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Alan Fredericks
Alan Fredericks (September 11, 1934 – July 31, 2005) was an American disc jockey and award-winning travel editor and journalist. Fredericks was born Alfred Paul Israel in Bronx, New York City, New York. He graduated from Bronx High School of Science and New York University.Hinckley, David"'Night Train' conductor makes his final stop."''Daily News'', August 3, 2005. He also earned an M.A. in Liberal arts education, Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research in 1987."In Memoriam: Alan Fredericks, 1934-2005" ''Travel Weekly'', August 8, 2005. He began using the name Alan Fredericks as a twenty-year-old disc jockey in 1954. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disc Jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablism, turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who DJ mix, mix music from other recording media such as compact cassette, cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simultaneously. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
