Junior Vasquez was born on Donald Gregory Mattern; August 24,1949 and is an American DJ, record producer and remixer.
11 Facts About Junior Vasquez
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Junior Vasquez has been referred to as one of the only DJs of his time to gain international attention.
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Junior Vasquez began his career in music production in the 1980s.
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Junior Vasquez landed a brief residency at Club Bassline, where he began to make a name for himself as a live DJ.
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From 1989 to 1995, Vasquez was the DJ at the original Sound Factory, a club he co-founded with Richard Grant, which was located at 530 W 27th St in the Chelsea district.
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Major record labels began soliciting Junior Vasquez to produce club-friendly remixes for their top singers using his personal beat-driven house style.
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In 1994, Junior Vasquez released his notably biggest single "Get Your Hands Off My Man".
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Junior Vasquez held shorter-lived residencies at the various clubs in New York including, Exit Nightclub, the highest capacity club space in New York City where he called the Saturday to Sunday sets "Earth," Discotheque, Sound Factory and opened in a new space located in Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan.
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Finally on June 28,2021, after nearly 40 years in the music business, Junior Vasquez was inducted as a voting member into the Recording Academy.
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Junior Vasquez had a public falling-out with Madonna in 1996, after the release of an unauthorized single titled "If Madonna Calls".
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The original version that Junior Vasquez plays at nightclubs contains what is widely believed to be an actual phone message from Madonna left on Junior Vasquez's answering machine.