Jan Pawul

Tony Hadland, a pioneer in a field of disc jockeys, dedicated a chapter to Pawul in his 2018 memoir Double-Life Disc Jockey. Pawul is also the author of several publications about the disc jockey and disco culture, and Hadland notes in his book that "he's written a lot about disco history, probably more than any other person".

He worked as a DJ mostly throughout the seventies and the eighties, and left the scene in 2011. He was the Honorary Member of both the National Association of Disc Jockeys (NADJ; UK) and the National Association of Discothèque Disc Jockeys (NADD; USA). In February 1972 his article "Dziadek i ojciec Disc-jockeyów" ("The father and grandfather of Disc Jockeys") was published in the monthly magazine Jazz, as the very first journalistic piece about the DJ scene covered in the Polish press.

In 1973 the British magazine DeeJay and Radio Monthly awarded Pawul as the Top Disco DJ of the Year. He was named the Best Polish Disco Deejay of the Year by the Billboard's International Disco Forum for three consecutive years (1976–1978). The Atlantic Records presented him a gold record to commemorate the sales of more than one million copies of the Chic's single "Dance, Dance, Dance", and the Salsoul Records presented him a platinum record to commemorate the sales of more than 500,000 copies of the "Ten Percent" single by Double Exposure (he helped to widely distribute these songs in the Polish disco clubs).

He first became interested in music after he saw the 1964 musical comedy film A Hard Day's Night starring the English rock band the Beatles.

Jan "Yahu" Pawul (born July 5, 1952) is a Polish discotheque DJ, who worked primarily in the 1970s and the 1980s.