DJ Derek, born Derek Serpell-Morris (18 December 1941 – July 2015) [1] was an English DJ based in Bristol. In a DJ career that spanned over 40 years, he was known for playing a blend of 60s rocksteady, reggae, ska, dancehall and soul. He was reported missing in July 2015 and his remains were found on 10 March 2016.

2016年3月17日 · Derek Serpell-Morris, aka DJ Derek, has died, the BBC reports. He was 74 years old. Last July, Derek's family reported him missing. A body was found outside Bristol, England last week. After...

DJ Derek (born Derek Morris 1942) is a Bristol-based DJ whose blend of 60s rocksteady, reggae, ska, dancehall and soul music has made him an icon for many in the industry, including a host of Jamaican producers and Massive Attack. DJ Derek spent 10-18 years working as an accountant at Cadburys, yet gave it up to play reggae in the St Pauls area ...

2016年4月22日 · DJ Derek has been laid to rest in St Pauls, Bristol. Accountant turned reggae DJ, Derek built a reputation as one of the most individual, affable DJs on the circuit, playing festivals and clubs across the country fuelled by nothing more than a pair of minidisc players and a few bottles of real ale.

2015年7月31日 · Derek Serpell-Morris, one of Britain’s oldest DJs, was last seen in the Commercial Rooms on Corn Street in the city centre on Friday 10 July. He had been drinking in the JD Wetherspoons pub...

2016年3月12日 · For eight months people have been searching for DJ Derek. The 73-year-old accountant-turned-clubber was reported missing last summer but this week police have found, in undergrowth, what they...

2016年3月19日 · DJ Derek was an accountant turned club disc jockey who delighted in the title of “Britain’s oldest DJ”. Having played at festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival and Womad,...

Born Derek Morrison, DJ Derek got into music in the 1950s as a washboard player in a skiffle group before taking up the drums. He didn't like the "wishy-washy rock 'n' roll" of the fifties, so turned to the R&B sounds coming out of America.

2015年7月30日 · Derek Serpell-Morris was an accountant from Bristol who would rise to national notoriety as DJ Derek, the most unlikely of Patois-speaking reggae DJs. Living in St Paul’s from the early 70s, he developed a deep affection for the music and the people of the Caribbean community to the point where he became a DJ in pubs and clubs.

2016年4月22日 · Hundreds of people turned out to pay tribute to a man known as "Britain's oldest DJ" at his funeral in Bristol. Derek Serpell-Morris, known as DJ Derek, went missing last July aged 73. His...