Larry Levan
Sign in to saveAmerican DJ from New York City (1954–1992)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- New York
- Active from
- 1954-07-18
- Active to
- 1992-11-08
discogaragegarage house
Discography
- Sunshower2014
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- 6,100
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DiscosoulGarage HousefunkHouse
Larry Levan, (born Lawrence Philpott,1954 – 1992) is best known as a DJ at the Paradise Garage (New York) in the seventies. There he helped forge the house style known as "garage," a mix of disco, soul, gospel and house. Levan's eclectic approach to disco sets and remixes is legendary. He also collaborated in the studio, either as a remixer or, less frequently, as producer with some of the most important artists of the disco era, including Sister Sledge, Chaka Kahn, Patrice Rushen, Salsoul Stu
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- Introduction to Meta‐Analysis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Beth Israel Medical Center
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- house music
- Record label
- Salsoul Records
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1954-07-20
- date of death
- 1992-11-08
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
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