CB Milton, aka Clarence Bekker (born Clarence Becker Milton, 11 April 1968, in
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...
), is a Dutch
electronic music
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vocalist, who became known in the early 1990s. He is best known for the
singles "
It's a Loving Thing", "Send Me an Angel" and "Open Your Heart". In the
UK Singles Chart, "
It's a Loving Thing" reached No. 34 in a
remix
A remix, also sometimes called reorchestration or rework, is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, poem, or photograph ca ...
ed version in March 1995, and "
Hold On (If You Believe in Love)" peaked at No. 62 in August that year.
He also
recorded three albums, ''It's My Loving Thing'' (1994), ''The Way to Wonderland'' (1996) and ''From Here to There'' (1998) for the
Byte Records label in Antwerp, Belgium.
CB Milton was identified as Clarence Bekker of the Netherlands on the disc and DVD created by
Playing for Change
Playing For Change is a multimedia music project, featuring musicians and singers from across the globe, co-founded in 2002 by Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke. Playing For Change also created in 2007 a separate non-profit organization called t ...
released in April 2009. He participated with various other artists on the songs "
Stand by Me"
"Stand By Me Playing For Change Song Around The World"
Official music video, YouTube. ( Ben E. King) and "Don't Worry" (Pierre Minetti) on the album. He is also part of the Playing for Change band, brought together to promote the disc.
Clarence performed at the Dutch 5 May Concert in Amsterdam.
Discography
Singles
Collaborations
Albums
References
External links
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Discogs.com biographyBekker's page on the Playing for Change site
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1968 births
Living people
Dutch dance musicians
21st-century Dutch male singers
21st-century Dutch singers
20th-century Surinamese male singers
Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands