Junior Jack
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Junior Jack is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is an Italian
Italy
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-Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and DJ.
Biography
In the early years Vito Lucente produced several acid houseAcid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
and eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
projects, mostly in collaboration with Eric Imhauser. However, his more famous project was as producer of the synth pop/eurorap band Benny B
Benny B
Benny B was the leader of a Belgian hip-hop group of the same name. Their singles "Vous êtes fous!" and "Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?" peaked respectively at #3 and #2 in France in 1990. The group enjoyed a rapid success, followed by an equally quick loss of public interest...
, with vocalist Amid Gharbaoui, DJ Daddy K and dancer Serge "Perfect" Nuet. Lucente left the band after the second album, and he did not produce their last single.
Career
Vito Lucente resided in Belgium in his teen years. In 1995, he abandoned Eurodance and adopted the name Mr. Jack (which would later morph into Junior Jack), dabbling in house music. He entered the UK Top 40 with the singles "My Feeling", "Thrill Me (Such A Thrill)", "E Samba", "Dare Me (Stupidisco)" and "Da Hype", the latter featuring vocals by Robert SmithRobert Smith (musician)
Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
from The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
and uses samples from "I'm So Hot For You" by Bobby Orlando
Bobby Orlando
Robert Philip Orlando , also known as Bobby Orlando, is an American record producer, dance music artist, musician and songwriter.- Early life :...
. His album Trust It
Trust It (album)
-Miscellaneous:The CD version of the album features a hidden track. The track can be heard by playing the beginning of track one and then using the rewind/search button to go back 1:52....
was released to critical acclaim. "My Feeling" and "Stupidisco" were built around vocal samples from, respectively, "Saturday Love
Saturday Love
"Saturday Love" was a top ten US R&B hit, and a top ten UK hit song duetted by American R&B singers Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal; released in 1985...
" by Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal is an American R&B singer. He is best-known for the songs "If You Were Here Tonight" and "Fake", and the duets with Cherrelle, "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This".-Biography:...
and Cherrelle
Cherrelle
Cheryl Anne Norton, better known by her stage name, Cherrelle , is an American R&B singer who gained fame in the 1980s...
, and "Dare Me
Dare Me
"Dare Me" is a 1985 single released by The Pointer Sisters on the RCA label.The song was the first release from the Pointers' platinum-selling Contact and became a worldwide hit, narrowly missing the top ten of the U.S. charts , number six on the soul singles chart and was number one, for one week,...
" by The Pointer Sisters. His latest single was a remake of "Dare Me (Stupidisco)", with vocals from Shena
Shena
Shèna is an English disco and nu-disco vocalist, who began her musical career when she graduated with honours from the Royal Academy of Music , with a Classical, Musical Theatre and Commercial Music Performer's Diploma and Teacher's Certificate.Shèna first performed in musicals Mamma I Want to...
, which reached #20 in the UK Singles Chart on 25 February 2007
Lucente has also worked with disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
artist Oliver Cheatham
Oliver Cheatham
Oliver Cheatham is an American singer. He now resides in Surrey in England.Cheatham had a few hits in the 1980s, and he returned to the charts in 2003, when he was featured in Room 5's UK #1 single, "Make Luv", which sampled his 1983 song "Get Down Saturday Night"...
under the name Room 5, reaching #1 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
with the 2003 single "Make Luv
Make Luv
"Make Luv" is a song released as a single in 2003 by Room 5 featuring the sampled voice of Oliver Cheatham. It gained a #1 placing the UK Singles Chart on March 30, 2003, where it remained for 4 weeks. The single's title track was a remix of Cheatham's 1983 #38 hit, "Get Down Saturday Night". It...
" (which used samples from Cheatham's song "Get Down Saturday Night
Get Down Saturday Night
12" vinyl* UK: MCA / MCAT-828- Other releases :* 1988 – "Get Down Saturday Night "* 1989 – "Get Down Saturday Night "* 1998 – "Get Down Saturday Night '98"* 1999 – "Get Down Saturday Night '99"...
").
As a remixer, he has reworked tracks for artists such as Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
, Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
, Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar, originally spelled "Sinclair" - , is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.- Career history :...
and Utada. He has worked extensively in this area with partner Kid Creme
Kid Creme
Kid Creme is a house music producer and DJ, born to an Italian family in Brussels in 1974.-Biography:Nico's formative years were spent learning to spin hip-hop and studying music theory & classic piano. After he was expelled from music college in 1991, he decided to set up his own home studio...
.
Albums
- 1990 L'Album, as Benny B
- 1992 Perfect, Daddy K Et Moi, as Benny B
- 1992 Walakota, as Wamblee
- 2003 Music & You, as Room 5
- 2004 Trust ItTrust It (album)-Miscellaneous:The CD version of the album features a hidden track. The track can be heard by playing the beginning of track one and then using the rewind/search button to go back 1:52....
, as Junior Jack
Singles
Junior Jack- 1999 "My Feeling" #31 UK; #10 Spain; #25 Sweden
- 2000 "U Look Fantastic" (with Richard Grey)
- 2002 "Thrill Me" (with Erick MorilloErick MorilloErick Morillo is a Colombian-American DJ, music producer and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers De la Funk, The Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, Deep Soul, Club Ultimate and Li'l Mo Ying Yang, Morillo is best known for his international work in...
and Terra DevaTerra DevaTerra Deva is an American musician. She is Terra McNair who used to be on the Mickey Mouse Club and has had continued success as a solo and collaborative artist....
) #29 UK; #20 Spain - 2003 "E Samba" #16 Denmark; #25 Belgium (Flanders); #27 Netherlands; #34 UK; #6 Spain
- 2003 "Da Hype" (with Robert SmithRobert Smith (musician)Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
) #25 UK; #9 Spain; #18 Italy; #19 Belgium (Flanders) - 2004 "Must Be The Darkness" (promo only)
- 2004 "Stupidisco" (with Dany Caen, Nadia Mampaey and Onika Henderson) #26 UK; #14 Belgium (Flanders); #25 Netherlands
- 2006 "See You Dancin'"
- 2006 "Dare Me (Stupidisco)" (with ShenaShenaShèna is an English disco and nu-disco vocalist, who began her musical career when she graduated with honours from the Royal Academy of Music , with a Classical, Musical Theatre and Commercial Music Performer's Diploma and Teacher's Certificate.Shèna first performed in musicals Mamma I Want to...
) #20 UK, #1 UK Indie - 2007 "Rocktron/Life"
Room 5
- 2001 "Make LuvMake Luv"Make Luv" is a song released as a single in 2003 by Room 5 featuring the sampled voice of Oliver Cheatham. It gained a #1 placing the UK Singles Chart on March 30, 2003, where it remained for 4 weeks. The single's title track was a remix of Cheatham's 1983 #38 hit, "Get Down Saturday Night". It...
" (with Oliver CheathamOliver CheathamOliver Cheatham is an American singer. He now resides in Surrey in England.Cheatham had a few hits in the 1980s, and he returned to the charts in 2003, when he was featured in Room 5's UK #1 single, "Make Luv", which sampled his 1983 song "Get Down Saturday Night"...
) - 2003 "Make Luv" (re-release) (with Oliver Cheatham) #1 UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, #34 AUS - 2003 "Music & You" (with Oliver Cheatham) #38 UK
- 2004 "U Got Me"
- 2005 "Make Luv (The 2005 Mixes)" (with Oliver Cheatham)
Mr Jack
- 1995 "Only House Muzik"
- 1996 "Wiggly World"
- 1997 "The Wiggly World 2 (Jack Is The One)" (with Brenda EdwardsBrenda EdwardsBrenda Edwards is a British singer and West End actress. Known for her strong vocals and personality, she rose to fame during her appearance on the second series of The X Factor, where she came fourth.-Early Life:...
) - 1997 "I Know" (with Olivier Gosseries)
- 1998 "Back From Hawaii EP" (with Olivier Gosseries)
- 1999 "Start!" (with Olivier Gosseries)
- 1999 "Only House Muzik - Remixes '99"
- 1999 "Voodoo Curse" (with Olivier Gosseries)
Benny B
- All are collaborations with Amid Gharbaoui, Daddy K and Richard Quyssens
- 1990 "Qu'Est Ce Qu'On Fait Maintenant?"
- 1990 "Vous Êtes Fou"
- 1991 "Dis Moi Bébé"
- 1991 "Parce Qu'On Est Jeunes"
- 1992 "Dix Neuf Huit"
- 1992 "Est-Ce Que Je Peux"
- 1993 "Je T'Aime A L'Infini", with Eric Imhauser, Gregg Wakson, David Linx and François Gery
Latino Brothers productions
- All are collaborations with Terry Logist
- 1990 "Move It!", as One Shot
- 1993 "Don't Miss The Party", as One Shot
- 1993 "The Musik", as Latino Brothers
- 1994 "Can You See It", as Kaf'e
- 1994 "I'm In Love", as Fresh Mould
- 1995 "Come With Me", as Latino Brothers
- 1996 "Back In Town EP", as Kaf'e
- 1996 "Fantasy", as Kaf'e
- 1998 "Can You See It '98", as Kaf'e
- 2004 "Carnaval", as Latino Brothers
Hugh K.
- All are collaborations with Hugh Kanza and Eric Imhauser
- 1992 "Georgia On My Mind"
- 1993 "Shine On"
- 1994 "One More Time"
- 1995 "Shine On (Unreleased Dubs)"
- 1996 "Higher"
Other aliases
- 1990 "Coco Di Mamma", as Don Vito
- 1990 "Mais Vous Etes Sottes", as Suzy D (with Richard Quyssens, François Gery and Alain Deproost)
- 1991 "No Name", as F&V (with Frank Sels)
- 1991 "Anitouni", as Wamblee (with Francesco Palmeri)
- 1991 "Wa Na Pi", as Wamblee (with Francesco Palmeri)
- 1992 "I'm Sorry (Désolé Madame)", as R.I.P. (with Richard Quyssens and Eric Imhauser)
- 1992 "Atomico", as Redline (with Eric Imhauser)
- 1992 "It's Time To Sleep", as Nitrogena (with Eric Imhauser)
- 1993 "Jumping", as Redline (with Eric Imhauser)
- 1993 "Get To You", as Logic Dream (with F. Spindler)
- 1994 "4 U/Just Deep", as Deep Walker
- 1994 "Strange Day", as Marocco
- 1994 "People", as Family Groove
- 2001 "We Loved", as E-People (with Frank de Gryse and C. Robert Walker)
- 2001 "Tool #1", as Private Tools (with Kid CremeKid CremeKid Creme is a house music producer and DJ, born to an Italian family in Brussels in 1974.-Biography:Nico's formative years were spent learning to spin hip-hop and studying music theory & classic piano. After he was expelled from music college in 1991, he decided to set up his own home studio...
) - 2002 "Chasing", as Maphia Ltd. (with Kid Creme)
- 2003 "Hidden Sun/Good Times", as Soho
- 2003 "Excuse Me!", as Nu Rican Kidz
- 2003 "Hold Me Up", as Glory (with Frank de Gryse and Jocelyn BrownJocelyn BrownJocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...
) - 2005 "Tool #2", as Private Tools (with Kid Creme)
Production for other artists
- 1993 Bart Herman - "Metropool" (with Eric Imhauser)
- 1994 Bart Herman - "Waterman" (with Eric Imhauser)
- 1994 Daddy K - "Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi?" (with Eric Imhauser)
- 1997 Traisey Elana Williams - "Feel The Fire" (with Frank Degrees)
- 1998 Shelly Dee - "Party"
- 1999 Jerome Prister - "Lovin' Right Now" (with Conga Squad)
- 2001 DajaeDajaeDajae is the stage name of Karen Gordon, a female R&B and dance music singer born in Chicago, Illinois. She sang in various soul bands for over a decade prior to joining house producer Cajmere. The duo released several hit singles, including "Brighter Days",which peaked at number two for two...
- "Everyday Of My Life" (with Felix Da HousecatFelix da HousecatFelix da Housecat is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electroclash. His name was inspired by Felix the Cat....
)
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart