Learn about the cause close to his heart and the way he ‘connected right away, both romantically and in the studio’ with the Queen of Pop
FFW: How did you and Madonna first meet?
JB: I was the DJ at a club in New York called the Funhouse. It was an underground club that opened at 10 p.m., and I’d play till noon the next day. A record company gentleman I knew, Bobby Shaw, brought her by to meet me and gave me a copy of her new song, “Everybody,” which I had already been playing. Mark Kamins, who produced it, had given it to me in advance of its release, so I’d been playing it for about 3,500 kids every Saturday night. I knew the record was going to be big, but at that point, for me a big record meant a club record that could potentially get on the radio.
Full interview at Firstforwomen.com
