Tue
Oct
20
Tonight we also celebrate the 50th birthday of the disco(thèque), a cultural event of earth-shattering proportions…
On Oct. 19, 1959 at The Scotch Club in Aachen, West Germany the regular dance band was unable to play and a hastily rigged amplifier and set of speakers was installed to provide the music needed. That night Klaus Quirini became the world’s first live disc jockey - so named after the club’s other appellation, The Jockey Dance Bar…
Above: The Scotch Club, anno ‘59 awaiting its clientele…
