Madonna’s first hit ‘Holiday’ almost never happened

Madonna with John “Jellybean” Benitez in 1984.David Mcgough/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images It’s hard to imagine Madonna’s namesake debut album — which came out 35 years ago, on July 27, 1983 — without “Holiday,” the classic party anthem that became her first mainstream hit and has given people all over the world cause to celebrate on the…