Marshall Jefferson ‘Move Your Body’ | The Making Of A House Classic
Marshall Jefferson shares the story behind one of house music’s most treasured tracks, ‘Move Your Body’. Jefferson takes us back to 1985, when he was working at a postal office in Chicago, and explains “the song just came to me”. He adds that the track took just 15 minutes to make, with his friend Curtis McLain adding vocals on the same day that the instrumental was recorded. Despite early support from Ron Hardy, Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan, as cassettes of ‘Move Your Body’ were shared from club to club, Marshall had initial issues persuading Trax Records boss, Larry Sherman, [See More…]
















































