Did Jimmy Saville invent disco?

[Whickerman]

Jimmy Saville claims to have invented disco in about 1943 (I'm honestly not kidding).

http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/jimmy-savi le
and
http://www.thefixonline.com/article.php?issue= 3&article=512
Quote: The Fix: You also said in your book that you felt that you invented the first disco Jim: Yes I did, yes.

This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discotheque
reckons not.

Anyone know the truth?

[Ethel]

Well if you define 'disco' as a organised event for dancing to records, then Jimmy is right.

[tiggerblue10]

Now then, now then, owzabout that then!

[andy-hughes]

Jimmy Savile claims that he was a nightclub manager in the late '50's and early '60's, when people would dance to live dance bands.

Savile realised that if he played records, he could pocket the fee paid to a band for himself.

He soon realised that stop-starting the atmosphere by changing records was not ideal, so he set up two record players and switched the sound from one to another.

If Savile was - as he claimed - the first person to adopt the twin turntable set up, then he can indeed claim to be the inventor of the modern disco system.

The first night-club that was custom-built - as opposed to being a converted dance hall, as most were - was The Place nightclub which opened in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in 1963.