Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey

James Murphy, in his foreword, states that this book 'literally changed the course of my life.' When someone tells you, 'You have to know your history...', this is precisely what they mean.

A pop culture classic for over two decades, Last Night a DJ... is now fully refreshed and updated as part of White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series, presenting the complete, unruly story of dance music in one volume. It vividly recreates the dancefloors that shaped history, conjuring their atmosphere with meticulous detail and bringing you the authentic voices of the DJs and clubbers at their very core. This spans genres from grime, garage, house, hip hop, and disco, to techno, soul, reggae, rock'n'roll, and EDM.

Whether a musical outlaw, an obsessive crate-digger, or an overpaid superstar, the DJ has been at the spinning centre of nightlife for a century. They've made parties wilder, pushed clubbers harder, and propelled music into entirely new shapes and styles.

Questlove remarks that 'The chapter on Larry Levan alone transformed me into wanting to be your favourite DJ,' while The Blessed Madonna adds, '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.'