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Jellybean started his DJ career in a club in the Bronx, called Charlie's. But he really wanted to go further... he wanted to work in the famous Manhattan clubs. He got a gig at a club called Experiment 4 and by getting the right contacts he came to play at the trendy Xenon. This was really a break-through for his career... During 1978 to 1981 all the hottest clubs, like Electric Circus and the legendary Studio 54, all wanted to hire Jellybean to play in their club. From april 1981 'til june 1984 he was the resident DJ of the Manhattan club Fun House. It was during his sessions at this club the well known phrase "Jellybean Rocks the House" was founded !

The crowd at the Fun House were very musically aware and Jellybean got total freedom to explore dance music and examine the break beats, instrumental fills and all the other components of the 12-inch extended mixes. His style was so popular that he were asked to host a weekend dance show in America's No.1 radio station - WKTU.

The true spirit of NYC underground club night life was alive in the Funhouse. At any given Saturday night there would be in excess of 3000+ people in there from all over the city and NJ. The music was named "Electro" but was actually early freestyle mixed with R 'n' B type disco. Early NYC house tunes like "Set it Off", "Crash Goes Love" and "Music is the answer" were also part of Jellybeans diverse playlist. Some of my favorite "Electro" songs included, "Like Honey to a Bee", "To be Real" and "The Mexican" were played. Jellybean also hit "Ol Skool" regularly. Some of my favorite Funhouse "ol skool" included "Martin Circus", "Give it up and Turn it Loose", "Melting Pot", the original "Mexican", and "Dancing in Outerspace". Of course there were other parties that came close in the late 80's, but the Funhouse will always be legendary in my mind!

Many new upcoming bands and artists got a break thanks to John playing their songs at the Clubs and/or in his radio show. Already back in 1980 he's included in the Special Thanks section of The Invisible Man's Bands self-titled album, which include the awesome disco song "All Night Thing".

John had achieved his DJ goals and he now wanted to go on to remixing singles. His first remix was "The Bubble Bunch" by Jimmy Spicer, soon followed by the classics "Walking on Sunshine" by Rockers Revenge and Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock". Text by ninjafrog808