Johnny Dynell (born John Savas) is a New York City DJ, record producer, recording artist, remixer, nightclub promoter, and nightlife impresario.

Club DJ Dynell started his DJ career at the Mudd Club in 1980 and has been a resident DJ at influential New York City clubs for over three decades including The Pyramid Club, Danceteria, The Roxy, The Limelight, Area, The Tunnel, Susanne Bartsch parties, Jackie 60, Crobar, Mr. Black, Greenhouse, Marquee, The Copacabana, The Monster, The Ice Palace (Fire Island), Daniel Nardicio parties and Club Cumming.Brewster, Bill and Broughton, Frank. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life. Headline (U.K), 1999, p. 229 (Mudd), p.232 (Roxy)Shapiro, Peter. Turn The Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco. Macmillan, 2006, p. 260 (Danceteria)Musto, Michael. Downtown. Vintage, 1986, p. 65-67 (Area)Maddex, Alison. Sex In The City. Universe/Rizzoli, 2002, p. 296-7 (Jackie 60, Click + Drag)Fikentscher, Kai. ”You Better Work!”: Underground Dance Music in New York. Wesleyan University Press, 2000, p. 71 (DJ Jackie 60, Mother)

Nightlife promoter and club owner In 1990 Dynell, along with others, founded the performance club Jackie 60, a center of New York art club performance. In 1996, Dynell and Valenti took over full-time operation of the venue that housed Jackie 60, renaming the club Mother. The venue, designed by Dynell, also housed Click + Drag, a “cyber-fetish-gothic weekly” and New York City's first weekly vampire themed club, Long Black Veil. Mother closed in June, 2000.The New York Times, May 24, 1992Degan Pener. The World Is Our Thrift Shop (Jackie 60)Maddex, Alison. Sex In The City. Universe/Rizzoli, 2002, p. 296-7 (Jackie 60, Click + Drag)

Music recording career Johnny Dynell's first single "Jam Hot" (Acme Records, 1983) became a cult classic and has been remixed and sampled many times over.Johnny Dynell & the New York 88. song, Jam Hot, record single, ACME Music Corp., 1983 In 1990 Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and his group Beats International released "Dub Be Good to Me" which sampled the "Jam Hot" rap "tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty/ you're listening to the boy from the big bad city, this is Jam Hot, this is Jam Hot". The song was the seventh best-selling single of 1990 in the UK, reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2010 a remix project on Smash Hit Music included re-workings by Tensnake, Peter Rauhofer, Ilija Rudman, Clouded Vision, 40 Thieves and the song's original producer Mark Kamins. As a recording artist Dynell has also been released on Atlantic Records, Arista Records, Epic Records, Heinz Records, Tribal Records, GIG Records, Xtravaganza Records, Pow Wow Records, Warlock Records and his own label Endless Night Music since 2011.

Dynell, a longtime member of the House of Xtravaganza, helped to introduce to the culture at large the "voguing" dance form with his 1989 release "Elements of Vogue", performed by MC David Ian Xtravaganza, a co-writer of the song with Dynell and David DePino.Regnault, Chantal and Lawrence, Tim. Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92. Soul Jazz Books, 2011, p. 7

As a songwriter, Dynell has also collaborated with Malcolm McLaren and Pink Martini on "Una Notte a Napoli" and "Segundo".

Selected discography YearTitleArtistLabelNotes1983"Jam Hot"Johnny Dynell & New York 88ACME Music Corp.Writer: Johnny Dynell, Producers: Mark Kamins, Kenton Nix 1983"The Big Throwdown"Johnny Dynell & New York 88ACME Music Corp.Writer: Johnny Dynell, Producers: Mark Kamins, Kenton Nix1986"Rhythm of Love"Johnny DynellPow Wow RecordsWriter: Johnny Dynell, Producer: Mark Kamins1986"Rhythm of Love Remix"Johnny DynellPow Wow RecordsWriter: Johnny Dynell, Producer: Mark Kamins, Remixer: Larry Levan1988"Jam Hot Money"Johnny Dynell & New York 88GIG RecordsWriter: Johnny Dynell, Remixer: Junior Vasquez1989"Elements of Vogue"David Ian XtravaganzaExtravaganza RecordsWriters: Johnny Dynell, David Ian Xtravaganza, Producers: Johnny Dynell, David DePino 1990“Say Yeah”Slammin’ The RockWarlock Records, 4th & Broadway, Island RecordsWriter: Johnny Dynell, Producer: Johnny Dynell1991"Love Find A Way"Johnny DynellAtlanticWriter: Johnny Dynell, Producer: Arthur Baker1991"Love Find A Way Remixes"Johnny DynellAtlanticWriter: Johnny Dynell, Remixer: David Morales1991"Jan Hot Remixes"Johnny DynellAtlanticWriter: Johnny Dynell, Remixer Markus Moser1992"The Jackie Hustle"Jackie MC'sArista, Minimal, BMG, MaxiWriters: Arthur Baker, Lati Kronlund, Paul Alexander, Richard Move, Producer: Arthur Baker, Lati Kronlund, Remixer: Danny Tenaglia, Johnny Dynell1995“Feel The Vibe”Jack-E-MakosaCriminal Records, Minimal RecordsWriter: Arthur Baker, Producer: Arthur Baker, Remixer: Johnny Dynell1996"Riding Into Battle With Her High Heels On"Johnny DynellTRIBAL AmericaWriters: Johnny Dynell, Eric Kupper, Producer: Peter Rauhofer2004"Una Notte A Napoli"Pink MartiniHeinz RecordsWriters: Thomas Lauderdale, China Forbes, Alba Clemente, Johnny Dynell2010“Jam Hot / Big Throwdown Remixes”Johnny DynellSmash Hit MusicWriter: Johny Dynell, Remixers: Tensnake, Peter Rauhofer, Mark Kamins, Clouded Vision, Ilija Rudman, 4o Thieves2011“Bring It!”Sade Pendavis and Paul AlexanderEndless Night MusicWriter: Johny Dynell, Producer: Johnny Dynell2011"Una Notte A Napoli Remix"Pink MartiniHeinz RecordsWriters: Thomas Lauderdale, China Forbes, Alba Clemente, Johnny Dynell, Remixer: Johnny Dynell2012"Runway"Johny DynellEndless Night MusicWriter: Johny Dynell, Producer: Johnny Dynell2012"Elements of Vogue Remixes"David Ian XtravaganzaEndless Night MusicWriters: Johnny Dynell, David Ian Xtravaganza, Producers: Johnny Dynell, David DePino, Remixer: Johnny Dynell2013“Bitch U Better Don't”Jamil LabeijaEndless Night MusicWriter: Johny Dynell, Producer: Johnny Dynell2013“U Been Chopped”Jamil LabeijaEndless Night MusicWriter: Johny Dynell, Producer: Johnny Dynell2014"Tank Fly Boss walk"Johnny DynellEndless Night MusicWriter: Johny Dynell, Producer: Johnny Dynell2016"Segundo"Pink MartiniHeinz RecordsWriters: Johnny Dynell, Thomas Lauderdale, China Forbes 2017"The World Of Tomorrow"Johnny DynellTrax RecordsWriter: Johny Dynell, Producer: Johnny Dynell

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