DJ equipment in the 20th century

To educate you and give you some facts I just made another post for you. This time I’m talking about DJ equipment history in 20th century.

1800 – 1920

Leon Scott invented the first device for recording sounds, but unfortunately it was without playback.
The world’s very first DJ was Ray Newby – It was in 1906 and in that time he was only 16 years old.
“live” broadcast became famous in 1910 and in 1920 people danced with jukebox music.

1930 – 1950

Walter Winchell made the term called “disc jockey”.
Jimmy Savile hosted the world first DJ Party in 1943 by playing jazz music.
First discotheque was opened in France, 1947. This was the time when discos became popular in all over the Europe.

1960 – 1970

Discotheques and nightclubs grew more and more in the Europe and US.
Rudy Bozak’s famous CMA-10 Mixer was available on the market
Beatmatching was popularized by F.Grasso in the Sanctuary nightclub (New York)
Disco bible was published (songs listed by BPM)

1980

MTV was launched on the cable television
House and electro music became very popular, it was promoted by DJ Larry Levan
First Hip-Hop song reached to top 10 of “BillBoard Hot” – (We walk this way)

1990

I think all our reader know what was popular in 1990 and I don’t need to point out the facts. Anyhow, I found two great music videos which suit perfectly into this post. Have nice listening!