Ray Pinky Velazquez

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Ray Pinky Velazquez
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Born (1955-05-28) May 28, 1955 (age 66)
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSound producer and mixer
Known forA&R man and disco consultant for Vanguard Records

Ray Pinky Velazquez (born May 28, 1955) was the A&R man and disco consultant for Vanguard Records from 1979 to 1984. He is also an American sound producer and mixer known for tracks such as South Central, Disco Not Disco 2, Twilight 22, Savage Lover and more.[1][2]

Early life and career[]

Ray was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico and was raised in NY City. From 1979 to 1984 Velazquez was the A&R man and "Disco consultant" for Vanguard. In 1979 Ray was brought on board to help promote and scout for talent. Ray Pinky Velazquez was a popular Billboard magazine club spinner (disc Jockey) known for his tenure with the popular Brazilian nightclub the Ipanema Discotheque and also worked for the nightclub "Cartune Alley".[3][4] He introduced and produced Spectrum City who later became Public Enemy. Their initial debut single "Lies" backed with "Check Out The Radio" highlighted "Check out the Radio" was a featured track in the 1992 Oliver Stone film titled "South Central". Ray founded and coordinated with Stevie Wonder protege producer Gordon Bahary as both Executive producer and mixer for Twilight 22. "Electric Kingdom"was the group's initial release on Vanguard records. The song peaked at #7 on US R&B Charts. Mr Velazquez mixed Fonda Rae and "Over Like A Fat Rat". The hit track reached #75 on the U,S r&b charts and #22 on the U.S. club charts. Carol Williams and "Cant Get Away (From your Love") reached #38 on the U.S. club charts and received significant R&B radio play in the U.S. The hit track was mixed by Mr. Velazquez. During the 1980 's D.O.R ( dance oriented rock) invasion Ray "Pinky" started , a division of the parent Vanguard records.[5][6][7]

Year Album Artist
2010 Bustin' Out 1983: New Wave to New Beat, Vol. 3 Executive Producer, Mixing
2007 Fabriclive.36 James Murphy Producer, Mixing, Remixing
2006 Groove on Down, Vol. 2 Producer
2002 Disco Not Disco 2 Joey Negro Producer, Mixing
1996 USA Dance Divas Compilation Producer
1992 South Central Producer, Engineer
1991 I'll Do Anything for You Denroy Morgan Producer

References[]

  1. ^ "Ray Velazquez". DiscoMusic.com. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ "discopatrick site". www.discopatrick.com. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  3. ^ "Ray "Pinky" Velazquez". legendsofvinyl. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  4. ^ "Ray Pinky Velazquez | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  5. ^ Radio, N. T. S. "Ray Velazquez | Discover music on NTS". NTS Radio. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  6. ^ "Ray Velazquez". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  7. ^ "Ray "Pinky" Velazquez @ Disco-Disco.com". www.disco-disco.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
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