The DJ has been at the center of popular music from the first record played on the radio in 1906 to the current $3 million club industry in New York City alone. In this book, professional journalists Brewster and Broughton present the first full-length history of the profession of the mysterious and charismatic man behind the turntables, who is both a record collector and a psychologist capable of controlling the merry crowd. Based on interviews with DJs, critics, musicians, record label executives and everyday partygoers, A DJ's Story deserves to be called the official history of dance music.