Norman Jay

Norman Jay
Background information
Birth nameNorman Bernard Joseph
Born (1957-11-06) 6 November 1957 (age 66)
Notting Hill, London, England
GenresSoul, disco, boogie, acid jazz, house
Occupation(s)DJ, label owner, producer, remixer
Websitewww.normanjaymbe.com

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".