Scotch-Club

The Scotch Club in Aachen was a restaurant and dance hall, which was expanded in 1959 to " Jockey Dance Bar ', probably the first discotheque in Germany with -played vinyl records and by a disc jockey announced music.

History

Although the first clubs in the world had appeared already in occupied Paris of the Second World War, it was mostly usual at this time to get live music played by small bands. However, the owner Karl Franz Schwendinger let his guests well-known songs from the radio play vinyl records. The first evening, October 19, 1959, was initially unsuccessful, since this form is not well received by the guests. They were used to hearing live music in bars, and considered this form as "dead music ". During the evening took Klaus Quirini, which should report as a volunteer of the New Ruhr-Zeitung/Aachener newspaper about the opening actually, the role of disc jockeys, because he also disliked the previous format. He said in the style of the then known radio DJs like Chris Howland from NWDR first " A ship will come " by Lale Andersen with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, we roll up our pants legs up and let water into the theater, you a ship will come with Lale Andersen ". His moderation and interactive games with the audience arrived. It was exactly the kind of interaction that envisioned the owner Franz Karl Schwendinger so that Quirini henceforth as " DJ Henry " hung up in Scotch Club. Thus, the Scotch- Club was the first disco in Germany according to current understanding - without live music - and Klaus Quirini the first DJ, although the Scotch Club for some time, the description " dance bar " kept before he was called disco.

Later, for a time put on even the later TV presenter Max Schautzer. Among other things, Udo Jürgens, Peter Maffay, The Rattles and Giorgio Moroder began her career in Aachen Scotch club.

The club was also known for its strict dress code. He denied today known personalities such as Frank Elstner or Udo Lindenberg due to lack of tie entry.

The Scotch club was opened under different owners until 1992, before the house was sold at the Aachen Dahmengraben 16 and under a new owner use was prohibited as a nightclub. After a conversion remembered today nothing more to the Scotch Club.