by a "drag queen called Gerald" when Levan was 15 years old; Levan and Knuckles both were active in the local drag scene. Legacy In September 2004, Levan was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding achievement as a DJ. Tributes Anything Goes! (1994), the second album by dance group C+C Music Factory, contains a tribute to Levan titled "A Moment of Silence for Larry Levan." (It also contains a track "A Moment of Silence for Chep Nunez"; Nunez was an American music producer, editor, and mixer who reached chart success with the group 2 Puerto Ricans, a Blackman, and a Dominican.) The album The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (2006), by the electronic music duo Matmos, contains a tribute to Levan titled "Steam and Sequins for Larry Levan". The 2003 documentary Maestro, directed by Josell Ramos, tells the story of the underground dance music movement and the importance of Larry Levan as one of its key figures. In 2019, Corrado Rizza directed and produced a documentary movie titled Larry's Garage about Larry Levan. See also LGBT people from New York City References Bibliography External links West End Records – Larry Levan's associated label Larrry Levan featured on the free Emancipation podcast (October 2008) Larry Levan at SoundCloud Legends of the dance floor: A piece of Paradise ("Garage-Gate-Tape") – Larry Levan 1979, full five hour show at BBC Radio 6 Legends of the dance floor: A piece of Paradise ("Garage-Gate-Tape") – Larry Levan 1979, full five hour show at SoundCloud American garage house musicians Record producers from New York (state) DJs from New York City American house musicians House musicians Remixers Post-disco musicians African-American Episcopalians African-American DJs Club DJs LGBT DJs LGBT African Americans Musicians from Brooklyn 1954 births 1992 deaths Drug-related deaths in New York City American gay musicians American drag queens African-American drag queens Erasmus Hall High School alumni 20th-century American musicians 20th-century American businesspeople Deaths from endocarditis LGBT people from New York (state) Electronic dance music DJs 20th-century American Episcopalians 20th-century LGBT people 20th-century African-American musicians