One Hit Wonders

Mr. President is a well known German euro-dance group, most known for their hit Coco Jamboo in 1996 which made them famous all over the world. The band was originally called Satellite One.

Real McCoy, originally known as MC Sar & The Real McCoy, was a German Eurodance group, who had a hit in the 1990s.
Real McCoy was the brainchild of German rapper and producer Olaf “O-Jay” Jeglitza. After having released a few limited edition 12″ singles in Germany under the name “The Alliance” with friends Frank “Quickmix” Hassas and Jay Wind, their first major breakthrough came in December 1989 when a cover of the Technotronic hit “Pump Up The Jam” got to #16 on the German singles chart.

At this point, the act was faceless so for the second single, the original track “It’s On You“, singer Patsy Petersen and ‘rapper’ Shampro were enlisted to join the group. O-Jay felt uncomfortable being the frontman so Shampro mimed O-Jay’s raps. The single, on its release in 1990, climbed to #11 in Germany. An album On The Move was also released.

At the semi-final Eurovision Song Contest 2006, O-Jay represented Poland with the band Ich Troje and the song “Follow My Heart”. It did not qualify for the grand final.

It has been rumoured since 2005 that Real McCoy has been re-formed with new members Marcel Brell and Trixie; a new version of the group which does not include any of the original Real McCoy members.

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John Paul Larkin, (March 13, 1942 — December 3, 1999), better known as Scatman John, was a famous stuttering jazz musician who invented a unique fusion of scat singing and disco, best known for his 1995 hit “Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)“. As he liked to say, this was a process of “turning my biggest problem into my biggest asset.” Born in El Monte, California, he suffered from a severe stutter “since [he] started talking”, which led to an emotionally traumatic childhood. In 1995, at age 52, he became a worldwide star. Sales of his debut single were slow at first, but the song gradually took off to massive proportions, reaching #1 in nearly every country it was released in and selling over 6 million copies worldwide. Even at the peak of his success in 1995, journalists reported that during interviews he “hardly finishes a sentence without repeating the phrase at least six or seven times”. He received 14 golds and 18 platinums for his albums and singles. He was also the recipient of the Annie Glenn Award for his outstanding service to the stuttering community, and was also inducted to the National Stuttering Association’s Hall of Fame. He died of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California at the age of 57.

Darrin O’Brien (born October 30, 1968, in North York, Ontario) is an award-winning Canadian reggae musician, best known by his stage name Snow. Discovered by executive producer David Kenneth Eng and Steve Salem, Snow had signed a contract to record on their Motorjam/Elektra record label. His 1993 debut album was 12 Inches of Snow produced the entire album, apart from one track which was produced by John Ficarrotta. The album was produced shortly before Snow was imprisoned for a year on an assault charge. Upon his release from prison, his first single “Informer,” featuring MC Shan, became a chart topping hit. The song spent seven consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It later went on to become the biggest selling reggae record of all time as listed in Guinness Book of Records.

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Desireless (born 25 December 1952, as Claudie Fritsch) is a French singer. In 1986/87, her hit song “Voyage Voyage” made it to number one in many European single charts and sold over five million copies.