Shep Pettibone | |
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Birth name | Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. |
Born | Ocean Grove, New Jersey, U.S. [1] | July 10, 1959
Genres | House, dance-pop |
Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer, remixer |
Years active | 1980s–present |
Robert "Shep" Pettibone (born 10 July 1959) [1] [2] is an American record producer, [3] remixer, [4] songwriter [1] and club DJ, [1] one of the most prolific of the 1980s. [5] [6]
Shep Pettibone surfaced after his work with Arthur Baker on Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazzy 5's "Jazzy Sensation" and as an in-house mix engineer for Prelude Records.[ citation needed ] During his recording career, he launched innovative "mastermixes" for New York's KISS FM.[ citation needed ] The popularity of these mixes persuaded Prelude Records to release some of them commercially.[ citation needed ]
Pettibone built his brand[ citation needed ] through his personal approach to remixing tracks, specially crafted for the dancefloor.[ citation needed ] Acclaimed by DJs worldwide,[ citation needed ] he was the go-to man to achieve club and chart success.[ citation needed ] His prowess at production and mixing led him to work with such artists as Madonna [7] and George Michael [7] in the late 1980s during the height of these artists' popularity. His influence is still perceivable in today's music.[ citation needed ]
Pettibone is the subject of the first volume of the Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters series,[ citation needed ]Shep Pettibone: The Classic 12" Master-Mixes, a 47-song box set with highlights from his career. [8]
Pettibone, co-writer and co-producer of Madonna's 1990 hit "Vogue", sued Warner Music in a dispute over withholding royalty payments. [9] [10] [11] An appeals court ruled that the music producer was not responsible for paying the publishing giant's legal fees in a previous case.[ citation needed ]
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