An interview with Joey Negro, which deserves its own post, surfaced the name of Pal Joey. In the murky depths of my DJ hind brain, I remembered Pal Joey as being somewhat legendary, but the big hits didn’t leap immediately to mind.
Finally got around to looking up Pal Joey on discogs.com and man does he have a pretty impressive discography. Soho’s Hot Music is probably the most legendary track (I’ve got the Outer Rhythm version parked in storage), but there’s a host of other significant original, production, and remix efforts across all forms of dance music.
Didn’t know he’d gotten his introduction to the scene working at New York’s legendary Vinylmania record shop.
Didn’t know he’d worked with KRS-ONE on Love’s Gonna Get’Cha.
Didn’t know he’d remixed Deee-Lite’s How Do You Say…Love.
Didn’t know he’d remixed The Orb’s Little Fluffy Clouds.
Didn’t know he’d remixed Sade’s Cherish the Day.
Didn’t know the Earth People tracks Dance and Reach Up to Mars were some of his earliest cuts. Need to dig in to my archives and see if I have these collector’s items.
And according to the Pal Joey Music discography he’s still going strong.