Shep Pettibone
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist Robert "Shep" Pettibone (born July 10, 1959)<ref name="capuzzo">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is an American record producer,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> remixer,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> songwriter<ref name="capuzzo"/> and club DJ,<ref name="capuzzo"/> one of the most prolific of the 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Career
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.Template:Citation needed During his recording career, he launched innovative "mastermixes" for New York's KISS FM.Template:Citation needed The popularity of these mixes persuaded Prelude Records to release some of them commercially.Template:Citation needed
Pettibone built his brand through his personal approach to remixing tracks, specially crafted for the dancefloor.Template:Citation needed Acclaimed by DJs worldwide,Template:Citation needed he was the go-to man to achieve club and chart success.Template:Citation needed His prowess at production and mixing led him to work with such artists as Madonna<ref name=":0">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and George Michael<ref name=":0" /> in the late 1980s during the height of these artists' popularity. His influence is still perceivable in today's music.Template:Citation needed
Pettibone is the subject of the first volume of the Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters series,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Shep Pettibone: The Classic 12" Master-Mixes, a 47-song box set with highlights from his career.<ref>Joe Marchese. "Dance Out of My Head: Demon Collects Shep Pettibone Mixes from Whitney, Elton, Lionel, More on New Box Set." The Second Disc. July 8, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref>
The "Vogue" case
Pettibone, co-writer and co-producer of Madonna's 1990 hit "Vogue", sued Warner Music in a dispute over withholding royalty payments.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> An appeals court ruled that the music producer was not responsible for paying the publishing giant's legal fees in a previous case.Template:Citation needed
Discography
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Selected remixing credits
Selected album production/writing credits
See also
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- 1959 births
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 20th-century American musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American musicians
- American club DJs
- American dance musicians
- American electronic dance music DJs
- American male songwriters
- American remixers
- Living people
- People from Neptune Township, New Jersey
- Post-disco musicians
- Record producers from New Jersey
- Songwriters from New Jersey