He watched what got the crowd going and noticed hat it was the instrumental bridge, or drum breaks, that was hot with the dancers. He said a lot of DJ's back then would put on a record and go smoke a cigarette. But his real genius was paying attention to the crowds. He was deep into Reggae and he styled himself like a Jamaican “selector” (DJ) and did a lot of “toasting” (talking/chanting) over the instrumentals. Bio: Kool Herc was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, moved to NYC as a teen and started spinning records at parties with his dad's PA system. In the recreation room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, a HISTORIC party jumps off. It's summer time of 1973 in the Bronx NY. DJ Kool Herc (Hercules), founding father of hip hop. Social/Political Scene: The Birth of a Hip-Hop Nation 45. Red Foxx NAACP Entertainer of the Year 43. Illinois 1st state to declare MLK Day 41. SOY, “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” 28. ROY, “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” Roberta Flack 27. #3 'Killing Me Softly with His Song', Roberta Flack 25. #1 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree', Tony Orlando and Dawn 23.

Oct: OPEC embargo sets off an oil/energy crisis and starts the recession. Wade, SCOTUS ruled that a right to privacy extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but with some limits. Agnew resigns as Vice President and then pleads no contest to charges of evasion of income taxes while Governor of Maryland (Oct. Nixon, on national TV, accepts responsibility, but not blame, for Watergate (April 30).

The Paris Peace Accords, signed on January 27, 1973, effectively removed the U.S. Topics: Dj Kool Herc, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Pam Grier, The Mack, & George Jefferson.

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