On the 40th anniversary of Madonna's Madonna, revisit our oral history on the making of the superstar's debut album.
Fred Zarr, keyboardist:
I signed on to do the record, and then “Everybody” came out and it made a little noise. It sold 100,000 copies, so I was like, “All right! This artist became a somebody before I even started on the album.” So that was nice, that was encouraging. This was the first record I ever used a drum machine instead of a drummer. And the bass on “Borderline” is an ARP 2600 synthesizer, but the great Anthony Jackson – who did that intro on the O’Jays’ “For the Love of Money” – is playing along on an electric bass guitar, and they’re playing so tight you can’t tell the difference.I remember telling Seymour, when he was giving me grief for being in the studio every day, that Madonna was going to be the biggest act he ever worked with.
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