I was thinking about getting into DJing or being a disc jockey, do you know anything about that profession?
Well I know that DJs are people who play recorded music in front of a live audience.
Yes that does sound correct, do you know when DJing first started?
The first time the term "disc jockey" showed up in print was in 1941 in Variety magazine.
Wow that's a lot older than I thought, do you know anything else about the history of DJs?
In 1935, Walter Winchell, an american radio commentator coined the phrase "disc jockey" as a description of the first radio announcer to become famous, Martin Block.
Oh so that's where the name came from. Can you tell me more about Martin Block?
Martin Block
Martin Block (February 3, 1903 – September 18, 1967) was an American disc jockey. It is said that Walter Winchell have invented the term "disk jockey" as a means of describing Block's radio work.
Career.
Career Early years.
A native of Los Angeles, Block began working in radio in Tijuana, Mexico; before that, he sold small household items and appliances. At the age of only 13, he became an office boy at General Electric. When his career
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