Johnny B’s Party & Entertainment Co.

…started back in Arizona in 1979. Making us one of the United States’ LONGEST and MOST REQUESTED ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES in the Country.

Times have certainly changed, from the days of hauling out record players all the way to today’s digital music, Johnny B’s has stayed up with the trends.

Johnny B’s was established in 1979, as a part-time business. One owner/operator that had some spare record players (we like to call them “turntables” now). His first party was for a friend’s 18th birthday. Of course, it was a volunteer effort. But he had an idea! Why not use these record players (turntables) to play music at parties and charge money for it? His friends thought he was crazy, you see at the time, only radio Dj’s were hired for events, and usually through the radio station they worked at, But he thought “I can do this!”. He had been an avid music lover and had collected enough music over the years that everyone had listened to anyway, so he started to spread the word to his family and friends. By 1983, Johnny B’s had become a full-time operation. At the time, Johnny B’s was the only full-time Entertainment Company in the state of Arizona. By 1985, there were 8, and now there are more than 50 full-time and part-time entertainment companies throughout the state of Arizona, but Johnny B’s still remains at the top of the list. 1987, was a banner year for Johnny B’s. At one time they had 32 employees, sending out an average of 20 entertainers per weekend. More entertainment companies started to pop-up, but the funny thing was that all of these companies that were started were being run by people that had either worked for Johnny B’s or were trained by Johnny B’s. So, in essence, he was training for his competition.

Now this is where I come in, my name is Mark Tarabori. I started working for Johnny B’s in 1993, as a 23 year old, who had a good personality and enjoyed music, but needed to make some money on the weekends. I was trained and worked for Johnny B’s until 1999, which is when I quit my job at Southwest Airlines making about $11.00 an hour. I purchased the company. The original owner took the time and made the effort and we spent the next TWO Years learning the ins and outs of the entertainment business. He showed me everything about the business and now, in year 23 of ownership, we know quite a bit about Entertaining. And we pass our knowledge and experience to YOU!

Back in 2007 I had an idea. I wanted to GROW! I came up with a way to train my entertainers in other cities, teaching them and having experienced Dj’s take their expertise and add our training and customer service to their skills. I never would have imagined Johnny B’s would have offices in 7 cities throughout the United States. We are growing, and just like the original owner that had that crazy idea of bucking the trend, I had the same thoughts. We now have close to 30 employees and I LOVE everyone of them. Johnny B’s treats everyone like family and it shows at your event. We want our entertainers to show up to your event being known, being a part of your family and friends for a day of celebrating. That’s how we approach our training and making sure they provide GREAT Music, Customer Service, and Personality!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Johnny B’s. I hope we are able to speak about your event, all the little details that you are thinking about and all the fun ideas you may want for your event and you can see the difference for yourself. So go ahead and browse our site, send us an inquiry or give us a call. Let Johnny B’s walk you through everything that you will need to know about hiring an Entertainer.

Most importantly!

HAVE FUN PLANNING!