La Bouche was an Eurodance Act formed in Germany backing 1994 by Frank Farian. La Bouche was made up of Farian, Melanie Thornton, Lane McCray and DJ Ulli Brenner. La Bouche enjoyed great success in Germany and Australia before releasing the U.S. version of their debut album, Sweet Dreams in 1996.

In 1995 La Bouche released the song Be My Lover worldwide and it went straight to the top of the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Be My Lover continued to climb the Billbaord Hot 100 and peaked at number 6. ASCAP awarded La Bouche the “Most Played Song In Amercia”  for Be My Lover and that single alone sold more than 6 million copies.

La Bouche then released the title track from the album and Sweet Dreams, the single went to number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Radio air play and heavily rotated music video’s helped push Sweet Dreams, the album to Multi Platinum status. The album went on to sell over 8 million copies worldwide and reached number 28 on the Billboard 200.

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Christopher Williams entered the music scene in the late 80’s. In 1989 Geffen Records released his debut album Adventures In Paradise. Christopher’s first single is still my favorite, I Talk To Myself. That song peaked at number 4 on the R&B charts and hit number 18 on the US Dance chart. Up next was Promises Promises reaching number 7 on the R&B chart.

In 1991 Christopher Williams starred in New Jack City as Kareem Akbar. He also contributed to the soundtrack with I’m Dreamin’. Williams hit number 1 on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks chart with I’m Dreamin’. The New Jack City Soundtrack topped Billboards Top R&B Albums chart and the movie made over $46 million at the box office.

In 1993 Christopher Williams hit again with Every Little Thing U Do from his album Changes. Every Little Thing U Do reached as far as number 7 on the R&B chart. Since then Williams has had parts in many off Broadway productions and continues to act and release albums.

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When I first decided to do today’s blog on Real McCoy, I said to myself “ok cool Real McCoy…dance act, a couple good songs…nice & easy” Well Real McCoy’s history is a little more than that. It all started back in 1989 with a Rapper/Producer named O’Jay from Germany. He put together the production group Freshline, also in the group were singer Patsy Petersen, rapper Shampro and production members Quickmixx & Jergen Wind. Together they put out a track called It’s On You. O’Jay actually performs the rap vocals on the song but he never really liked being a “frontman” so to speak, so he had Shampro “Milli Vanilli” the lyrics on stage. It’s On You hit number 11 in Germany and in 1992 Freshline signed a Hanas Records. 

Hanas Records fell in love with a song Freshline put together called Another Night, but Hanas was unimpressed with the way Patsy Petersen sang on the song. Karin Kasar was brought in to lay down new vocals and it was now Patsy’s turn to lip sync. Now known as MC Sar & The Real McCoy, Another Night was released in 1993 and hit number 18 in Germany.

Here in the U.S. Clive Davis signed the group to Arista Records and added another singer, Vanessa Mason. The album, Another Night was re-released in the U.S. under the groups’ new name Real McCoy. In 1994, the single, Another Night ignited onto the radio and in the clubs, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another Night also topped the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Air Play chart, hit # 1 in Australia and #2 in the UK. In 1995, Real McCoy won Best New Act at the American Music Awards, with the help of the success of their single Run Away. Run Away hit number 3 in the US and shot to #1 in Australia.

In 1997, Lisa Cork replaced Patsy Petersen and Real McCoy released a second album and single called One More Time. The single hit number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also crossovered to rhythmic radio. One More Time also hit the top 20 on the U.S. Dance chart. However the album itself failed. Real McCoy broke up by the end of 1998.

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Too Short had been making records since 1983 on his own independent label before signing with Jive Records in 1987. Too Short knocked out 4 albums, Don’t Stop Rappin’, Players, Raw Uncut & X-Rated and Born To Mack. The single Freakytales from Born To Mack caught the attention of Jive Records, after signing Too Short, Jive re-released Born To Mack in 1988. Also In 1988 Too Short put together and released the classic album Life Is…Too Short. The title track received play in the Bay Area, where Too Short was from (Oakland) and in Los Angeles. Too Short also put out a video, that nationally didn’t get a lot of play. The single Life Is..Too Short hit number 7 on the Hot Rap Singles chart and number 37 on the Billboard 200. However it really wasn’t what you heard on the radio or had seen on TV that made you want to go out a buy a Too Short record or cassette…it was what you didn’t hear.

I remember being on a school bus on our way to Monterey for a field trip, listening to Don’t Fight The Feelin’ and Cusswords over and over, someone brought a little boom box. The album, Life Is…Too Short would go on to sell well over 1 million copies eventually going multi-platinum and in 1989 it peaked at number 9 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The formula of a Too Short song was simple, he rapped about ladies (to put it nicely) with a lot of bass (808 kick drum).

In 1990, Too Short released his sixth album, Short Dogg’s In The House. This album skyrocketed to number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-HopAlbums chart and hit number 20 on the Billboard 200. My favorite tracks are Ain’t Nothin’ But A Word with Ice Cube, Paula & Janet and of course The Ghetto. Too Short had his first crossover hit with The Ghetto, with now some legitimate radio spins and video air play. The Ghetto, peaked at number 3 on the Hot Rap Singles chart and even number 23 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. Short But Funky was another single off the album, that song reached number 14 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. I remember playing a great radio remix of Short But Funky about a year later, back on Cosmic Cat Radio 94.3 (later Jammin’ 94). A couple side notes the title track mentions Fresno in the very first line and a remix version of It’s Your Life appeared on the Boyz In The Hood Soundtrack.

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