Voyage was a Europe

Europe

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an eurodisco group

Musical ensemble

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 consisting of lead vocalist

Singing

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 Sylvia Mason-James

Sylvia Mason-James

Sylvia Mason-James born in 1959 is a British singer who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist and solo artist.She started her career with the disco band Voyage in 1977....

, along with Slim Pezin (guitar

Guitar

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/vocals), Marc Chantereau (keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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/vocals), Sauveur Mallia (bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

) and Pierre-Alain Dahan (drums

Drum kit

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/vocals).

Their lone Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 entry was "Souvenirs," which hit number forty-one in 1979. They had more success on the U.S.

United States

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 Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart

Record chart

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, where two of their album

Album

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s, Voyage (1978) and Fly Away (1979), hit number one.

In the UK

United Kingdom

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, the group had three chart singles

Single (music)

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. A double A-side

A-side and B-side

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, "From East To West"/"Scotch Machine" (the latter song retitled "Scots Machine" because the term "Scotch" is generally considered offensive in Scotland) reached number thirteen in 1978, while later that same year "Souvenirs" made number fifty-six. Their last impact on the charts came in 1979 when "Let's Fly Away" peaked at number thirty-eight.

Albums

• Voyage
  Voyage (Voyage album)
  Voyage is the 1978 self-titled debut album by European disco group, Voyage. The songs on the album paid a nodding homage to musical styles of different regions of the world, as if the band and its listeners were taking a jet set trip around the world, finally landing triumphantly in America, as if...
  
  (1977)
• Fly Away
  Fly Away (Voyage album)
  Fly Away is a 1978 album by the disco group, Voyage. Their second release repeated the success of their debut released earlier in the year. All the cuts on Fly Away hit number one on the disco chart early in 1979 for one week...
  
  (1978)
• Voyage 3 (1980)
• One Step Higher (1981)
• The Best Of Voyage: "Souvenirs" (1991) (Sirocco Records)

Singles

• "From East to West" (1977)
• "Point Zero" (1977)
• "Souvenirs" (1978)
• "Golden Eldorado" (1978)
• "Let's Fly Away" (1979)
• "Tahiti, Tahiti" (1979)
• "I Love You Dancer" (1980)
• "I Don't Want to Fall in Love Again" (1980)
• "Let's Get Started" (1982)
• "Follow the Brightest Star"
• "Nowhere to Hide"

See also

• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)