Praise for Last Night a DJ Saved My Life : "The original and still the best." --Gilles Peterson "The chapter on Larry Levan alone transformed me into wanting to be your favorite DJ." --Questlove "We can''t tell the story of dance music without speaking the names of Sharon White and Judy Weinstein, so I welcome this vital update." --Blessed Madonna "Brewster and Broughton . have written a lively and--to anyone with a more than casual interest in the history of popular music in the latter half of the 20th century--necessary volume." --New York Times Book Review "A riveting and entertaining account of musical history and some of the most legendary parties of the century." --iHeart Radio "A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day, the authors show that the history and art of deejaying makes for a grander and more fascinating story than one would think. The book is intricately detailed and informative, filled with grand themes and historical anecdotes, all leavened with a wiseass humor that keeps the whole thing from getting too pretentious.

" --Time Out "What makes [ Last Night a DJ Saved My Life ] so good, besides the crisp, lucid writing, is that it also gives a fascinating, episodic history of the jive-talking radio DJs and Parisian discos that established the themes that would play out in hip-hop, disco and rave culture." --Salon "These British music-mag writers deliver the goods with humor and a basic sense of good storytelling." --Vibe "Brewster and Broughton exhibit considerable skill in rendering the meta-story seamless, subtly turning what is essentially an oral history, culled from original interviews and other published sources, into an orchestral piece." --Hartford Courant "Like an inspired set on the wheels of steel, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life fashions a vast array of emotions, ideas, and history in[to] an extended yet entertaining program. The authors condense a century''s worth of highlights, beginning with a 1906 radio broadcast, into a tome that leaves the reader feeling like a spent dancer: uplifted, and a little overwhelmed, yet not utterly exhausted. This extremely well-researched work is not only comprehensive, it''s also comprehensible. Briskly paced yet thorough . The section on Northern Soul contextualizes this uniquely English scene for clueless Yanks superbly.

Ultimately, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life does what any successful music book should: It compels the reader to slap the music in question--presented in an appendix of historical playlists--on the stereo. The authors clearly love their subject matter, framing meticulous facts and disparate stories with very visceral excitement."-- Kurt B. Reighley, Pulse! "Very informative . takes you way back into the ''true roots'' of dance music and hip hop''s culture, then smoothly brings you into the future." --Danny Tenaglia "Exhaustive yet entertaining . a definitive history of the disc jockey . The book lovingly captures a host of compelling stories from every seminal DJ across the last century .

The energy which so obviously jumps from the book''s pages, as the authors culturally contextualize club history''s main players, elevates Last Night way above the ''trainspotter tome'' a book of its ilk could easily have become." --iD "From counterculture to mainstream leisure, the DJ has always been at the heart of clubland . An illuminating, thoughtful, and insightful tome." --Muzik "Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton . have illuminated patches of musical history long hidden from sight . Written with a music lover''s zeal and a populist''s scope, this is one for anyone who has ever found themselves lost on the dancefloor." --The Face.