Maurice Joshua (born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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), usually credited under the name Maurice, is an American
record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
. His single "
This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)" (1988), reached number one on the ''
Billboard''
Hot Dance Club Play chart in April 1989 and stayed there for two weeks. Though that was his only hit single, he has been nominated for three
Grammy Awards for remixes,
and his remix of
Beyoncé's "
Crazy in Love", known as "Krazy in Luv" (Maurice's Nu Soul Mix), won the
Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for 2003.
References
American DJs
American house musicians
Businesspeople from Chicago
DJs from Chicago
Remixers
A&M Records artists
Grammy Award winners
Living people
Electronic dance music DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)
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