New York, United States
Multiple Award Winning Music Marketer/Promoter. Sold 2 Million Albums as The Happy Boys (at one time was the 2nd most charted artist in the history of the Billboard Electronic Albums Chart.
John Parker has been involved in the music business since 1985. His career began when he joined Kingsborough Community College's radio station, B91 (NY's only 24/7 Dance Radio Station at the time). John held the positions of On Air Talent and then Program Director during his stay.
In 1989, Parker made the jump from Radio to Records, joining Profile Records. There he had a chance to work with Run-DMC, DJ Quik, Rob Base and many others.
After a 5 year stay at Profile, he went to work for Select Records. There he worked with The Jerky Boys & Chubb Rock.
In late 1995, John joined Robbins Entertainment. John held the position of VP, A&R/Dance Promotion up until leaving at the end of 2008. He has signed and worked with Cascada, D.H.T., DJ Sammy, Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Rockell, to name a few.
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Why I need to go to mostly subscriber only for my mixes.
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Just put up a couple of new mixes today. 1 is just mashups and the other is a trip down New Wave memory lane. Let me know if you like them or want to hear something different for my next mixes.
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Just wanted to hop on and say thank you for all the support in 2024. From those that listen and repost my mixes to those that comment, I appreciate you all.
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How about an hour mix of Electric 80s pop hits. We that's exactly what my latest mix is. Here's the link if you want to give it a listen: https://www.mixcloud.com/john-parker17/electric-80s/
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Flying Through The 80s
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This week I am posting a new mix each day. 7 Days, 7 different genres.
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If you had to pick a decade of music that you were into, what would it be? A case could be made for the greatness of pretty much all of them. If I had to choose I'd go with the 80's myself. The diversity of sounds. The catchy hooks. The emergen…
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Are you ready for the Summer? I know I am. Been a busy month music wise. Posted a bunch of new mixes for you to check out. From Current Dance Tracks to the Ultimate Throwback Mix Volume 1. Throw in a Country mix, a 90's mix and a bunch more tha…
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