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Artist Biography For Black Box
Black Box Is The Name Of More Than One Artist.
1 An Italo-House Music Group
2 An Video Game Music Remixer 1 Black Box Later Blackbox Was An Italo-House Music Group Popular In The Late 1980s And Early 1990s Best Known For Their Hit "Ride On Time". The Members Of The Group Included A Trio Made Up Of A Club DJ Daniele Davoli A Classically Trained Clarinet Teacher Valerio Semplici And A Keyboard And Electronic Music "whizz" Mirko Limoni. The Three Had Previously Joined To Form A Group Called Groove Groove Melody Producing Dance Music Under Names Such As Starlight And Wood Allen. They Went On To Record Music Under Many Other Aliases. In 1989 They Teamed Up With Singer/model Catherine Quinol AKA Katrin And Formed Black Box. By Early 1990 They Had Engaged Martha Wash To Perform Vocals On A Number Of Tracks Which Ms Wash Was Apparently Told Were Ostensibly For Club Consumption And Weren't For Mass-Release. One Would Be "Everybody Everybody " Which Would Become One Of Their Two Top Ten Hits In North America. Their First Single "Ride On Time" Was A Hit Around The World Making Top 10 In Many Countries And No.1 In The UK Soon Becoming The UK's Best-Selling Single Of 1989. The Song Sampled Holloway's 1978 Disco Hit "Love Sensation" - The Title Comes From A Mishearing Of The Lyrics "Cause You're Right On Time". "Love Sensation" Was Written By Dan Hartman Who Was Unaware His Song Had Been Sampled By Black Box. According To Hartman's Attorney Black Box Ended Up Having To Give Hartman A Good Percentage Of The Royalties. While The Song Did Make It Onto The "Dreamland" Album When It Was Released Later In 1990 The Vocals Had Been Entirely Re-Recorded Though Not By Martha Wash. 1 Rather Heather Smalls Best Known As The Lead Singer Of UK Dance Act M People Was Enlisted To Impersonate Holloway. Soon After The Success Of "Ride On Time" Rumours Began To Surface That The Girl In The Video Might Not Have Been The Vocalist. Eventually It Was Proven That Singer Loleatta Holloway Actually Sang All Of The Vocals On "Ride On Time" And That Martha Wash Was The Vocalist Featured On Every Other Track On Their Subsequent Album "Dreamland". Quinol Simply Lip Synched The Vocals In Live Performances And In Music Videos. A Megamix Featuring Cuts Already Released And Entitled "The Total Mix" Performed Well In The Charts Towards The End Of 1990. Various Minor Hits Followed In The UK Throughout The Decade. In America They Are Best Remembered For Their Early '90s Singles "Everybody Everybody" And "Strike It Up" Their Biggest Hit In The United States Where Both Their Hits Are Still Heard On Rhythmic Radio And In Clubs On A Fairly Regular Basis. They Were Also Featured In Two Jock Jams Albums Respectively. What Is Often Forgotten Amongst Dance Music Critics Is That Black Box Were One Of The Few "Piano-House" Groups To Have A Really Successful Album. Whilst Dreamland May Not Have Sold Millions It Did Earn A Gold Disc In Both The UK And The US And Achieved Double-Platinum Status In Australia Where It Spent Eight Weeks At #1 During Early 1991. Along The Way It Also Spawned Six Massive Hits Both On The Mainstream Charts And In The Clubs.
In That Year Came Out Their Second Remix Album Named Mixed Up. In July 1993 They Released The Song "Rocking To The Music" On The Deconstruction Record Label However It Failed To Meet The Success Of The Dreamland-Era Releases. In 1999 Were Released CD- Single Under The Title Bright On Time That Contained Different DJ`s Mixed Versions Of Ride On Time. There Is Also An Australian Black Box. Sounded Like The Saints Or The Birthday Party. Released One 7" Called Fetish.
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"Ride On Time" Is A 1989 Song Recorded By The Band Black Box. It Was Later Released On Their 1990 Debut LP Dreamland. The Song Was A Chart Success In Many Countries And A Number-One Hit In The UK And Ireland. The Song Was Written And Produced By The Italian Production Team Groove Groove Melody Consisting Of DJ Daniele Davoli Programmer Mirko Limoni And Musician Valerio Semplici. The Team Worked With French Model Katrin Quinol Who Was The Face And Image For The Group Black Box. In The Video And In Live Performances Quinol Lip-Synced To The Original Vocals. The Song Sampled Loleatta Holloway's 1980 Disco Hit "Love Sensation" And Attracted Some Controversy For The Uncredited Use Of Holloway's Vocals From That Song. Holloway's Counsel Engaged In A Press Attack On Black Box Successfully Securing A Settlement That Paid The Singer An Undisclosed Sum The Group Had Legally Cleared The Samples With Salsoul Records Who Had Released The Original Track But Holloway Was In Arrears For Advances From The Label And Thus Was Not Recompensed By Salsoul. A Re-Recording Of The Song With Uncredited Vocals By Heather Small Was Released As "Ride On Time Remix " Later Released As "massive Mix" In The Second Week Of September 1989 And The Original Holloway Version Was Discontinued From Distribution. The Song's Title Derives From A Sample Of Holloway Singing The Lyrics "Thank You Baby 'cause You're Right On Time". Daniele Davoli Explained In Channel 4 Documentary Pump Up The Volume That Owing To His Limited Knowledge Of English And The Song Being Sung In An American English Accent With T-Flapping So That "t"s Sound Like "d"s He Thought That Loleatta Holloway Sang "ride On Time" Instead Of "right On Time". "Ride On Time" Became A Massive Hit In Italy And Then Worldwide After Legal Rights Were Obtained In All Territories. The Song Spent Six Weeks At No.1 In The United Kingdom Ultimately Becoming The Biggest Selling Single Of The Year. It Fared Less Well In The United States Where It Failed To Chart As A Pop Record Although It Did Reach No.39 On The Hot Dance Club Play Chart. It Was The First High-Profile Example Of An Italo-House Record. The Genre Is Noteworthy For Extreme Amounts Of "borrowing" Usually In Single Phrases Sometimes In Couplets The Lyrical "hooks" From Other Compositions.
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Black Box Is The Name Of More Than One Artist.
1 An Italo-House Music Group
2 An Video Game Music Remixer 1 Black Box Later Blackbox Was An Italo-House Music Group Popular In The Late 1980s And Early 1990s Best Known For Their Hit "Ride On Time". The Members Of The Group Included A Trio Made Up Of A Club DJ Daniele Davoli A Classically Trained Clarinet Teacher Valerio Semplici And A Keyboard And Electronic Music "whizz" Mirko Limoni. The Three Had Previously Joined To Form A Group Called Groove Groove Melody Producing Dance Music Under Names Such As Starlight And Wood Allen. They Went On To Record Music Under Many Other Aliases. In 1989 They Teamed Up With Singer/model Catherine Quinol AKA Katrin And Formed Black Box. By Early 1990 They Had Engaged Martha Wash To Perform Vocals On A Number Of Tracks Which Ms Wash Was Apparently Told Were Ostensibly For Club Consumption And Weren't For Mass-Release. One Would Be "Everybody Everybody " Which Would Become One Of Their Two Top Ten Hits In North America. Their First Single "Ride On Time" Was A Hit Around The World Making Top 10 In Many Countries And No.1 In The UK Soon Becoming The UK's Best-Selling Single Of 1989. The Song Sampled Holloway's 1978 Disco Hit "Love Sensation" - The Title Comes From A Mishearing Of The Lyrics "Cause You're Right On Time". "Love Sensation" Was Written By Dan Hartman Who Was Unaware His Song Had Been Sampled By Black Box. According To Hartman's Attorney Black Box Ended Up Having To Give Hartman A Good Percentage Of The Royalties. While The Song Did Make It Onto The "Dreamland" Album When It Was Released Later In 1990 The Vocals Had Been Entirely Re-Recorded Though Not By Martha Wash. 1 Rather Heather Smalls Best Known As The Lead Singer Of UK Dance Act M People Was Enlisted To Impersonate Holloway. Soon After The Success Of "Ride On Time" Rumours Began To Surface That The Girl In The Video Might Not Have Been The Vocalist. Eventually It Was Proven That Singer Loleatta Holloway Actually Sang All Of The Vocals On "Ride On Time" And That Martha Wash Was The Vocalist Featured On Every Other Track On Their Subsequent Album "Dreamland". Quinol Simply Lip Synched The Vocals In Live Performances And In Music Videos. A Megamix Featuring Cuts Already Released And Entitled "The Total Mix" Performed Well In The Charts Towards The End Of 1990. Various Minor Hits Followed In The UK Throughout The Decade. In America They Are Best Remembered For Their Early '90s Singles "Everybody Everybody" And "Strike It Up" Their Biggest Hit In The United States Where Both Their Hits Are Still Heard On Rhythmic Radio And In Clubs On A Fairly Regular Basis. They Were Also Featured In Two Jock Jams Albums Respectively. What Is Often Forgotten Amongst Dance Music Critics Is That Black Box Were One Of The Few "Piano-House" Groups To Have A Really Successful Album. Whilst Dreamland May Not Have Sold Millions It Did Earn A Gold Disc In Both The UK And The US And Achieved Double-Platinum Status In Australia Where It Spent Eight Weeks At #1 During Early 1991. Along The Way It Also Spawned Six Massive Hits Both On The Mainstream Charts And In The Clubs.
In That Year Came Out Their Second Remix Album Named Mixed Up. In July 1993 They Released The Song "Rocking To The Music" On The Deconstruction Record Label However It Failed To Meet The Success Of The Dreamland-Era Releases. In 1999 Were Released CD- Single Under The Title Bright On Time That Contained Different DJ`s Mixed Versions Of Ride On Time. There Is Also An Australian Black Box. Sounded Like The Saints Or The Birthday Party. Released One 7" Called Fetish. read less
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1 An Italo-House Music Group
2 An Video Game Music Remixer 1 Black Box Later Blackbox Was An Italo-House Music Group Popular In The Late 1980s And Early 1990s Best Known For Their Hit "Ride On Time". The Members Of The Group Included A Trio Made Up Of A Club DJ Daniele Davoli A Classically Trained Clarinet Teacher Valerio Semplici And A Keyboard And Electronic Music "whizz" Mirko Limoni. The Three Had Previously Joined To Form A Group Called Groove Groove Melody Producing Dance Music Under Names Such As Starlight And Wood Allen. They Went On To Record Music Under Many Other Aliases. In 1989 They Teamed Up With Singer/model Catherine Quinol AKA Katrin And Formed Black Box. By Early 1990 They Had Engaged Martha Wash To Perform Vocals On A Number Of Tracks Which Ms Wash Was Apparently Told Were Ostensibly For Club Consumption And Weren't For Mass-Release. One Would Be "Everybody Everybody " Which Would Become One Of Their Two Top Ten Hits In North America. Their First Single "Ride On Time" Was A Hit Around The World Making Top 10 In Many Countries And No.1 In The UK Soon Becoming The UK's Best-Selling Single Of 1989. The Song Sampled Holloway's 1978 Disco Hit "Love Sensation" - The Title Comes From A Mishearing Of The Lyrics "Cause You're Right On Time". "Love Sensation" Was Written By Dan Hartman Who Was Unaware His Song Had Been Sampled By Black Box. According To Hartman's Attorney Black Box Ended Up Having To Give Hartman A Good Percentage Of The Royalties. While The Song Did Make It Onto The "Dreamland" Album When It Was Released Later In 1990 The Vocals Had Been Entirely Re-Recorded Though Not By Martha Wash. 1 Rather Heather Smalls Best Known As The Lead Singer Of UK Dance Act M People Was Enlisted To Impersonate Holloway. Soon After The Success Of "Ride On Time" Rumours Began To Surface That The Girl In The Video Might Not Have Been The Vocalist. Eventually It Was Proven That Singer Loleatta Holloway Actually Sang All Of The Vocals On "Ride On Time" And That Martha Wash Was The Vocalist Featured On Every Other Track On Their Subsequent Album "Dreamland". Quinol Simply Lip Synched The Vocals In Live Performances And In Music Videos. A Megamix Featuring Cuts Already Released And Entitled "The Total Mix" Performed Well In The Charts Towards The End Of 1990. Various Minor Hits Followed In The UK Throughout The Decade. In America They Are Best Remembered For Their Early '90s Singles "Everybody Everybody" And "Strike It Up" Their Biggest Hit In The United States Where Both Their Hits Are Still Heard On Rhythmic Radio And In Clubs On A Fairly Regular Basis. They Were Also Featured In Two Jock Jams Albums Respectively. What Is Often Forgotten Amongst Dance Music Critics Is That Black Box Were One Of The Few "Piano-House" Groups To Have A Really Successful Album. Whilst Dreamland May Not Have Sold Millions It Did Earn A Gold Disc In Both The UK And The US And Achieved Double-Platinum Status In Australia Where It Spent Eight Weeks At #1 During Early 1991. Along The Way It Also Spawned Six Massive Hits Both On The Mainstream Charts And In The Clubs.
In That Year Came Out Their Second Remix Album Named Mixed Up. In July 1993 They Released The Song "Rocking To The Music" On The Deconstruction Record Label However It Failed To Meet The Success Of The Dreamland-Era Releases. In 1999 Were Released CD- Single Under The Title Bright On Time That Contained Different DJ`s Mixed Versions Of Ride On Time. There Is Also An Australian Black Box. Sounded Like The Saints Or The Birthday Party. Released One 7" Called Fetish. read less
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"Ride on Time" is a 1989 song recorded by the band Black Box. It was later released on their 1990 debut LP Dreamland. The song was a chart success in many countries and a number-one hit in the UK and Ireland. The song was written and produced by the Italian production team Groove Groove Melody, consisting of DJ Daniele Davoli, programmer Mirko Limoni and musician Valerio Semplici. The team worked with French model Katrin Quinol, who was the face and image for the group Black Box. In the video and in live performances Quinol lip-synced to the original vocals. The song sampled Loleatta Holloway's 1980 disco hit "Love Sensation" and attracted some controversy for the uncredited use of Holloway's vocals from that song. Holloway's counsel engaged in a press attack on Black Box, successfully securing a settlement that paid the singer an undisclosed sum; the group had legally cleared the samples with Salsoul Records, who had released the original track, but Holloway was in arrears for advances from the label and thus was not recompensed by Salsoul.
A re-recording of the song with uncredited vocals by Heather Small was released as "Ride on Time (remix)" (later released as "massive mix") in the second week of September 1989, and the original Holloway version was discontinued from distribution.
The song's title derives from a sample of Holloway singing the lyrics "Thank you baby, 'cause you're right on time". Daniele Davoli explained in Channel 4 documentary Pump Up The Volume that, owing to his limited knowledge of English and the song being sung in an American English accent, with t-flapping so that "t"s sound like "d"s, he thought that Loleatta Holloway sang "ride on time" instead of "right on time".
"Ride on Time" became a massive hit in Italy and then worldwide, after legal rights were obtained in all territories. The song spent six weeks at No.1 in the United Kingdom, ultimately becoming the biggest selling single of the year. It fared less well in the United States, where it failed to chart as a pop record, although it did reach No.39 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It was the first high-profile example of an Italo-House record. The genre is noteworthy for extreme amounts of "borrowing", usually in single phrases, sometimes in couplets, the lyrical "hooks" from other compositions. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.