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Jean-Marc Cerrone, well know as Cerrone,was born 1952 in Paris, France. Together with Giorgio Moroder he is aimed as Europes most important contribution of the Disco-Sound. Aged 18 he was Orchestra-Leader at the Club Mediterranee. When he was 20, he had a very lucrative contract with the french producer Barclay. That his records always sounded in a way to meet the current trends is best described with this statement of Cerrone: "I don't produce records to press up my musical ideas to any minorities. Musical desires of that kind should be better practiced at home in the own cellar. For me it is more important to make music that appeals to broad audiences - I intentional want to work commercial. Why this is tabooed by so many people doesn't go into my head." With this opinion he sold more than 10 Million records until 1979. He had his biggest success in the international Single-Charts in July 1978 in GB with "Super Nature".
First album gave disco classic "Love in C Minor"; one of the first disco songs to fill a side of a record with an extended version of just one song. Listen for the beat - it is exactly what people mean when they say disco beat. "Cerrone's paradise" is a similarly good song to "Love in C minor" - perhaps it was too similar, as the album didn't sell as well. Supernature yielded the title track; a different style to the first two albums, it quickly became a disco classic and was even more popular on the continent. Golden Touch was final studio recorded album of the 70's and another classic dance track was founded with "Je suis music". His fifth album showed a move away from disco and towards rock with the A-side of the LP, but the b-side faithfully gives "Living on love to his disco fans. Further albums followed in the 80's, including "Cerrone IX" with "Club Underworld".
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Giorgio Moroder is remarkably multi-faceted. An Academy Award-winning composer, a world-recognized songwriter, a prolific producer, a stunning artist, a skillful designer, an innovative filmmaker, and entrepreneur, he is best known for his much-awarded and chart-topping music. Moroder has worked with many of the most famous names in music including Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Cher, Roger Daltrey, Janet Jackson, Freddy Mercury, David Bowie and Pat Benatar. And among his hit singles are Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" and "I Feel Love," Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone," Irene Cara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling!)," David Bowie's "Putting Out the Fire" and Blondie's "Call Me."
His many film scores include three Academy Award winners. The first came for his score to the powerful film Midnight Express. Next recognized was Irene Cara's inspirational hit, "Flashdance," from the film of the same title. And then the highly romantic song, "Take My Breath Away" from the film, Top Gun, brought his third Academy Award. Not surprisingly, compositions by Giorgio have also contributed to numerous other hit films such as The Never Ending Story, American Gigolo, Cat People, Superman III, Scarface, Rambo III, and Beverly Hills Cop II. And his music has attracted many other awards including four Golden Globes, two People's Choice Awards, and more than 100 Golden and Platinum discs. In February 1998, he received his third Grammy for the song "Carry On, performed by Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder.
Moroder's musical creativity has also touched the realms of sports and world peace. He wrote the songs "Reach Out" for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, "Hand in Hand" for the 1988 Seoul, Korea Olympics, and the world wide hit song "UN ESTATE ITALIANA" for the 1990 Soccer World Cup in Italy.
Always evolving as an artist, Moroder continues to find new outlets for his musical talents. The latest is the stage. He is currently involved in musical stage productions. One is inspired by Flashdance-the popular motion picture featuring Moroder's Oscar Award-winning hit song, "Flashdance (What a Feeling!).".
In recent years, Giorgio has been active in the world of art through his creations involving computer-enhanced imagery and photography. His early work involved computer-enhanced portraits of friends, such as Donna Summer, and of his wife, Francisca. In 1996, a London show focused on his images of the controversial writer/poet Charles Bukowski. This past summer, Giorgio presented an exhibit of his multimedia art creations with his brother, Ulrich Moroder, at the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART in Bolzano, Italy.
One of Giorgio's initial projects in computer art was the groundbreaking award winning film short, A Special Tree. This innovative film is composed of hundreds of photographs which he digitally reworked on his computer into a psychological mystery. And he has also been involved in other film and video projects. Giorgio produced a documentary for German television titled, The World in Which We Live, and he restored Fritz Lang's classic silent film, Metropolis, enhancing it with beautiful music in the process. In addition, Giorgio created a video titled, Metamorphosis, and an MTV-like Hi-Energy video called Vorticoso.
A special and unusual project for Giorgio was his work in the design and production of the exotic Italian supercar, the Cizeta-Moroder. This exquisite, 16-cylinder sports car set new records for Italian high-performance technology.
Originally from Val Gardena-Dolomiti, Italy, Moroder spent his early years in music touring Europe playing the bass and guitar in mostly pop-oriented ensembles. He eventually teamed up with Pete Bellotte and produced the seventeen-minute "Love to Love You Baby" performed by Donna Summer. That song is credited with starting the popular disco craze around the world.
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Pattie Brooks is an American singer most frequently associated with the disco era. She was born in Fort Riley, Kansas to a military family. Her first break came in 1968 when she auditioned for the chorus on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". In the next decade she became a sought-after backing singer, appearing on the Bobby Darin Show and touring with, among others Helen Reddy. She sang backing on Donna Summer's "I Remember Yesterday" album. Around this time she came to the attention of disco producer Simon Soussan and her solo recording career was born. Her first of four albums on the Casablanca label was 1977's Love Shook (the album was credited as Pattie Brooks & The Simon Orchestra), and the whole album peaked at #2 on the US Dance Chart. Pattie remained with Soussan and in 1978 recorded her biggest club hit, "After Dark". This was selected to be part of the soundtrack to the film Thank God It's Friday and as the soundtrack topped the club play charts, Pattie's contribution was up there with friend and stablemate Donna Summer's "Last Dance" as the most celebrated tracks. "After Dark" was the mainstay of Pattie's second album (now with sole billing) Our Ms Brooks. In 1979 Pattie moved away from Soussan as her third album Party Girl was produced by Bunny Sigler of Instant Funk and Salsoul fame. The result was a far more varied album that encompassed funk, pop and a big ballad as well as pure disco. While the album spawned no huge singles it did include "Got Tu Go Disco", the title song from a notorious Broadway flop musical. In 1979 Pattie branched out from disco by singing "Close Enough For Love", the title song to the Vanessa Redgrave movie Agatha. By 1980 the disco backlash had taken effect in the USA, and Pattie's fourth and last Casablanca offering Pattie Brooks was very much a pop-soul affair, produced this time by Michael "Love" Smith.
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