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