“Last Night A DJ Saved My Life” is a book written by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. It is the complete history of the DJ, from humble beginnings to international superstars of today. Listed here are selected charts taken from the back of the book, which are from some of the most legendary and influential clubs in dance music history: The Loft, Warehouse, Paradise Garage, Music Box, and Sound Factory, from the disco/garage and early house era (70’s, 80’s and 90’s NYC and Chicago) and includes their legendary resident DJs, without whom we would never have gotten where we are today, and who’s music had a profound influence on Lost In House. Also, I thought that missing from the book (which is why I included my own below) was a Top 50 from Funhouse NYC, Jellybean’s famed residency which specialized in the city’s “street music” from 1979-85, where records like Strafe “Set It Off”, C-Bank’s “Get Wet”, and Jellybean’s “The Mexican” and a whole genre were broken. Also a Top 100 even from Club Vinyl, NYC, where Danny Tenaglia’s legendary “Be Yourself” party ran from 1999-2004 on Friday nights, and where DT was just brilliant! So many records, an entire sound even, were broken there by the man himself. And Body&SOUL, the legendary Sunday afternoon party, which also took place at Club Vinyl in New York, from 1996 until 2004 with DJs: Danny Krivit, Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell and Francois K, and was and still is the keeper of the flame from the torch passed on from Paradise Garage and the other legendary parties of yesteryear mentioned above. These 3 djs have become standard bearers for New York house. Other great nights that concurrently ran there were Little Louie Vega‘s Dance Ritual night on Wednesdays, with Sat nights reserved for Shelter with DJ Timmy Regisford. For more info about all these legendary venues and parties, I highly recommend reading the book and also to learn about these legendary DJs who helped make it all happen. They were all cutting edge at the time without even knowing it. In addition, I compiled 3 of my own personal charts and included a brief history and contextual account of each venue from my own personal experiences of my most memorable residencies in now legendary (in their own right) venues Discotheque NYC, which ran from 2002-05 as the Sunday morning after-hours of its day, and LOVE NYC, which ran from 2006-10. Both were some of the last great underground spots in NYC, with both places keeping in the tradition of the NY underground. And finally, my most recent, Hunters Nightclub, Ft. Lauderdale.
(Chicago 1977-82) 
