LISTEN: This industry-changing ’90s vogue duo had the world’s biggest superstar singing backup
New York-based dancers Jose Gutierez and Luis Comacho worked together inseparably for years: at balls, on stage, in music videos.
The pair just had a little special something. This something shone through in their bumping 1993 house duet “Queen’s English”.This duo’s track features what Billboard cites as Madonna‘s “only credited backing vocals”, ever.
She’d contributed lines to a couple songs she’d written on throughout the ’80s, but Jose & Luis received public endorsement and collaboration with the singer in her career prime.And they’d earned it, times over.Jose & Luis, members of the ballroom House of Xtravaganza, both choreographed and performed in her “Vogue” music video.
The video was not only one of the driving forces in introducing voguing into the mainstream, but a career peak for the singer.
