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Shep Pettibone and Madonna

Time Machine

23 May, 2015

Shep Pettibone’s First Interview in 20 Years: On Making a Madonna Classic

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Vogue reaching #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, Billboard‘s Keith Caulfield reached out to dance legend Shep Pettibone, the song’s co-producer and co-writer, for his first interview in 20 years.

Billboard talked to Pettibone, of course, about the genesis and making of Vogue, but also his later work with the Madonna on The Immaculate Collection and Erotica, the sampling lawsuit against him and Madonna over Vogue, and why he stepped away from the music business nearly 20 years ago. Read More

Desperately Seeking Susan

Time Machine

27 Mar, 2015

‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ Turns 30: An Oral History of the Downtown Classic

Back in 1984 Carrie Rickey was on the Desperately Seeking Susan set and interviewed the producers, director Susan Seidelman, and the movie stars Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. Last week, in anticipation of the 30th anniversary of the film’s release on March 29, 2015, Carrie spoke again with everyone but Madonna – “who’s busy with her new tour”, Carrie explains – about the movie and their memories of two young women out to take a much grittier Manhattan. Read More

Schiaparelli

Tribe News

21 Mar, 2015

Channeling Ginger Rogers

Madonna commented on her Instagram about the beautiful Schiaparelli dress she wore on her second appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week – a Fall 2014 piece inspired to one of the costumes of the 1938 movie Carefree starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and strikingly fitting the Rebel Heart theme. Read More

Jose Gutierrez and Salim Gauwloos

Time Machine

20 Mar, 2015

Jose & Slam Strike A Pose

Facundo Gabba shot and filmed a fantastic tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Vogue video with Jose Gutierrez and Salim Gauwloos (Slam), the fantastic performers all Madonna fans remember for being part of... Read More

Vogue

Time Machine

20 Mar, 2015

25 Years Striking A Pose

On March 20, 1990, Sire Records released Vogue as the first single from Madonna’s second soundtrack album, I’m Breathless.

The song was written by Madonna with producer Shep Pettibone; it was recorded between December 1989 and January 1990; the music video was filmed by director David Fincher at The Burbank Studios on February 10 and 11 and premiered on MTV on March 29, 1990.

Both the song and the video quickly became some of the most iconic works in Madonna’s career. Read More

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