The 45 King (Mark James) & Louie Louie (Louis Vega)

DJ Mark the 45 King (born Mark James, October 1961), also known as the 45 King, started DJing in New Jersey in the mid-1980s. The nickname the 45 King came from his ability to make beats using obscure 45 RPM records.

The 45 King first gained fame with his breakbeat track "The 900 Number" in 1987. This track among others was sampled hundreds of times.

Rhythmical Madness - on Tuff City, 1990 - was a collaboration between the 45 King and DJ Louie Louie to make a nice breakbeat album. Rappers Lakim Shabazz and Ron Delite appeared on the LP. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.