One Hit Wonders

Granata, Rocco Rocco Granata was born in Calabrien, South Italies. At the age of 10 years its parents with him and its sister emigrated to Belgium. Already at this age it was interested in everything that had to do with music. With 18 years it took up its first record. It composed and wrote the text a title to which it believed firmly, believed it can and even a hit had to be. But all producers and record companies rejected it. Thus only the possibility remained producing this title in self-direction. With his “internationally Quintett” he rented a studio and produced its first Song “Marina”. Rocco and its friends accommodated their plate in the music boxes of the neighbourhood and the record dealers of the environment had soon all hands fully to do to master the immense demand. (Read more…)

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.

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Lyrics: Informer - Snow

[CHORUS:]
Informer
You know say daddy me snow me-a (gonna) blame
A licky boom-boom down
‘Tective man he say, say Daddy Me Snow me stab someone down the lane
A licky boom-boom down
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Reel 2 Real was a house music duo with rap music and reggae influences. The act’s core member is producer and DJ Erick Morillo from New York City, who spent a portion of his childhood living in Colombia. Reel 2 Real is best known for the ragga-influenced house track I Like to Move It, which featured Trinidad and Tobago native and rapper Mark Quashie, also known as The Mad Stuntman. The song was an international smash and crossed over to the Hot 100 in 1994, peaking at #89. The song would later be used in DreamWorks’ CGI animated film Madagascar (2005), making it a hit once again in 2005. In all, The Mad Stuntman was featured on four of Reel 2 Real’s top 10 dance hits. Later singles featured Barbara Tucker, Charlotte Small and Proyecto Uno. The Reel 2 Real alias was abandoned in 1996, after which Morillo spent a few years establishing himself as an underground DJ.

The group’s story started in 1985, when William Naraine (singer), Franco Amato (musician, born in La Spezia on 21st of August 1963, zodiac sign Leo) and Andrea de Antoni (DJ, born in La Spezia on 9th of October 1966, zodiac sign Libra) began their artistic collaboration.

In 1991 the boys met the producer Roberto Zanetti and their success was immediate. In December of the same year, Please Don’t Go was recorded. The song was released in January 1992 and it was an instant hit. Double You began touring all across Europe and appeared in many TV shows around the world. They became the phenomenon of the world dance scene. With more than three million copies sold, Please Don’t Go earned many gold and platinum records in such countries as : Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Turkey, East-Europe, the whole of Latin America (no country excluded) and many states of Africa and Asia. The record also sold in North America (top ten maxi sales), in Israel (# 12 ), and in the UK (n° 2 on the Cool Cuts Chart). After all, Please Don’t Go was the most danced song in 1992.

La Bouche was a Eurodance duo formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1994, consisting of Melanie Thornton (May 13, 1967 - November 24, 2001) and Lane McCray. The first lead single, “Be My Lover” was top 10 in fourteen countries, #1 in Germany and #6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1996. It went on to win the ASCAP award for the “Most Played Song in America”.

Their first album, entitled Sweet Dreams, went five times Platinum and nine times Gold worldwide. The second and final album, S.O.S. also known as A Moment of Love was released in 1998, featuring the single “You Won’t Forget Me”.

In November 2002, one year following Thornton’s death, La Bouche producer Farian prepared a tribute single entitled “In Your Life”. The song was an unreleased B-side from Thornton’s debut album. Farian combined vocals for the track recorded prior to Thornton’s death and had Kayo Shekoni from Le Click provide additional vocals to complete the mix. The single was released worldwide in 2002 and in the US in 2003. It peaked at #6 in the US billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, alongside Justin Timberlake. Kayo Shekoni and Lane McCray did club appearances and performed alongside Coolio and Jennifer Lopez. The record company contracted for the US release, “Logic Records”, closed shortly after the release.

La Bouche continue to tour, but there are no plans for a third album.

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The Beloved is a British electronic music group. In 1983, Jon Marsh placed an advert in the music press which read as follows:

I am Jon Marsh, founder member of the Beloved. Should you too wish to do something gorgeous, meet me in exactly three year’s time at exactly 11am in Diana’s Diner, or site thereof, Covent Garden, London, WC2.

At the meeting in 1986, Cambridge (Jesus, mathematics) graduate Steve Waddington was present and the two formed the core, with Tim Havard and Guy Gousden completing the lineup. Originally a jangly guitar band, the band shifted to a fusion of psychedelic club music with more danceable, Deep House inspired pop in 1988, when its single “The Sun Rising” became a club favourite. This was followed by the album Happiness in 1990, from which the hit single “Hello” was released.

By 1993, Waddington left the group and was replaced by Jon Marsh’s wife Helena, who was working as a purchaser for the Japanese fashion house Comme des Garçons, for the album Conscience. The band faced some controversy for the video of the single “Sweet Harmony” which consisted of a naked Marsh among a group of women, also naked (although it was shot and edited so as not to show anything which might cause it to be censored). By this time the project had dropped the definite article from its name and was now simply called Beloved.

Beloved singles continue to be remixed and the band has not been formally wound up, but Jon Marsh has for some ten years been concentrating on his flourishing career as a club dj, as well as the raising of his young family. However, a new collaboration with Steve Waddington is reportedly in the works, and the Beloved has plans for a new album release some time in late 2006.

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