Junior Vasquez
Age: 75
Junior Vasquez (born Donald Gregory Mattern, August 24, 1949 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania), is an American club DJ and remixer/producer.
Career
Madonna controversy
Vasquez had a public falling out with Madonna in 1996, after the release of an unauthorized single titled "If Madonna Calls". The original version that Vasquez plays at nightclubs contains what is widely believed to be an actual phone message from Madonna left on Vasquez's answering machine.
The song's lyrics are as follows:
(voice recording ostensibly left by Madonna on Vasquez's answering machine at his home in New York):
- "Hello, Junior. This is Madonna. Are you there? (short pause) Call me in Miami."
This is followed by the voice of vocal house artist Franklin Fuentes, which says:
- "If Madonna calls, I'm not here"
This is followed by hard tribal rhythms, with the samples of the message still playing in the loop of the track, and the male singer repeating the words shown above along with "Hola, Señorita Cosa" ("Hello, Ms. Thing"). Toward the end of the song, the words change and the male voice concludes by saying:
- "If Madonna calls…actually, if she calls, just disconnect her. That's right—if she calls, tell her I'm not here."
Personal life
Discography
Albums
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Mixed compilations
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Selected remixes
Note: The industry standard by which a remix is considered "commercially released" is the track has been made available legally for retail sale. This can mean the remix was released on a CD single, 12" vinyl single, cassette single, or it can mean the remix was released on one of the artist's albums (usually on a greatest hits compilation or as a bonus track to a studio album's international release). Other times it was included on a compilation or soundtrack album. The tracks listed below have all been released commercially in one of the aforementioned forms, with a few exceptions which are indicated with a note in parenthesis explaining the track's status. With the advent of Internet-selling using programs such as iTunes, that type of release is also considered commercial as it results in a profit and the artist and management oversee what is available on such programs.
- Ace of Base - "Beautiful Life"
- Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen (of U2) - "Theme from Mission: Impossible"
- Amanda Lear - "I Just Wanna Dance Again"
- Amber - "One More Night"
- Amber - "This Is Your Night"
- Annie Lennox - "No More I Love You's/Take Me To The River/Downtown Lights (Medley)"
- Angelique Kidjo featuring Peter Gabriel - "Salala"
- Aqua - "Around the World"
- Ayumi Hamasaki - "Boys & Girls"
- Ayumi Hamasaki - "Appears"
- Beyoncé - "Krazy in Luv"
- Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul - "Baby Boy"
- Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug - "Check on It"
- Billie Ray Martin - "Your Loving Arms"
- BoA - "Valenti"
- Britney Spears - "Breathe On Me" '(Unreleased)"
- Britney Spears - "Break the Ice" "(Unreleased)"
- Britney Spears - "Circus"
- Britney Spears - "Gimme More" (remixed by Junior Vasquez & Johnny Vicious)
- Britney Spears - "If U Seek Amy"
- Britney Spears - "Me Against the Music" "(Unreleased)"
- Britney Spears - "Piece of Me" (remixed by Junior Vasquez & Johnny Vicious)
- Britney Spears - "Radar" "(Unreleased)"
- Britney Spears - "Touch of my Hand" "(Unreleased)"
- Britney Spears - "Toxic" (Unreleased)
- Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
- Bjork - "I Miss You" (Unreleased)
- Casey Stratton - "House Of Jupiter"
- CeCe Peniston - "He Loves Me 2"
- Cher - "Love Is In The Air"
- Cher - "One by One"
- Cher - "The Power" "(Unreleased)"
- Cher - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
- Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man"
- Cyndi Lauper - "Come On Home"
- Cyndi Lauper - "Hey Now (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun)"
- Cyndi Lauper - "You Don't Know"
- Danielle Bollinger - "You'll Always Have Me"
- Dannii Minogue - "Success"
- Dana International - "You Get Down On Me"
- David Bowie - "Little Wonder"
- Deborah Cox - "Absolutely Not"
- Deborah Cox - "It's Over Now"
- Deborah Cox - "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
- Deborah Cox - "Who Do U Love"
- Deborah Gibson - "Only Words"
- Destiny's Child - "Girl"
- Dolly Parton - "Peace Train"
- Donna Summer - "Melody Of Love"
- Duran Duran featuring Grandmaster Flash - "White Lines"
- Elton John - "Made In England"
- Everything but the Girl - "Missing" (Released only on DMC Remix Service promo)
- For Real - "Like I Do"
- France Joli - "Breakaway"
- Funky Green Dogs - "Fired Up"
- Geri Halliwell - "Mi Chico Latino"
- Gioia Bruno - "Barely Breathing"
- Gioia Bruno - "From The Inside"
- Gloria Estefan - "Higher"
- Information Society - "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" (2001 Remix Single)
- Irene Cara - "All My Heart"
- Janet Jackson - "Twenty Foreplay"
- Janet Jackson - "Runaway"
- Janet Jackson featuring Khia - "So Excited"
- Janet Jackson - "Someone to Call My Lover" (Unreleased)
- Janice Robinson & Sandy B - "The Real Me (It Gets Better)"
- Jars of Clay - "Flood" (Released only on DMC Remix Service promo)
- Jason Walker - "My Life"
- Jody Watley - "Whenever"
- Joi Cardwell - "After The Rain"
- John Mellencamp - "Key West Intermezzo"
- John Mellencamp - "Emotional Love" (Unreleased)
- Jonny McGovern - "Orange Juice"
- Joyce Sims - "All & All"
- Juliet Roberts - "I Want You" (Released only on DMC Remix Service promo)
- Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"
- k.d. lang - "If I Were You"
- Kelly Clarkson - "Miss Independent"
- Keyshia Cole - "Love"
- Kristine W - "Clubland" (Unreleased)
- Kristine W - "Don't Wanna Think" (Champion Records 4 x 12" Promo Only)
- Kristine W - "Feel What You Want"
- Kristine W - "Fly Again"
- Kristine W - "Land Of The Living"
- Kristine W - "One More Try"
- Kristine W - "Save My Soul"
- Kristine W - "Sweet Mercy Me" (Unreleased)
- Kylie Minogue - "Too Far"
- Kylie Minogue - "Limbo" (Unreleased)
- Lisa Lisa - "Acid Rain"
- Lisa Lisa - "If This Is Real"
- Lisa Lisa - "Knockin Down The Walls"
- Lisa Lisa - "Make It Right"
- Lisa Lisa - "Same Old Thing"
- Lisa Lisa - "Skip To My House"
- Lisa Lisa - "When I Fell In Love"
- Lisa Stansfield - "Never Gonna Fall"
- Lisa Stansfield - "All Around the World"
- Livin' Joy - "Don't Stop Movin'"
- Livin' Joy - "Dreamer"
- M People - "Padlock"
- Madonna - "Bedtime Story"
- Madonna - "Hollywood" (authorized release for a fashion show hosted by Donatella Versace)
- Madonna - "Like a Prayer" (Unreleased)
- Madonna - "Rescue Me"
- Madonna - "Secret"
- Madonna - "I Want You" (Unreleased)
- Madonna - "You'll See" (Unreleased)
- Madonna - "Crazy For You" (Unreleased)
- Madonna - "Human Nature" (Unreleased)
- Mariah Carey - "Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely"
- Maroon 5 - "This Love"
- Mary J. Blige - "Your Child"
- MC Hammer - "Pray" (remixed by Junior Vasquez & Shep Pettibone)
- Michael Jackson - "Off The Wall"
- Michael Jackson - "You Rock My World"
- Moby - "Into The Blue"
- Nelly Furtado - "I'm like a Bird"
- Nelly Furtado - "Say It Right"
- Nelly Furtado - "Powerless (Say What You Want)"
- Orgy - "Fiction (Dreams In Digital)"
- Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza - "My Love Is for Real"
- Peggy Wood - "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
- Pearl Jam - "Better Man"
- Pet Shop Boys - "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
- Pink - "U + Ur Hand"
- Pink - "Sober"
- Pink - "Stupid Girls" (remixed by Dynamix & Junior Vasquez)
- Prince - "Cream"
- Queen - "Bicycle Race" (Jazz)
- Quentin Elias - "This Time Baby"
- Quindon Tarver - "When Doves Cry"
- Qkumba Zoo - "The Child Inside" (also known as "The Sea World" song)
- Rank 1 - "Airwave"
- Real McCoy - "Run Away"
- Real McCoy - "Come and Get Your Love"
- Rob Thomas - "Lonely No More"
- Rickie Lee Jones - "Living It Up" (Unreleased)
- Sandy B - Nothingness
- Seduction - "Feel Brand New"
- Shannon - "Let The Music Play"
- Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Fear (Of the Unknown)"
- Skunk Anansie - "Brazen (Weep)"
- Sounds of Blackness - "Children of the World"
- Spice Girls - "Say You'll Be There"
- Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
- t.A.T.u. - "All The Things She Said"
- Tevin Campbell - "Strawberry Letter 23"
- Toni Braxton - "Unbreak My Heart" (Released only on DMC Remix Service promo)
- Vanessa L. Williams - "You Are Everything"
- Vernessa Mitchell - "Reap (What You Sow)
- Veronica - "Relentless (Just a Game)"
- Wes Madiko - "Awa Awa"
- Whitney Houston - "Greatest Love of All"
- Whitney Houston - "How Will I Know"
- Whitney Houston - "I Didn't Know My Own Strength"
- Whitney Houston - "I Learned From the Best"
- Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
- Whitney Houston - "Million Dollar Bill"
- Whitney Houston - "My Love Is Your Love" (Unreleased 2010 Birthday Mix)
- Whitney Houston - "Step by Step"
- Whitney Houston - "Fine"
- Wild Orchid - "Talk to Me"
- Zelma Davis - "Power"