Dance Pioneer John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez Reflects on Madonna’s ‘Holiday,’ Remixing Paul McCartney, and Innovating New Genres in the ’80s
John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez at the Palace de Beaute bar, New York on Sept. 1, 1990. Steve Eichner/Getty Images Four years earlier, a bubbly dancing–pop solitary labelled “Holiday” struck the airwaves and the clubs. Not just did it gain Madonna her very first leading 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit and signal the ascendance of her globe-conquering...









