Walter Gibbons was an American record producer, early disco DJ, and remixer.
12 Facts About Walter Gibbons
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Walter Gibbons left Galaxy 21 in late 1976 after he discovered his sets were being secretly recorded and sold on the black market.
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Walter Gibbons enjoyed a long association with S ul Records at the end of the 1970s.
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Walter Gibbons's remix of "Hit and Run" by Loleatta Holloway was a surprise hit.
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Walter Gibbons released S ul mixes such as Disco Boogie: Super Hits for Non-Stop Dancing and Disco Madness, the latter being the first full-length release by a solo remixer.
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Walter Gibbons worked on labels such as West End and Gold Mind.
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Walter Gibbons was largely inactive in the early 1980s, but returned in 1984 with his biggest hit, a mix of Strafe's "Set It Off", which became an anthem of the early New York garage scene.
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Walter Gibbons became a reborn Christian in the 1980s, but still managed to turn out cutting edge mixes during this period.
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Walter Gibbons spent his final weeks living alone in a YMCA, and died of AIDS-related symptoms in 1994.
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Walter Gibbons's remixes were posthumously compiled on the triple-CD compilation Mixed with Love and the 2-CD Jungle Music.
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Walter Gibbons was an important part of the early 1970s New York City disco underground scene, influencing garage and house music DJs like Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan.
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Walter Gibbons laid the foundations for early 1980s experimental Chicago house music.