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Richard "Richie" Paul Kaczor (9 December 1952 – April 1993) was a DJ during disco's infancy in the 1970s.
His career as a DJ began in New Jersey. Kaczor played at clubs in New York City and surrounding states before being asked by nightclub owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager to begin a residency at Studio 54. Kaczor, along with Nicky Siano, were the two original DJs to play at the New York venue. James Opdyke, a friend of Kaczor (who also played at the Underground and the Saint), was also there to fill in during bathroom breaks.
Richie Kaczor has been credited for popularizing Gloria Gaynor's track "I Will Survive," which would later reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Siano asserts that it was Kaczor who first noticed the track, originally a B-side to "Substitute," and turned it into a success.
On March 4, 1980, Kaczor and Studio 54 lighting engineer Robert DeSilva opened the upper level Disco 40 in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Kaczor died in 1993 at age 40.
External links
References
- ^ Richie Kaczor @ Disco-Disco.com
- Ortiz, Lori (2011). Disco Dance. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 72–73. ISBN 9780313377464 – via Google Books.
- "Richie Kaczor @ Disco-Disco.com". www.disco-disco.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- "List of Famous Disc Jockeys". Ranker. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- Dorr, Roberta E. (October 2006). "Something Old Is New Again: Revisiting Language Experience". The Reading Teacher. 60 (2): 138–146. doi:10.1598/rt.60.2.4. ISSN 0034-0561.
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