Lot 84
  • 84

Madonna

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Madonna
  • Rock your body. Autograph manuscript of an unreleased song. 1980.
  • Ink and paper
10 1/2 x 8 in; 266 x 210 mm. Black ink on punched paper. The manuscript includes the title of the song, 2 verses, the chorus and the indications for repetitions, one correction; dampstain, otherwise in good condition. 

Condition

dampstain, otherwise in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Early unreleased Madonna song lyrics. 

Madonna arrived in New York in 1978 form Michigan. She started performing as backup singer and dancer for Disco singer Patrick Hernandez. She formed a band, Breakfast Club, with her boyfriend and was living in the building which also housed Camille Barbone's Gotham Sounds studios. Working on her first 4-songs master, she probably wrote this song.