D Mob (or D-Mob), also known as Dancin' Danny D or simply Danny D (born May 26, 1963), is a British music producer and remixer.
His most notable track was "
C'mon and Get My Love" with
Cathy Dennis
Catherine Roseanne Dennis (born 25 March 1969)Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa; , p. 133 is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. She was discovered as a teenager by music manager Simon F ...
on the vocals, which peaked at number 10 on the
U.S. Hot 100 chart on 17 March 1990.
Biography
The 1988
hit single
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"
We Call It Acieed" reached No. 3 on the
UK Singles Chart,
and was one of a wave of
acid house
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singles
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to enjoy success that year. The video was directed by Marek Budzynski. D Mob went on to have a further three top twenty singles in the UK during 1989 and 1990; "It Is Time to Get Funky", which reached No. 9, "C'mon and Get My Love", which reached No. 15, and "Put Your Hands Together", which reached No. 7.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, D Mob charted five songs on the US
Hot Dance Music/Club Play
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, four of which went to No. 1, including "
We Call It Acieed", "It Is Time to Get Funky", "C'mon and Get My Love" (with
Cathy Dennis
Catherine Roseanne Dennis (born 25 March 1969)Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa; , p. 133 is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. She was discovered as a teenager by music manager Simon F ...
),
and "That's the Way of the World" (also with Dennis).
In the U.S., they are best known for the hit "C'mon and Get My Love" featuring Dennis as vocalist, that crossed over to pop radio and hit No. 10 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1990.
Aside from Dennis, Dancin' Danny D has collaborated with vocalists
Dannii Minogue
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,
Gary Haisman
Gary Haisman (29 January 1958 – 28 November 2018) was an English singer and one of three acts whose No. 1 songs on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart were featured on D Mob's '' A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That'' al ...
and LRS.
Danny D, together with
Tim Blacksmith, founded the publishing company Stellar Songs, as well as Tim & Danny Music, a company which has worked with Charli XCX, Emeli Sande and Labrinth in the past. The duo are known for managing the Norwegian production team
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, as well as being the executive producers for hits produced by them.
In 2022, Danny D and Tim Blacksmith were both made
MBEs in the Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours List for their services to music.
Discography
Albums
Singles
See also
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List of ''Billboard'' number-one dance club songs
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List of songs banned by the BBC
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List of Polydor Records artists
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List of house music artists
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List of performances on ''Top of the Pops''
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List of 1990s one-hit wonders in the United States
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English house musicians
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English remixers
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English male songwriters
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