Though it wasn’t until the late 1950s and early 60s in the Jamaican ghettos did the art of DJing really take off. A few years later, artists began to try out new formats, some introducing live drummers to play between songs to keep club dancers moving to the pace. Remarkably, the first instance of what we recognize today as DJing occurred in 1947, when Jimmy Saville, an English radio DJ claimed he was the first person to ever live mix using twin turntables at a jazz club.
