Jellybean

Among the finest remixers and suppliers through the post-disco times of the 1980s, Jellybean caused many pop celebrities during the 10 years. Born within the South Bronx in 1959, John Benitez was collecting information from an early on age group; after he went to a close by disco club known as the Sanctuary within the mid-’70s, he became immersed within the developing disco picture and quickly became one its greatest DJs in addition to an early maker with his personal reel-to-reel machine. After looks at the night clubs Test 4 and Xenon, Benitez shifted to such exclusive showplaces as Studio room 54 as well as the Electric powered Circus. Using the dawn from the ’80s (as well as the loss of life of disco), he continuing DJing having a residency at Manhattan’s Fun Home (from 1981), and in addition hosted a dance display on New York’s WKTU. Jellybean’s burgeoning creation and remix profession went into complete equipment during 1981-82; he reworked seminal songs from Rockers Revenge, the Jimmy Spicer Number and Afrika Bambaataa, after that viewed as two of his remixes from 1983’s Flashdance soundtrack (“Flashdance” and “Maniac”) became sizeable strikes. Madonna, an early on golf club regular who adored Benitez for his DJing in addition to his production abilities, drafted him to create and create a track on her behalf debut album later on in 1983. Their cooperation “Vacation” became her 1st strike, and Madonna came back the favour by co-writing another Best 20 strike for Jellybean, “Sidewalk Chat” from his 1984 EP Wotupski!!?! His 1987 debut record Just Going to This Planet highlighted Jellybean in his normal production function though his name made an appearance in the sleeve; regardless of the generally unknown visitor vocalists, the one “Who Discovered Who” with Elisa Fiorillo became another Best 20 strike. His second record, 1988’s Jellybean Stones the home, was a very much tighter affair though it highlighted no strikes. Though his single career had taken precedence, Jellybean spent additional time during the past due ’80s focusing on remixes and productions for various other pop celebrities, including Sting, Whitney Houston, Eurythmics, Debbie Harry, Sheena Easton, Publication of Like and Debbie Gibson. Though he released his third recording in 1991 (Spillin’ the Coffee beans), Benitez held to a minimal profile generally through the 1990s, doing constant remix and creation function. In 1995, he founded H.O.L.A. Recordings (House of Latino Performers) for Latin-dance produces.