Harvey Averne
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Harvey Averne, born in 1936 in Brooklyn, Newâ¯York, is an American record producer. He began performing professionally as a musician at age fourteen, and by the midâ1950s, he appeared in Newâ¯Yorkâs club circuit, playing venues such as the Palladium Ballroom and Lincoln Center. In 1967, he released his debut as a songwriter and performer with the album Viva Soul on Atlantic Records, with The Harvey Averne Dozen, featuring the hit "My Dream" and the widely sampled "You're No Good". In 1972, Averne founded the label CoCo Records, signing a roster that included Eddieâ¯Palmieri, whose albums The Sun of Latin Music (1975) and Unfinished Masterpiece (1976) earned the first two Grammy Awards in the newly created Latin Music category. Throughout the 1970s. Averne produced and mixed work for artists such as Danny Rivera, Eydieâ¯Gorme, and the Machito Orchestra, securing multiple Grammy nominations and consolidating CoCoâs international presence through a distribution deal with Spainâs Zafiro Records. In 1979, he had moved to France and Belgium, producing EuroâDisco hits and discovering Madonna, before retiring from the music business. He later returned to Newâ¯York to produce tracks for the boogaloo revival band Spanglishâ¯Fly.
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- Why Can't We Really Be Free
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