. Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyke, etc. where people become rabid. Maybe it's the drugs or something[...] |
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GREG WILSON
[...] The film, Saturday Night Fever, particularly changed peoples perception of what Disco was - all of a sudden it was a white band (the Bee Gees) and a white dancer (John Travolta) in a white suit that came to symbolize Disco[...] |
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THEO LOYLA
[...] To me a dj who doesn't speak is wasting a vital way of communicating with his audience. The best is a dj who can mix and talk over[...] |
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ANTONE 'chubby' TAVARES
[...] Don't like techno or Rap - but they sure do love to sample the great music of the 70's [...]
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MARILYN GREEN FISHER
[...] He was the first dj in the history of the industry to have a contractual agreement with a club, a record company, a hotel. He was the first dj to get credit on a record label. He was the first dj to get credit and billing displayed wherever he performed [...]
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TEE SCOTT
[...] I don't know that Tee ever "decided" to become a DJ. He just was one. That was long before anyone was mixing music. [...]
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JERRY GILBERT
[...] When the nightclub explosion took place around '78, and encouraged by the NYC trend of "silent" dj's, organisations such as The DMC took it on, talking between records became untrendy [...]
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BILLY TERRELL
[...] The world changes, life changes, attitudes change but I truly believe that the music between 1969 and 1979 was the greatest of all time and I'm grateful that I was born in time to be a small part of it [...]
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LARY SANDERS
[...] Receiving a gold-record for helping Chic's "Dance, Dance, Dance" surpass 500,000 sale units without airplay was very coool! [...]
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 Tyrone G. Kersey (RIP)
[...] as one of the members of MFSB, Salsoul Orchestra and the Trammps he worked with the best: Vincent Montana, Jr, Kenny Gamble, Lon Huff and Tom Bell
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 RADCLIFFE A. JOE (RIP)
[...] Radcliffe A. Joe - one of Billboard Magazine's first disco editors. He is the recipient of the Big Apple Disco Award, and People's Award for excellence in disco reporting
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 BEN LIEBRAND
[...] In a scene were people nowadays consider drugs to be normal I must say that I never ever used anything at all, and I have no respect for DJ's and artists who cannot perform without it [...] |
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 BILL WARDLOW
[...] Bill Wardlow was a true friend of disco, the musicians and especially the djs. He gave the scene the
credibility of Billboard magazine behind it
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 DIANE KIRKLAND
[...] I started with Billboard in 1969 in NYC. The Disco Forums were all exciting! We had several in New York and one in Los Angeles [...] |
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KEITH GUSSONI
[...] I often feel that I am one of the luckiest people in this world because I grew up in the Disco era - I've had a wonderful life in dancing
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 FRANK MURRAY
[...] I have worked with many great artists, from Paul McCartney, Tina Turner and Duran Duran to Hazell Dean, Grace Jones, and Adeva [...] |
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 RAY MARTINEZ
[...] I still recall that first time that I knocked on TK's door. 1975-76 I walked into TK Records, (Henry Stone my mentor), and started as a session player (keyboards) [...] |
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 DAVE LACH
[...] disco era deejays usually don't even want to tell you the name and artist of the songs they're playing, it's like they're afraid you're after their job! [...] |
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 BOBBY FARRELL
[...] The greatest show of Boney M - I think was in Poland and in Russia [...] |
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 JOHNNY 'V' VICINO
[...] back then the dj was king - then it kinda of got a little different in the late 80s early 90s - but from what I could see now it's back to dj is king [...] |
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 PIERRE PERPALL
[...] it is evident that today, with the technology they have they are doing creativity with the talent of our peers, which is very sad, because it is not creative [...] |
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 MICHAEL O'HARRO
[...] I dated Vicki Sue Robinson and Andrea True. I enjoy it when Andrea sang to me
"More, More, More of Your Love" in a packed DISCO
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 CYNTHIA MANLEY
[...] GRACE JONES TRIED TO KICK ME OUT OF MY OWN DRESSING ROOM, ONE TIME, WE ALMOST CAME TO BLOW. SHE PUSHED ME, AND I SHOVED HER BACK [...] |
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 HIRAM BULLOCK
[...] I never really decided to become a musician. I had planned to be a lawyer, and was just playing music for fun and extra money while at the University of Miami [...] |
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 TERRY SILVERLIGHT
[...] I've played drums on gold and platinum recordings for Billy Ocean, George Benson, Freddie Jackson, Stephanie Mills, Tom Jones, Laura Nyro, Anne Murray, Jonathan Butler, Don Johnson [...] |
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 ARON "Bugsy" SIEGEL
[...] DJ's received very little respect for their talents in the 70's. We were perceived as human juke boxes [...] |
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 STARR ARNING MAHONEY
[...] I'll be happy to give you info on what it was like to start Billboard Magazine's Disco Hot 100 chart and then go into national
record promotion
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 LARRY WASHINGTON
[...] I had the opprutunity to play with and behind some of the up and coming Motown acts Eric and the Vikeings, the late Caroline Franklin whom was Aretha Franklin's sister - along with a host of acts [...] |
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 MIKE FREEDBERG
[...] I am still here, still writing about dance music and the pop hits it has engendered. That you'll find me in NYC, Montreal, Paris, Milan, Barcelona, and Geneva [...] |
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 JOEY MADONIA
[...] The first club I went to was The Sanctuary in 1970, I was brought there in 1970 by Frankie, Harry, and Cisco Ramos of the legendary Downtown Records N.Y.C. [...] |
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 PAMALA STANLEY
[...] I was 8 years old when I knew I would sing for the rest of my life. I grew up in a very musical Italian family [...] |
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 KENNY CARPENTER
[...] I play many vinyl disco songs and I have no problem with any soundcarrier but I prefer CD's because I don't wanna carry so heavy vinyls anymore [...] |
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 JERRY BONHAM
[...] The DJ's that inspired me at the time were first and foremost Jim Wessels from Minneapolis and Michael Graber from Chicago [...] |
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 BILLY STEWART
[...] I'd have to say it all started for me when The Beatles came out. All I wanted to do from that point on was play and sing [...] |
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 DJ STEVE THE SAGA PEREZ
[...] I KNEW I WANTED TO BE A DJ BACK IN 1975 OR SO, WHEN I GOT MY FIRST EXPERIENCE THE STARSHIP DISCOVERY ON 42ND STREET, NYC WITH DJ's JOE PALMINTERI, PHIL SMITH & PAUL CASELLA [...] |
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 PHILIP LeBASH
[...] The Philadelphia scene in 1973 - 1974 was so cool, center city had a little discotheque in the old city quarter called Harlows, were Kurt Borusiewicz was playing records [...] |
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DISCOTHEQUE PIONEERS - PART 1
(unique interviews with real disco pioneers)
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