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| name = Juergen Wind |
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| alias = J. Wind, Jay W, Jay Wind, Jürgen Wind, George Torpey |
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| birth_place = Berlin, Germany |
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| occupation = music producer, songwriter, musician, publisher |
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| years_active = 1986-2005 |
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| associated_acts = Maxx, Real McCoy |
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'''Juergen Wind,''' known professionally as '''J. Wind''' or '''George Torpey''', is a German record producer, songwriter and musician who wrote and produced the [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] Platinum and Gold hits "[[Another Night (Real McCoy song)|Another Night]]" and "[[Run Away (Real McCoy song)|Run Away]]" and [[Maxx (eurodance act)|Maxx]] hits "[[Get-A-Way]]" and "[[No More (I Can't Stand It)]] in the mid-1990s. |
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| name = MAXX |
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| origin = [[Berlin, Germany]] |
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| genre = [[Eurodance]] |
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| years_active = 1993–1995, 2017-Present |
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| label = Blow Up Records, Pulse-8 Records, Hansa Records, BMG (Berlin) |
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| associated_acts = [[MC Sar & The Real McCoy]] |
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| website = maxx-musiclive.com |
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| current_members = Linda (Linda Meek)<br>Jonn G. |
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| past_members = Boris Köhler (Gary Bokoe)<br>Samira Besic<br>Eliz Yavuz (Alice Montana) |
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}}'''Maxx''' (short for MAX-mum X-tasy) is a popular [[eurodance]] duo act best known for the hit singles: "[[Get-A-Way]]" and "[[No More (I Can't Stand It)]]", Due to their creative mixture of [[Raggamuffin (song)|raggamuffin]] style rap, female singing and uptempo dancefloor beats, Maxx became one of the a major hallmarks of European dancefloor music in the mid-1990's. The duo returned |
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==Early life and education== |
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During their initial two year-run (1993-1995), the act itself went through noticeable changes in their lineup. Maxx originally consisted of German rapper '''Boris Köhler''' (stage Gary Bokoe) and German singer '''Samira Besic'''. When their debut single "Get-A-Way" became an surprise Top-10 European hit, Besic decided to leave the group to pursue a solo career in 1993. Unfortunately her departure happened before filming could begin on the music video for the single. As a result, singer-model Alice Montana (real name '''Eliz Yavuz''') was hired to both star and lipsynch in Besic's place for the video. Montana was also fasley advertised as the voice behind the single and was featured alongside Köhler on Maxx cassette/CD covers . After an intense search for a replacement for Besic, English singer-songwriter [[Linda]] (aka '''Linda Meek''') was discovered and brought in to the act early in 1994. She recorded vocals for the followup Maxx signle "No More (I Can't Stand It)." The single became was also a major success on international music charts. |
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Wind started as a ______ before moving into the [[music industry]]. In the early days of his career, he was keen to attain success as a ______t, but he made little impact on the popular music scene______, became successful. |
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== Music Career == |
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In 1993, German producers Jurgen Wind and Frank Hassas were already With support from musician/songwriter and instrumentalist Bruce Hammaon Earlam hard at work producing for the group [[Real McCoy (band)|''MC Sar & The Real McCoy'']] as well as various other music projects for [[Hansa Records]] in Berlin, Germany. With support from musician/songwriter and instrumentalist Bruce Hammaon Earlam the trio was able to produce both english and german language music productions for the record label. the trio worked also worked with the pair - A&R Executive, David Brunner, worked closely with Wind and Hassas to market and promote their new music productions with varying degrees of success. |
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=== 1987: Beginnings with Freshline Records === |
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== Production and Songwriting == |
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Shying away from the spotlight, he hired performers to front for public performances. The lead vocals for songs on Boney M. albums in the 1970s were sung by Farian, [[Marcia Barrett]] and [[Liz Mitchell]], who quickly became synonymous with the group. Boney M.'s frontman, [[Bobby Farrell]], was only allowed to record vocals in the 1980s (although all four members of the group did sing live for all their concert tours). Bobby Farrell was fired from the group for unreliability in 1981.{{cn|date=December 2017}} |
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After noticing the massive success of the hit single "[[Take Away the Colour]]" by Eurodance artist Ice MC, Wind also wanted to useing the [[ragamuffin]] style rap in a song and singing chrouses over his composing. Brunner liked Wind's song idea and came up with the name '''Maxx''' for the project'''.''' Songwriter, musician and music collaborator at Hansa Records, [[Bruce Hammond Earlam]] began helping Wind and Brunner searching for potential artists for the project. Wind and Brunner decided that Hansa records intern/apprentice Boris Kohler would be the best choice as rapper for the project. Kohler had already had some small success rapping under the name '''Bozo Der Boss''' for the music label. Kohler was first discovered by Earlam Earlam had already worked with Wind on various German music productions at Hansa Records including Kohler's single ''Ich Bin Der Farmer''. The single was a humorous [[German language|German]] [[cover version]] of [[Snow (musician)|Snow]]'s "[[Informer (song)|Informer]]." Plans had been made for Kohler to release more material as ''Bozo Der Boss'', but Brunner that Kohler would be a better fit for Wind's new music project. _____ .The song melody being composed by Wind went through various iterations until a final mix was realized with the help of co-producer Frank Hassas. Both producers spent hours experimenting with the [[E-mu_Emax]] keyboard and a '''Yamaha TG 500''' digital workstation to produce the final mixes for the single. ____________________. Earlam had already worked with Wind on previous music projects for Hansa Records. He wrote the song lyrics for the single and titled it ''Get-A-Way''. ____________ Singer Samira Besic was later discovered by Wind and was hired immediately to provide the singing chorus for the single. Wind and Brunner initially struggled to find a unique group name for the project tossing around various ideas for a names. Eventually, Brunner came up with the name "Maxx" which stood for maximum ecstasy. However, that name was not initially available and they they had to wait until ____________ |
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=== 1989-1994: European Success === |
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At the moment where we could realize that "get a way" became a hit. |
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In 1990, he admitted orchestrating the events which led to the [[Milli Vanilli]] scandal, a musical equivalent of [[Ghostwriter|ghostwriting]]. As a producer, he had assembled a group from [[session musician]]s, fronting it with visually attractive dancers [[Rob Pilatus]] and [[Fab Morvan]]. The story broke when Farian confirmed to the press that someone else had sung on the [[Gramophone record|records]].<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book |
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| year= 1991 |
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| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |
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| edition= 1st |
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| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd. |
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| location= London |
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| page= 479 |
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| id= CN 5585}}</ref> After these details emerged, Milli Vanilli had their 1990 [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist]] withdrawn, and at least 27 different lawsuits were filed in the United States<ref name="nyt">"[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DA1239F930A2575BC0A967958260 Judge Rejects Milli Vanilli Refund Plan]", ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 13, 1991. Accessed March 21, 2006.</ref> under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws.<ref name=ohio>{{cite web|url=http://www.dworken-bernstein.com/articles/suit-seeks-refunds/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nSSah1j9?url=http://www.dworken-bernstein.com/articles/suit-seeks-refunds/ |archivedate=11 February 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dworken-bernstein.com/articles/suit-seeks-refunds/ |title=The Plain Dealer : Suit seeks refunds for Ohioans who bought Milli Vanilli album |author=Ulysses Torassa |accessdate=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5nSSah1j9?url=http://www.dworken-bernstein.com/articles/suit-seeks-refunds/ |archivedate=11 February 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> Following the Milli Vanilli controversy, Farian went on to develop similar [[Eurodance]] groups [[La Bouche]] and [[Le Click]]. |
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====M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy ==== |
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We knew that very quickly, because the reactions from the beginning has been very positive, |
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Farian also started the [[Supergroup (bands)|supergroup]] [[Far Corporation]] (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured [[Steve Lukather]], [[David Paich]], [[Bobby Kimball]], [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]], and [[Robin McAuley]], many of [[Toto (band)|Toto]] fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to [[record chart|chart]] with a [[cover version]] of [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Stairway to Heaven]]", becoming a [[Top 40|top 10]] [[Hit record|hit]] in the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]], reaching number 8 in October 1985.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |
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| year= 2006 |
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| title= British Hit Singles & Albums |
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| edition= 19th |
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| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited |
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| location= London |
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| isbn= 1-904994-10-5 |
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| page= 195}}</ref> |
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==== Maxx ==== |
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for example, the Club resonance was the best. |
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Farian also started the [[Supergroup (bands)|supergroup]] [[Far Corporation]] (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured [[Steve Lukather]], [[David Paich]], [[Bobby Kimball]], [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]], and [[Robin McAuley]], many of [[Toto (band)|Toto]] fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to [[record chart|chart]] with a [[cover version]] of [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Stairway to Heaven]]", becoming a [[Top 40|top 10]] [[Hit record|hit]] in the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]], reaching number 8 in October 1985.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums" /> |
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== Mainstream |
===1995: Mainstream success with Real McCoy=== |
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In 1986, Farian produced and mixed the [[Meat Loaf]] album ''[[Blind Before I Stop]]''. He also sang backing vocals on the first single from the album "[[Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries]]", which was credited to Meat Loaf featuring [[John Parr]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book |
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| first= David |
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| year= 2006 |
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| title= British Hit Singles & Albums |
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| edition= 19th |
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| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited |
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| location= London |
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| isbn= 1-904994-10-5 |
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| page= 358}}</ref> |
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Some other groups that Farian has been involved with are [[Eruption (band)|Eruption]] (he became a manager in 1977) and [[No Mercy (pop band)|No Mercy]]. |
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=== "Get-A-Way" === |
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Maxx's first single ''"Get-A-Way"'' was released on October 1993. At that time Hansa Records already had many different music releases out on the music market. While ''Get-A-way'' was believed to have some potential, it was not expected become a major success. However, the single almost overnight became a dance floor hit at night clubs all around Germany. The infectious beats and Kohler's ragga style rap blended with Besic's vocals became wildy popular in Germany and in nightclubs all around Europe. The single reached No. 11 on Germany music charts, while entering the top-5 in the UK, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands. It also entered the Top 10 in Switzerland and Norway. By mid 1994, The single reached Gold Status in Germany for selling 400,000 units and silver status in the UK for 200,000 units. In response to this massive unexpected success, Wind and Brunner made preliminary plans for more singles, an album and music videos. However, their singer (Besic) became uncomfortable with the idea of starring in music videos and being a live performer at singing gigs in front of large crowds. Besic only wanted to record vocals in studio. She quickly exited the group to begin a solo career, late in 1993. As a result, Turkish model, [[Eliz Yavuz]] (stage name alice montana), was brought in to lip-sync for Besic in the group's first music video. Yavuz also appeared in Besic's place alongside Köhler for magazine photoshoots |
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Italian producer [[Roberto Zanetti]], producer of the artist Ice Mc accused Maxx of copy his artist Ice Mc and his hit "[[Take Away the Colour]]" song "using ragamuffin rap however man their debut single "Get-A-Way" as a blatant copy of "[[Take Away the Colour]]." While Get-A-Way features a very similar baseline and the use of ragamuffin rap - however - However, many fans argue that while ragamuffin rap - the Maxx sound is very different from Ice Mc. |
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=== "No More (I Can't Stand It)" === |
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In Janurary 1994, Maxx was still without a lead singer. Samira Besic had left the group shortly after the release of ''Get-A-Way'', forcing the producers to hire a model to pose alongside Kohler for magazine photoshoots and the first maxx music video. ''Get-A-Way'' was also still climbing various music charts around the world, putting the group into the industry spotlight. Wind and Brunner began an intense search for a replacement for Besic in Germany. Bruce Hammond Earlam, writer of "''Get-A-Way"'', offered to aide the producers in their search for a replacement singler since he had originally found both Besic and Köhler and had brought them to Hansa Records. After a month of searching, Earlam discovered British singer-songwriter [[Elyse_G._Rogers]] (then known as '''Linda Meek''') in February 1994. At the time, Rogers was living in Osnabrück, Germany as a typist and secretary at a Military Police Station. At Earlam's suggestion, Wind and Brunner flew Rogers to Berlin to audtion for them in their studio. Her audition material was an early version of the next planned Maxx singlealso written by Earlam. Rogers impressed the producers with her vocal style and unique look. Thanks to Earlam's campaigning for Rogers, she was chosen to be Besic's replacement. At that point, Maxx's debut single was still at No. 4 on UK music charts and had been certified Gold in Germany. Wind and Brunner's plan was to produce a new hit single with Rogers that would match the success of ''Get-A-Way''. The second Maxx signle titled: "[[No_More_(I_Can't_Stand_It)]]", was released in March 1994. Rogers sang lead and backing vocals for the single while Kohler once again provided his ragga style rap for the song. The single became a top 10 hit around Europe while peaking at No. 8 in the UK. General audiences quickly embraced Rogers as the new vocalist of Maxx. She was advertised in German music magazines as ''"Die Engländerin Linda Meek"'', ''"Die Stimme von Maxx."'' Rogers and Kohler were also heavily advertised together in pop music magazine covers all around Europe. The music video for the single also received heavy rotation on MTV and on many other video channels worldwide. By spring of 1994, an inter-continental buzz surrounded Maxx, putting them in high demand. Maxx's first single at this point had reached a total of 1.1 million in European sales while it's follow up single strengthened the group's commercial and club potential. At the peak of the group's success, Rogers and Köhler toured as a duo for 6 months, performing both singles live at various concert venues all around Germany, UK, Italy, Sweden, France and Canada. They also performed live on popular international music chart TV shows like [[Top of the Pops|''Top of the Pops'']]'', [[Bravo_TV]], Superclassifica Show, Power Vision'' and the long running French concert-television series called ''Dance Machine.'' Even though Rogers did not originally sing [[Get-A-Way]] or appear in the music video for that song; she became associated with the single, due to her powerful live covers of the song for concerts and live TV appearances. |
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On 15 August 2006, the [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Daddy Cool (musical)|Daddy Cool]]'' opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] in London's [[West End theatre|West End]]. The line-up included [[Michelle Collins]], [[Michael Harvey (musician)|Michael Harvey]], [[Javine Hylton]], and singer/songwriter Darvina Plante. The £3 million show was produced by Farian and Robert Mackintosh. The story, written by Stephen Plaice with Amani Naphtali, is predominantly based on the songs of Boney M., but also features songs by Milli Vanilli and No Mercy. A second show opened on 23 April 2007 in Berlin, [[Germany]] and the show also toured in the [[Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daddycoolmusical.com|title=Daddy Cool Musical|website=Daddycoolmusical.com|accessdate=2016-03-13}}</ref> from August 2011 to February 2012, [[Spain]] ([[Palma de Mallorca]]) in July 2012, [[Switzerland]] from, November 2015 to January 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.le-theatre.ch/daddycool |title=DADDY COOL - das Musical mit den Welthits von Boney M. im Le Théâtre Kriens-Luzern |website=Le-theatre.ch |date= |accessdate=2016-03-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404071429/http://www.le-theatre.ch/daddycool/ |archivedate=4 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Anniversary tour in Germany 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showservice-international.de/daddy-cool-das-boney-m-musical.html |title=Daddy Cool Das Boney M Musical - Frank Serr Showservice Int. e.K |website=Showservice-international.de |date= |accessdate=2016-03-13}}</ref> |
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=== "To The Maxximum" (Album) === |
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After the major success of ''"Get-A-Wa''y" and ''"No More (I Can’t Stand It)"'', Wind and Brunner wanted to continue their success with a new Maxx album. The album was recorded, produced and mixed during the spring of 1994 in Berlin, Germany. All of the the final mixes were recorded using a standard 24-track analog tape machine. Linda was only needed for a total of 7 days to record her singing vocals for the album. Kohler was needed for an even shorter amount of time to record his ragga style rap. Brunner and Hassas, however, spent a total of six to eight weeks mixing and mastering a total of 13 new music tracks for the album. They once again used the [[E-mu_Emax]] keyboard and the '''Yamaha TG500''' digital workstation to produce the new tracks in their Berlin Studio. They also experimented with various effects devices such as the Eventide H 3000 during the producing sessions. Instead of just repeating the style and rhythm of the first two singles, Wind and Hassas decided to experiment with a wide range of music styles, melodies, and cultural rhythms to provide a unique ambience of each album track. Songwriter [[Bruce_Hammond_Earlam]] returned to work closely with Wind and Hassas to write new song lyrics for Rogers and Kohler. Earlam also provided essential percussion and drums for album tracks like ''"Vodoo Child"'' and ''"Ritmo De La Casa"''. The album tracks titled ''"Fight"'', ''"You Can Get It"'', and ''"I Want You"'' were the only newer songs on the album to mix Rogers' singing with Kohlers' ragga style rap. Other songs like ''"Suddenly"'', ''"Heart of Stone"'', ''"Vodoo Child"'', ''"Ritmo De la Casa"'', and ''"Should I Stay, Should I Go"'' are all solo tracks for Rogers. The album track ''"Maxximum Extacy"'' is an uptempo track with only rap vocals by Kohler. The album mainly showcases Rogers' vocal range and versatility since she was new to the group. The final result is a unique blend of uptempo dance songs along with some slow moving chill-relax style songs. Two dramatic instrumental tracks ''titled: "To the Maxximum, Part 1"'' and "''To the Maxximum, Part 2''" start off the album incorporating _ and various soundeffects to _ of what's . Songs like ''Vodoo Child'' incorporate african tribal style percussion. While'', Ritmo De La Casa'', uses various Latin themes along with latin style percussion. Other album tracks like ''"Heart of Stone", "Should I Stay, Should I Go" and "I Want You"'' and "I Can Make You Feel Like" were closer to the uptempo style of dance music common in the mid 90's incorporating strong base and ___. The album was officially released in June 1994. Unfortunately, Wind and Hassas' experimentation with creating more variety for the debut album lead to mixed results. The album, while well produced, did not match of success of the first two singles. Worldwide reactions to the album by fans and music critics were mixed at the time. Some fans and dance music lovers enjoyed the variety and the unique sound of the album, while others were turned off by it. |
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Also in 2006, Farian was credited as co-writing a new song, entitled "[[Daddy Cool (Boney M. song)#"Doin' Fine"|Doin' Fine]]", with British producers Nathan Thomas and Carl M. Cox. (Other writers involved in this song were, Chris Rudall, Baz Qureshi, [[Peter Wilson (musician)|Peter Wilson]], Chris Richards and George Reyam.) Described as paying tribute to the 'sound' of Boney M., the song was essentially a brand new composition, which featured the string [[arrangement]] from Boney M.'s 1976 number one hit, "[[Daddy Cool (Boney M. song)|Daddy Cool]]". The song was recorded by Australian pop singer, Peter Wilson.<ref>[http://www.peterwilsonmusic.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604231424/http://www.peterwilsonmusic.com/ |date=4 June 2008 }}</ref> It was initially released in the UK on 16 April 2007 in its extended format, entitled "Daddy's Cool 12" Mix", charting at number one on the EuroDanceHits EuroNRG Top 40 in May 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurodancehits.com/index.html |title=Euro Dance Hits : Site News |publisher=Eurodancehits.com |accessdate=2014-08-08}}</ref> The original version of "Doin' Fine" featured on Peter Wilson's debut album, ''Follow Me'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.klonerecords.com/releases/moreinfo.php?ID=281 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015201113/http://klonerecords.com/releases/moreinfo.php?ID=281 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-15 |title=Klone Records! |publisher=Klone Records! |date= |accessdate=2014-08-08 }}</ref> which was released in the UK on 8 October 2007. The song was also recorded in 2008 by [[Amanda Lear]]. |
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=== 1998-2005: Freshline Records continuation & hiatus === |
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While their debut album ''To The Maxximum'' album failed to match the massive sales of ''Get-A-Way'' and ''No More I Can't Stand It,'' the album was not considered a total failure. It still sold well in Germany charting at No. 22 on German music charts. The album also performed well in Sweden charting at No. 10 and in Finland at No.6. However, it failed to perform well in critical territories like the United Kingdom only charting at No. 66. However, the group still had a strong following among dance music fans all around all Europe and especially in Germany. |
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Other acts he collaborated with include [[Gilla (singer)|Gilla]], [[Eruption (band)|Eruption]], [[La Mama (band)|La Mama]], [[Precious Wilson]], [[Gift]] and [[Daniel Lopes]].{{cn|date=December 2017}} |
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=== "You Can Get It" === |
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[[You Can Get It|''You Can Get It'']] was picked from the album to be the third single and was released in September 1994. At that time the release, the single received a heavy promotional push in German music magazines. It's accompanying music video was filmed at Hotel Gellért (a famous spa hotel in Budapest, Hungary). Various portions of the video were filmed within the the massive hot water steam baths inside the hotel. The theme of the video is about old men trying to get to a fountain of youth. In the video the old men are led by Kohler (dressed in black monk attire) down a long corridor. Once as they get dressed in special ceremonial white monk attire, Rogers is then seen in the music video pouring magic youth potion into the baths. Once that happens the old men in the video are then seen racing to the baths to become youthful again, hence the theme "''You Can Get It."'' Rogers and Kohler also added this song to their live act and performed it live with the groups first two singles. ''You Can Get It'' featured a fast uptempo dance beat different from their previous two singles. While it reached No. 21 in the UK music charts and enjoyed good airplay on European radio stations; It still failed to attract the same level of popularity that the previous two singles did. |
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=== "Power of Love" === |
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In October 1994, the company behind the Bravo Hits compilation CD series asked the Maxx producers to provide them with an all new original dance music track for their upcoming Christmas themed compilation CD titled [[Bravo_Dance_X-Mas]]. The producers felt this would be a good way to keep their popularity going in Germany and keep their name in the spotlight. The song they produced was a fast uptempo dance song titled ''Power of Love'' and, as expected, featured a mix of Rogers' singing vocals and Kohler's ragga style rap. The song was only made available on this particular compilation CD and was never released in any other format. |
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== Maxx Decline (1995) == |
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By 1995, Maxx, like many European dance music acts at that time, had become widely commercialized and overexposed. Maxx had two major hit singles that brought them international fame and massive record sales. Even though Maxx still had strong fanbase in Germany; general dance music audiences around the world began to quickly loose interest in Maxx. |
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=== I Can Make You Feel Like === |
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[[I_Can_Make_You_Feel_Like]] was picked off the album to be the fourth Maxx single in May 1995. No accompanying music videos were filmed for the single. The song only features Roger's singing and no rap vocals by Kohler. The single did not perform well only charting at No.56 in the UK. |
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=== Move Your Body === |
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A final non-album single titled [["Move_Your_Body"]] was released in October 1995. The single imitated the [[Reel_2_Real]] song [[I Like to Move It]] and only charted in Austria peaking at No.18 and in Finland at No.16. The single only features rap vocals by Kohler. A music video for this song was filmed featuring Kohler and Rogers in a abandoned warehouse setting. While the song only features rap lyrics by Kohler, Rogers can be seen directly next Kohler in the music video. Rogers and Kohler also performed [["Move_Your_Body"]] live on the German music television program called [[Power_Vision]] in 1995. This single was the last song recorded by Maxx. |
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== Maxx in Finland (2014) == |
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== Maxx Return (2017) == |
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In Februrary 1994, English singer-songwriter '''Linda Meek''' was hired to be Besic's official replacement. She recorded vocals for the single ,"[[No More (I Can't Stand It)]]." When the single debuted in March 1994, it quickly became a top 10 hit in Europe like its predecessor. It peaked at No. 8 in the UK and it's music video received heavy rotation on [[MTV (UK and Ireland)|MTV (UK)]]. |
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By the Spring of 1994, an inter-continental buzz had surrounded Maxx. 'Get-A-Way' had managed to remain in the No.4 spot in the UK, while reaching Gold status in Germany after selling over 1.1 million units worldwide. "No More (I Can't Stand It)" had also nearly match number of sales as "Get-A-Way." At the peak of the groups' success, Maxx performed live at various concert venues all around Germany, UK, Italy, Sweden, France and Canada. The group also performed live on popular music chart TV shows like [[Top_of_the_Pops]], [[Bravo_TV]], [[MTV (UK and Ireland)|MTV (UK)]] and Dance Machine. Their debut album, [[To The Maxximum|''To The Maxximum'']], was released in June 1994. While the album failed to match the massive sales numbers of "Get-A-Way" and "No More (I Can't Stand It)," it still generated a third hit single titled "[[You Can Get It]] " that debuted at No.21 in the UK in September 1994. |
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In Octorber of 1994, Maxx recorded a song titled "Power of Love." The song featured on a compilation CD titled "[[Bravo Dance X-Mas]]," which showcased songs by other major eurodance acts of 1994 (i.e. [[Mr. President (band)|Mr. President]], [[Masterboy]], [[Magic Affair]], [[La_Bouche]]). "Power of Love," was never released as a single. |
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By 1995, Maxx's success had begun to wind down. Their ingles "Get-A-Way" and "No More (I Can't Stand It" and "You Can Get It" brought the group massive success. But, after the lukewarm reception of their debut album general audiances began to quickly loose interest in Maxx. A final album single titled "[[''I Can Make You Feel Like''|I Can Make You Feel Like]]" was released in May 1995. The single was not a commceial success only charting at No.56 on UK music charts. A non-album single titled "[[''"Move Your Body"''|Move Your Body]]" was released in October 1995 along with an accompanying music video. The melody of this single closely resembled the style of the [[Reel 2 Real]] single titled [[I_Like_to_Move_It]]. The single also also failed to perform commercially and only charting in Finland and Austria. Maxx quickly disbanded in 1996. |
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== Discography == |
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=== Studio albums === |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref>{{cite web |
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| url=http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=maxx&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=a|title=Charts.de: Maxx (Albums)| publisher=Charts.de|accessdate=2013-07-14|language=German}}</ref> |
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! Date |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br><ref name="Austrian positions for Maxx">{{cite web| url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Maxx |
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| ''The Alliance'' |
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| title=austriancharts.at: Maxx| publisher=Hung Medien| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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| ''Action!'' |
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| 1988 |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Suomen virallinen lista|FIN]]<br><ref name="finnishpeaks">{{cite book | first=Timo | last= Pennanen |year= 2006 | title={{lang|fin|Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972}} | edition= 1st | publisher=Tammi | location= Helsinki| isbn= 9789511210535| language= Finnish }}</ref> |
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|- |
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| ''The Admirers'' |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Dutch Top 40|NETH]]<br><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Maxx&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |
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| ''Come Into My Life - Rap'' |
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| title=GfK Dutch Charts: Maxx (Albums)| publisher=Hung Medien| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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| 1988 |
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|- |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="Swedish positions for Maxx">{{cite web |
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| ''The Alliance'' |
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| url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Maxx|title=swedishcharts.com: Maxx| publisher=Hung Medien| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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| ''Action! - Remix'' |
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| 1988 |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]<br><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Maxx&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts| title=swisscharts.com: Maxx (Albums)| publisher=Hung Medien| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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| The Admirers |
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK albums/singles positions for Maxx">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30290/maxx/|title=Official Charts > Maxx|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|accessdate=2016-07-14}}</ref> |
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| ''Come Into My Life - Rap (Re-Release)'' |
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|- |
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| 1988 |
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! scope="row" | [[To The Maxximum|''To The Maxximum'']] |
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| ''The Alliance'' |
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*Released: June 22, 1994 |
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| ''Action! - Remix (Re-Release)'' |
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*Label: Blow Up |
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| 1988 |
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*Formats: CD, Cassette, Vinyl |
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| 22 || 32 || 6 || 25 || 10 || 29 || 66 |
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| D.J. Chrizz |
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| ''Hui Buh'' |
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| 1989 |
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| The Alliance |
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| ''Sweat'' |
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| 1989 |
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| EMCEE |
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| ''We're Cruisin´'' |
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| 1989 |
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| The Admirers |
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| ''Tonite'' |
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| 1989 |
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| The All-Stars |
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| ''Hello Babe'' |
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| 1989 |
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| Michael L. Williams |
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| ''That Feelin´'' |
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| 1989 |
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| Quickmix feat. La Rose |
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| ''Love Is In The House'' |
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| 1989 |
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| The Deep |
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| ''Curtain'' |
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| 1989 |
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| Berlin Adler |
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| ''Touchdown'' |
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| 1989 |
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| Rap IV Rap |
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| ''Keep On Movin´Rap'' |
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| 1989 |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''Pump Up The Jam Rap'' |
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| 1989 |
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| Rap IV Rap |
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| ''Let's Come Together'' |
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| 1990 |
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| Masterplan |
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| ''Stars'' |
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| 1990 |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''It's On You'' |
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| 1990 |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''It's On You - Remix'' |
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| 1990 |
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|- |
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| The Admirers |
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| ''Got To Get Rap'' |
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| 1990 |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''It's On You - The Re-Remix'' |
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| 1990 |
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|- |
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| The Admirers |
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| ''Out On A Limb'' |
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| 1990 |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''Don't Stop'' |
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| 1990 |
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| Patsy |
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| ''Dreamin´'' |
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| 1990 |
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| Sugar Daddy |
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| ''Are You Ready ?'' |
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| 1990 |
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| Jamtronik |
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| ''Another Day In Paradise - Remix'' |
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| 1990 |
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| Jay Rapper |
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| ''Wake Up'' |
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| 1991 |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''Make A Move!'' |
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| 1991 |
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| Rap IV Rap |
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| ''Hold you tight - Rap'' |
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| 1991 |
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| PRO-A |
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| ''Trance'' |
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| 1991 |
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|- |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''No Showbo'' |
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| 1991 |
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|- |
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| Construction |
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| ''Oh girl !'' |
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| 1991 |
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| Hype-a-delics |
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| ''So what !'' |
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| 1991 |
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| Lucky Nineties |
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| ''Ohh la la la'' |
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| 1991 |
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| M.C. Sar |
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| ''Let´s Talk About Love'' |
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| 1992 |
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|- |
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|Inner Kneipe |
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|''Breit (A La La La La Leer)'' |
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|1992 |
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| Cold as Ice feat. Eboni |
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| ''¡ Urgent !'' |
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| 1992 |
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|Bruce & Bongo |
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|''We Ain't Back'' |
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|1992 |
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| Construction |
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| ''Sex Is Like Fire'' |
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| 1992 |
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| Kirk Smith |
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| ''Rise & Shine'' |
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| 1992 |
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|Inner Kneipe |
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|''Ging Gang Golly'' |
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|1993 |
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|Bozo Der Boss |
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|Ich Bin Der Farmer |
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|1993 |
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| M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''Another Night'' |
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| 1993 |
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|Maxx |
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|''Get-a-way'' |
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|1993 |
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|- |
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| M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''Automatic lover (Call for love)'' |
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| 1994 |
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|- |
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| Maxx |
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| ''No More (I Can't Stand It)'' |
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| 1994 |
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| M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy |
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| ''Run Away'' |
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| 1994 |
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|- |
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|Maxx |
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|''You Can Get It'' |
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|1994 |
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|Maxx |
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|''I Can Make You Feel Like'' |
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|1995 |
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|Maxx |
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|''Move Your Body'' |
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|1995 |
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| [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] |
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| ''Come And Get Your Love'' |
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| 1995 |
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| [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] |
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| ''Sleeping With an Angel/[[Ooh Boy (song)|Ooh Boy]]'' |
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| 1995 |
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| Tronik |
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| ''Magic Fly'' |
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| 1996 |
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| [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] |
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| ''[[One More Time (Real McCoy song)|One More Time]]'' |
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| 1997 |
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| [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] |
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| ''I Wanna Come (With You)'' |
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| 1997 |
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| Juize Club |
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| ''Denise'' |
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| 1998 |
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| Troja |
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| ''Träume'' |
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| 1998 |
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| Admirers feat. Killer and Ayman |
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| ''Come Into My Life'' |
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| 1998 |
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| Savannah |
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| ''I´ll Be There'' |
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| 1998 |
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| [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] |
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| ''It´s On You'' |
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| 1999 |
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| Killer |
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| ''Bring It On'' |
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| 1999 |
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| [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] |
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| ''Hey Now'' |
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| 1999 |
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| Ann Shakes |
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| ''All Music'' |
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| 2004 |
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|- |
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| Vanessa S. |
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| ''Blah, Blah, Blah'' |
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| 2004 |
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|Vanessa S. |
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|''Don't Say (You're Sorry)'' |
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|2005 |
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|Tenn McRae |
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|''There For You'' |
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|2005 |
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|Vanessa Mason |
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|''Musik'' |
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|2005 |
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=== Album productions === |
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|1988 |
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|M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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|''On The Move!'' |
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|1990 |
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|M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy |
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|''Space Invaders'' |
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|1994 |
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|Maxx |
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|''To The Maxximum'' |
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|1994 |
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|Real McCoy |
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|''[[Another Night (Real McCoy album)|Another Night]]'' |
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|1995 |
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|Real McCoy |
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|''[[One More Time (Real McCoy album)|One More Time]]'' |
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|1997 |
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|Vanessa Mason |
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|''Musik'' |
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|2005 |
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|Vanessa S. |
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|''Independence'' |
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|2005 |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br><ref name="German positions for Singles">{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=maxx&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=s|title=Charts.de: Maxx (Singles)| publisher=Charts.de|accessdate=2011-07-23|language=German}}</ref> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br><ref name="Austrian positions for Maxx"/> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Finnish Singles Chart|FIN]]<br><ref name="finnishpeaks"/> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref>{{cite web| url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Maxx&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts| title=lescharts.com: Maxx (Singles)| publisher=Hung Medien| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br><ref>[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Search for Ireland peak positions]</ref> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Dutch Top 40|NETH]]<br><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.top40.nl/search.aspx?keyword=Maxx&jaar=2011&maand=7&week=29 |
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| title=Nederlandse Top 40: Maxx | publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[VG-lista|NOR]]<br><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=MAxx&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |
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| title=: Maxx (Singles)| publisher=Hung Medien| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="Swedish positions for Maxx"/> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]<br><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Maxx&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts| title=swisscharts.com: Maxx (Singes)| publisher=Hung Medien| accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref> |
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!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK albums/singles positions for Maxx"/> |
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! scope="row" | "[[Get-A-Way]]" |
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| 1993 |
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| 11 || 3 || 5 || 15 || 8 || 3 || 8 || 3 || 8 || 4 |
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*[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie|GER]]: Gold<ref name="Gold/Platin-Datenbank"/> |
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*[[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Silver<ref name=" Certified Awards Search"/> |
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|rowspan=4| [[To The Maxximum|''To The Maxximum'']] |
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! scope="row" | "[[No More (I Can't Stand It)]]" |
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| rowspan="2"| 1994 |
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| 10 || 9 || 2 || 16 || 11 || 6 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 8 |
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! scope="row" | "[[You Can Get It]]" |
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| — || 25 || 13 || 28 || — || 32 || — || 37 || — || 21 |
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! scope="row" |"[[I Can Make You Feel Like]]" |
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|rowspan="2"|1995 |
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* [http://daddycoolkids.com/ Daddy Cool Kids - Official website] |
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* [http://zzqueen.com/ ZZ Queen - Official website] |
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Latest revision as of 18:54, 5 June 2022
Juergen Wind | |
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Also known as | J. Wind, Jay W, Jay Wind, Jürgen Wind, George Torpey |
Born | Berlin, Germany |
Occupation(s) | music producer, songwriter, musician, publisher |
Years active | 1986-2005 |
Juergen Wind, known professionally as J. Wind or George Torpey, is a German record producer, songwriter and musician who wrote and produced the Real McCoy Platinum and Gold hits "Another Night" and "Run Away" and Maxx hits "Get-A-Way" and "No More (I Can't Stand It) in the mid-1990s.
Early life and education
[edit]Wind started as a ______ before moving into the music industry. In the early days of his career, he was keen to attain success as a ______t, but he made little impact on the popular music scene______, became successful.
Music Career
[edit]1987: Beginnings with Freshline Records
[edit]Shying away from the spotlight, he hired performers to front for public performances. The lead vocals for songs on Boney M. albums in the 1970s were sung by Farian, Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, who quickly became synonymous with the group. Boney M.'s frontman, Bobby Farrell, was only allowed to record vocals in the 1980s (although all four members of the group did sing live for all their concert tours). Bobby Farrell was fired from the group for unreliability in 1981.[citation needed]
1989-1994: European Success
[edit]In 1990, he admitted orchestrating the events which led to the Milli Vanilli scandal, a musical equivalent of ghostwriting. As a producer, he had assembled a group from session musicians, fronting it with visually attractive dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan. The story broke when Farian confirmed to the press that someone else had sung on the records.[1] After these details emerged, Milli Vanilli had their 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist withdrawn, and at least 27 different lawsuits were filed in the United States[2] under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws.[3][4] Following the Milli Vanilli controversy, Farian went on to develop similar Eurodance groups La Bouche and Le Click.
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy
[edit]Farian also started the supergroup Far Corporation (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured Steve Lukather, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips, and Robin McAuley, many of Toto fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to chart with a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", becoming a top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in October 1985.[5]
Maxx
[edit]Farian also started the supergroup Far Corporation (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured Steve Lukather, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips, and Robin McAuley, many of Toto fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to chart with a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", becoming a top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in October 1985.[5]
1995: Mainstream success with Real McCoy
[edit]In 1986, Farian produced and mixed the Meat Loaf album Blind Before I Stop. He also sang backing vocals on the first single from the album "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries", which was credited to Meat Loaf featuring John Parr.[6]
Some other groups that Farian has been involved with are Eruption (he became a manager in 1977) and No Mercy.
On 15 August 2006, the musical Daddy Cool opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End. The line-up included Michelle Collins, Michael Harvey, Javine Hylton, and singer/songwriter Darvina Plante. The £3 million show was produced by Farian and Robert Mackintosh. The story, written by Stephen Plaice with Amani Naphtali, is predominantly based on the songs of Boney M., but also features songs by Milli Vanilli and No Mercy. A second show opened on 23 April 2007 in Berlin, Germany and the show also toured in the Netherlands[7] from August 2011 to February 2012, Spain (Palma de Mallorca) in July 2012, Switzerland from, November 2015 to January 2016[8] Anniversary tour in Germany 2016.[9]
1997: Real McCoy decline
[edit]Also in 2006, Farian was credited as co-writing a new song, entitled "Doin' Fine", with British producers Nathan Thomas and Carl M. Cox. (Other writers involved in this song were, Chris Rudall, Baz Qureshi, Peter Wilson, Chris Richards and George Reyam.) Described as paying tribute to the 'sound' of Boney M., the song was essentially a brand new composition, which featured the string arrangement from Boney M.'s 1976 number one hit, "Daddy Cool". The song was recorded by Australian pop singer, Peter Wilson.[10] It was initially released in the UK on 16 April 2007 in its extended format, entitled "Daddy's Cool 12" Mix", charting at number one on the EuroDanceHits EuroNRG Top 40 in May 2007.[11] The original version of "Doin' Fine" featured on Peter Wilson's debut album, Follow Me,[12] which was released in the UK on 8 October 2007. The song was also recorded in 2008 by Amanda Lear.
1998-2005: Freshline Records continuation & hiatus
[edit]Other acts he collaborated with include Gilla, Eruption, La Mama, Precious Wilson, Gift and Daniel Lopes.[citation needed]
Artist | Title | Date |
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The Alliance | Action! | 1988 |
The Admirers | Come Into My Life - Rap | 1988 |
The Alliance | Action! - Remix | 1988 |
The Admirers | Come Into My Life - Rap (Re-Release) | 1988 |
The Alliance | Action! - Remix (Re-Release) | 1988 |
D.J. Chrizz | Hui Buh | 1989 |
The Alliance | Sweat | 1989 |
EMCEE | We're Cruisin´ | 1989 |
The Admirers | Tonite | 1989 |
The All-Stars | Hello Babe | 1989 |
Michael L. Williams | That Feelin´ | 1989 |
Quickmix feat. La Rose | Love Is In The House | 1989 |
The Deep | Curtain | 1989 |
Berlin Adler | Touchdown | 1989 |
Rap IV Rap | Keep On Movin´Rap | 1989 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Pump Up The Jam Rap | 1989 |
Rap IV Rap | Let's Come Together | 1990 |
Masterplan | Stars | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | It's On You | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | It's On You - Remix | 1990 |
The Admirers | Got To Get Rap | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | It's On You - The Re-Remix | 1990 |
The Admirers | Out On A Limb | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Don't Stop | 1990 |
Patsy | Dreamin´ | 1990 |
Sugar Daddy | Are You Ready ? | 1990 |
Jamtronik | Another Day In Paradise - Remix | 1990 |
Jay Rapper | Wake Up | 1991 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Make A Move! | 1991 |
Rap IV Rap | Hold you tight - Rap | 1991 |
PRO-A | Trance | 1991 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | No Showbo | 1991 |
Construction | Oh girl ! | 1991 |
Hype-a-delics | So what ! | 1991 |
Lucky Nineties | Ohh la la la | 1991 |
M.C. Sar | Let´s Talk About Love | 1992 |
Inner Kneipe | Breit (A La La La La Leer) | 1992 |
Cold as Ice feat. Eboni | ¡ Urgent ! | 1992 |
Bruce & Bongo | We Ain't Back | 1992 |
Construction | Sex Is Like Fire | 1992 |
Kirk Smith | Rise & Shine | 1992 |
Inner Kneipe | Ging Gang Golly | 1993 |
Bozo Der Boss | Ich Bin Der Farmer | 1993 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Another Night | 1993 |
Maxx | Get-a-way | 1993 |
M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy | Automatic lover (Call for love) | 1994 |
Maxx | No More (I Can't Stand It) | 1994 |
M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy | Run Away | 1994 |
Maxx | You Can Get It | 1994 |
Maxx | I Can Make You Feel Like | 1995 |
Maxx | Move Your Body | 1995 |
Real McCoy | Come And Get Your Love | 1995 |
Real McCoy | Sleeping With an Angel/Ooh Boy | 1995 |
Tronik | Magic Fly | 1996 |
Real McCoy | One More Time | 1997 |
Real McCoy | I Wanna Come (With You) | 1997 |
Juize Club | Denise | 1998 |
Troja | Träume | 1998 |
Admirers feat. Killer and Ayman | Come Into My Life | 1998 |
Savannah | I´ll Be There | 1998 |
Real McCoy | It´s On You | 1999 |
Killer | Bring It On | 1999 |
Real McCoy | Hey Now | 1999 |
Ann Shakes | All Music | 2004 |
Vanessa S. | Blah, Blah, Blah | 2004 |
Vanessa S. | Don't Say (You're Sorry) | 2005 |
Tenn McRae | There For You | 2005 |
Vanessa Mason | Musik | 2005 |
Album productions
[edit]Artist | Album | Date |
---|---|---|
The Alliance | It's Time ... | 1988 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | On The Move! | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Space Invaders | 1994 |
Maxx | To The Maxximum | 1994 |
Real McCoy | Another Night | 1995 |
Real McCoy | One More Time | 1997 |
Vanessa Mason | Musik | 2005 |
Vanessa S. | Independence | 2005 |
References
[edit]- ^ Tobler, John (1991). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 479. CN 5585.
- ^ "Judge Rejects Milli Vanilli Refund Plan", The New York Times, August 13, 1991. Accessed March 21, 2006.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 358. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Daddy Cool Musical". Daddycoolmusical.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ^ "DADDY COOL - das Musical mit den Welthits von Boney M. im Le Théâtre Kriens-Luzern". Le-theatre.ch. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Daddy Cool Das Boney M Musical - Frank Serr Showservice Int. e.K". Showservice-international.de. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
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- ^ "Euro Dance Hits : Site News". Eurodancehits.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- ^ "Klone Records!". Klone Records!. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Musical Daddy Cool - Official website
- Daddy Cool Kids - Official website
- ZZ Queen - Official website
- - FFFclub website
- Eurodanceguy/sandbox discography at Discogs
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