Ok..Let’s go back to the year 1990…a young lady by the name Eileen was the lead vocalist of a group called the Girls Club on Active Records. Active a subsidiary of  Select Records was the label home of Kid N’ Play, Chubb Rock and UTFO among others.

Freestyle Music  never had many professionally filmed videos produced but made an exception with the Girls Club and their  1990 hit “I Lost the Love”.  Other singles recorded by the Girls Club were a remake of the Vanity 6 hit “Nasty Girl” and a remake of the timeless classic by France Joli “Heart to break a heart” which was a duet with fellow freestyle singer Noel (Silent Morning).

Although “I Lost the Love” was the song that garnered the radio play in NYC and most major markets, it was “Heart to break the heart” that I and my contemporaries were spinning on heavy rotation. I had the good fortune to make a name for myself at the club of choice from the mid 80’s through the mid 90’s for the New York Metro area,  Foxes in Jersey City, NJ. This is where I called home for many years as both the DJ and GM. Foxes Dance Club provokes many long lasting memories for many people, as evidenced by a “Remembering Foxes” group on Facebook.

My personal special memory involves the promoting of the weekend schedule. We had secured the services of France Joli, a citizen of Canada, and promoted the night extremely heavy on all the major radio stations and of course on flyers and ads in the local music mags as France Joli was the radio darling of the biggest dance station at the time in New York which was Hot 103.  At the very last second (a Friday afternoon) I get a call from France Joli’s manager stating that they were having a problem with her work visa and would not be able to travel to the states. Here we are expecting a minimum of 1000 hard core dance fanatics on a Saturday night and I had only half a day to think of something….quick!

“Well, the Girls Club had created lots of buzz with their version of Heart to break the heart, so lets hire them as the last minute replacement”…the crowd was understandably bent out of shape when I had to go on stage and explain what happened to the headliner they were expecting, but to everyone’s surprise Eileen’s stage presence and charm won over the crowd and soon, with the exception of a few grumbling customers who demanded a refund, she had all of us eating out of her hand.

A few years later after many more gigs, Eileen became my wife and yes we are still together. So in this case I “Found the Love” Enjoy the video and keep checking back for more excerpts from my upcoming book.

*this is an excerpt of the book I am working on TheRecoveringDj which will feature some prized photos of all the celebrities I had the pleasure to work with  throughout my years as the resident DJ/GM of one of the best nightclubs in the NY metro area ever!