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# Legendary Nightingale Club DJ, Tony De Vit, honoured with blue plaque
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/legendary-nightingale-club-dj-tony-de-vit-honoured-with-blue-plaque/
- Published: 2022-09-27T10:08:13.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-27T10:08:13.000Z
- Description: Tony De Vit has been honoured with a blue plaque in Birmingham, making him the first UK DJ to receive such an honour.
- Author: Catherine Muxworthy
- Tags: Birmingham, LGBT, LGBTQ, music, Nightingale Club

**Tony De Vit** sadly passed away in 1998, as a result of bronchial failure, associated with his previous AIDS diagnosis. Twenty-four years later, he has been honoured with a blue plaque in **Birmingham**, making him the first UK DJ to receive such an honour.

On **September 24**, during **Birmingham Pride** weekend, an unveiling ceremony was held at the site of the **Custard Factory** recording studios, where the artist produced and remixed more than 100 tracks between 1994 and 1998.

Tony was an English DJ and music producer who is considered to be a pioneer of the UK’s hard house scene, credited with helping to take the sounds out of **London** and **Birmingham**’s gay scene, and into mainstream clubs.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/unknown.jpg)

He began DJing at the age of 17 as a wedding DJ. Then, in his early twenties, he began his first residency at the **Nightingale** in Birmingham, where he played pop and Hi-NRG on Monday nights, which would often be followed by having to sweep floors and empty ashtrays after the club had closed.

In the late 1980s, Tony landed a DJ spot at London’s gay ‘superclub’ **Heaven**, rapidly establishing his reputation. During his career, he frequently played at parties held by the promoter **Trade**, and he also released a number of tracks via their associated record label.

**Jez Collins** of **Birmingham Music Archives**, said that he was “so delighted that a historic institution like the Birmingham Civic Society is recognising the contribution that Tony de Vit has made: not only to Birmingham’s dance and music culture, but also the influence he’s had on a generation of DJs, clubbers, promoters and audiences”.