Harry frank towers
The Tea Dance
From March '83 till November of '91 Harry worked as a disc jockey. He worked an average of two nights a week, & with the exception of January '89, was never out of work. Clubs he spun at included The China Club in Manhattan, Abracadabra in Staten Island, Excuses in Yonkers, Casablanca in New Jersey & the Spectrum in Brooklyn, (a.k.a. 2001 where Saturday Night Fever was filmed). Highlights of his DJing career included being one of the very first disc jockeys in New York to play House music, programming Soca & Dancehall music to a largely non-Caribbean clientele & breaking Euro Dance music.
In '92 he gave up a regular spinning schedule but continues to spin at special events all over the United States. Most notable of which were guest spots at the Sound Factory in San Francisco, (during the Billboard Dance Music Summit), Oz nightclub on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (for Memorial Day Weekend festivities), the Paragon in Miami (for the Winter Music Conference), at Déjà Vu nightclub in Atlantic City (for the DJ Times Convention), Cherry’s on Fire Island, The Stonewall in Manhattan & Club Deco in Philadelphia, Krash @ Deep in Manhattan & The End Up in San Francisco. In the last few years Harry has explored Hot Mixing on the radio. His first mix show was on The Buzz out of Atlantic City back in the day but back in New York Harry was heard on Saturday nights on Mix 102.7. It was the highest rated show on the station!. His most exciting mix show moments were when he had the chance of presenting his spinning abilities live on the radio, at WKIE in Chicago from the Circuit Nightclub & then in Nashville spinning live for an outdoor festival called Riverfest based in Clarkesville on their local top 40 station. Harry also had the pleasure of mixing two compilations while he was at Popular Records. He mixed the second installment of the Gold compilation series Dance Hits Supermix as well as Good Time Disco Dance Hits. In September, '04 he released a compilation entitled Mix Show Hits One on TVI Records and Filmworks. That compilation did incredibly well in Miami in particular! As for live gigs, he rarely accepts them but he never turns down spinning at a Charity Event or a chance to spin at a Music Conference. Every year he heads out to Chicago to spin a benefit for a battered woman’s shelter, produced by Georgie Porgie. Harry says, “It’s for a food drive & we have a packed house each year & fill an entire van full of food! The tag line of my promotion company Deet Promotions is, Making the World a better place one beat per minute at a time, & events like this allow me to do just that in the most organic way.”