the term "disc jockey" was ostensibly coined by radio gossip commentator walter winchell in 1935, and the phrase first appeared in print in a 1941 "variety" magazine, used to describe radio personalities who introduced phonograph records on the air. playing recorded music for dancing and parties rose with the mass marketing of home phonographs in the late 19th century. british radio disc jockey jimmy savile hosted his first live dance party in 1943 using a single turntable and a makeshift sound system. four years later, savile began using two turntables welded together to form a single dj console. in 1947, the whiskey a go-go opened in paris as the first discotheque. in the 1960s, rudy bozak began making the first dj mixers, mixing consoles specialized for djing.