A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs...
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Mobile disc jockeys (also known as mobile DJs or mobile discos) are disc jockeys that tour with portable sound, lighting, and video systems. They play...
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CD player (redirect from Compact disc player)
CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to...
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CD single (redirect from Mini Compact Disc single)
A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc (CD). Originally the CD single standard (as defined in the Red Book) was an 8 cm (3-inch) "mini...
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Double album (redirect from Double disc)
the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because...
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Phonograph record (redirect from Gramophone disc)
when new formats such as the compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market...
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Album (redirect from Bonus disc)
collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital...
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recorded music for a live audience. For the history of radio disc jockeys, see Radio disc jockey history. The modern DJ's role as a performer has evolved...
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Extended play (redirect from Extended-play disc)
both in 45 rpm and 331⁄3 rpm. In the 1990s, they began appearing on compact discs.[citation needed] During the 1950s, RCA published several EP albums...
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Weatherman" on the b-side, edited from "The Newscast"). Wonderful WINO (Top-40 Disc Jockey) – 5:43 Commercials – 8:22 Daytime Television – 9:34 The Newscast – 7:29...
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7 in) CD singles, and less commonly on Digital Compact Cassette and many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc (5 in or 13 cm, 8 in or 20 cm, etc.). Singles...
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Beatmatching or pitch cue is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting or time stretching an upcoming track to match its tempo to that of the currently...
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Harry Chapin (redirect from Jim Connors (disc jockey))
an aging disc jockey who has given up his entire life and family for his career. The song is sung from the point of view of the disc jockey, who is singing...
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Music recording certification (redirect from Gold disc)
on 22 April 1976. As music sales increased with the introduction of compact discs, the RIAA created the Multi-Platinum award in 1984. Diamond awards,...
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mixing with vinyl records. It can also be achieved by digital means using Compact Disc DJ players or DJ controllers. Beat juggling has its roots in cutting...
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announcement system Shelf stereo, a compact sound system for personal use Amplifier Sound system (DJ), a group of disc jockeys performing together Sound system...
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distribute the show. These tapes, records or compact discs were accompanied by a cue sheet which gave the disc jockey a written guideline of the content and...
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94 Diskont (category Thrill Jockey albums)
to damage the surfaces of compact discs, only to stitch the sound back together in loops of melody punctuated by the disc's physical skips. On its initial...
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released on vinyl in 1977 and the second in 1980. Both were re-released on compact disc in 2002. Captain Beaky's band consist of Timid Toad, Reckless Rat, Artful...
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recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable...
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Retrieved 25 June 2012. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton "The Legality of Sharing and Selling...
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Roy D. Mercer was a fictional character created by American disc jockeys Brent Douglas and Phil Stone on radio station KMOD-FM in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Douglas...
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Rodney Bingenheimer (born December 15, 1946) is an American radio disc jockey who is best known as the host of Rodney on the ROQ, a radio program that...
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Mark Goodier (born 9 June 1961) is a Zimbabwean-born British radio disc jockey best known for his time on BBC Radio 1 between 1987 and 2002. He had two...
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World Sectors and roles Album cover design Artists and repertoire (A&R) Disc jockey Distribution Entertainment law Music education Music executive Music...
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– June 26, 2020), known as Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg, was an American disc jockey in the Boston radio market from the mid-1950s to the 1970s. Following...
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special attention-grabbing, quiet-surfaced picture discs that Mercury distributed only to radio disc jockeys. Vogue records retailed for US$1.05, about fifty...
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the same song by different artists) based on record and sheet sales, disk jockey, and jukebox performances as determined by Billboard's weekly nationwide...
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music countdown featuring veteran acts, presented by the former Radio 1 disc jockey Mike Read and shared by Talking Pictures TV, the Local TV network of...
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Glenn Miller discography (section Army Air Force Band (Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra) and V-Discs: 1943–1944)
with release on 78 rpm, 10 and 12 inch LP, 7 inch 45 rpm, compact cassette, 8-track, compact disc (CD), and digital formats. Before his popularity, in the...
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