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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Norman Bernard Joseph |
| Born | 6 November 1957 Notting Hill, London, England |
| Genres | Soul, disco, boogie, acid jazz, house |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, label owner, producer, remixer |
| Website | www |
Norman Jay MBE (born Norman Bernard Joseph on 6 November 1957) is a British club, radio and sound system DJ. He first came to prominence playing unlicensed "warehouse" parties in the early 1980s, and through his involvement with the then-pirate radio station Kiss FM. He is commonly attributed as having coined the phrase "rare groove".