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John Bisci

"DJ Dr. John" Bisci - Buffalo, New York Disco DJ (November 8, 1956 -- still alive!)

 

John Bisci John Bisci began as a DJ in college radio station WECS near Buffalo, NY in '74. Credits DJ Tony Dee (Dragotta) of Buffalo, NY, with giving him his start: one night a week at Frisco's for $15 cash, an order of chicken wings and all the Icepicks (vodka and iced tea) he could drink.

Quit school to become a full-time nightclub disco DJ in 1976 and spun in the Buffalo, NY, area until 1994.

DJ Dr. John Bisci worked at the following discotheques:
Frisco's
Electric Company
Brandy's
Port Shark
Club 747
Mean Alice's
Me & My Arrow
September's
Le Club
Mulligan's
The Late Show
The Library
2001
Sgt. Pepper's.

John Bisci introduced the beats-per-minute system of mixing Disco records to Buffalo-area DJs. Founding member of the Buffalo, New York, DJ Association. Hosted a live nightly disco radio show on WYSL in Buffalo from The Club 747 in 1979. Won the '81 Canadian-American Battle of the DJs. Was a guest DJ on a local disco TV show. Later went to work for WHTT and WWKB in Buffalo.

Moved from Buffalo, NY, to Charlotte, NC, in '94 to work as a public relations director for NASCAR teams. Now works as public relations manager for Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Photo below: DJ "Dr. John" Bisci in the original soundbooth of the 2001 VIP Club in Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 31, 1984.
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  • d.j.mark

    HI JOHN REMEMBER MEETING YOU BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S
    HOPE EVERYTHING IS WELL HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU.MY E-DUSNIL@OPTONLINE.NET

     
     

  • Dr John

    Guess someone sold the family cow and bought a computer...

     
     

  • C Blair

    Saw him the other day. He is currently working on a musical version of a popular cowboy movie.

     
     


 

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