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Dollarman is a
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singer, songwriter, producer and musician born in
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. Since moving to Brooklyn, New York, he continues to present hits with a Caribbean influence and reggae.


Career

In the early 1990s, he recorded his first two tracks, "Long Time Lover" and "Driver" on the Rockers Forever record label. He also performed live at clubs and bars in New York and became well recognized on the Underground Brooklyn Reggae music scene for over 10 years. In 2003, Dollarman was featured on the " Money" track of Easy Star Record's Reggae/Dub tribute version of
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's album '' The Dark Side of the Moon'' titled ''
Dub Side of the Moon ''Dub Side of the Moon'' is a dub reggae tribute to the 1973 Pink Floyd album, ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', co-produced by Easy Star All-Stars founders Michael G (Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (Victor Axelrod). Easy Star All Stars released ' ...
''. Due to the album's success, Dollarman started appearing in US and European venues. His big claim to fame came when Dollarman was featured as a Dancehall artist on "
Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by French music producer and DJ Bob Sinclar, co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman, Big Ali, and Makedah on vocals. The song uses recreated parts of the 1990 hit "Gonna M ...
" released by Bob Sinclar and
Cutee B Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began D ...
featuring Dollarman, Big Ali and Makedah. The song stayed at No. 1 for 4 weeks on the Ultratop 40 Belgian charts, going gold. Dollarman was awarded a gold plaque at the 2006 MTV Europe's The Music Factory (TMF) Awards held in Amsterdam, where he also performed. In 2007, it became a No. 1 hit in ''
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s
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. The song is featured on Sinclar's album ''
Western Dream ''Western Dream'' is the fourth studio album by French producer Bob Sinclar. The album is one of his most successful albums, spawning the hit singles "Love Generation (song), Love Generation", which was a number one hit in Europe, "World, Hold On ...
'' released on the Tommy Boy Label. Another big collaboration with Sinclar included the release of " Sound of Freedom" with Bob Sinclar and Cutee B featuring
Gary Pine Gary Pine, also Gary "Nesta" Pine, is a Jamaican singer best known for the vocals on several Bob Sinclar songs, including " Love Generation", "Shining from Heaven", "Miss Me", "Give a Lil' Love", and " Sound of Freedom". He was the frontman of T ...
and Dollarman which went to No. 1 on US
Hot Dance Club Songs Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as t ...
and was a top 5 hit in many European charts.aCharts.us: Dollarman page
/ref> Based on these international successes, Dollarman performed in many European clubs. He followed that international hit in 2007 with another song produced by Bob Sinclar entitled "Let Yourself Free", a remake of the 1991 hit "
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" by
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. It was yet again a hit in the Billboard dance charts. After a remix of Ace of Base classic "
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", for the
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, he had another massive hit with " Hit the Floor", a remake of the hit song " The Power" by Snap!. It is credited to Big Ali featuring Dollarman. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard dance charts. In 2010, Dollarman released a new reggae song feat. Melody. Entitled "You've change", it is found on "Love the Music" compilation CD set released in June 2010.


Discography


Singles

*2006: "
Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by French music producer and DJ Bob Sinclar, co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman, Big Ali, and Makedah on vocals. The song uses recreated parts of the 1990 hit "Gonna M ...
" by Bob Sinclar and Cutee B featuring Dollarman, Big Ali and Makedah. **Topped the Belgian Singles Chart, Czech Dance Chart, Hungarian Singles Chart and US Hot Dance Club Play; No. 2 Romanian Airplay; No. 3 UK Singles Chart, Eurochart Hot 100, Finland Singles Chart, France Singles Chart; No. 4 Irish and Swiss Singles Chart; No. 5 New Zealand Charts; No. 6 Australia; No. 12 The Netherlands and Austria; No. 14 in Italy and Sweden; No. 16 in Norway, No. 18 in Germany and No. 19 in Denmark *2007: " Sound of Freedom" by Bob Sinclar and Cutee B featuring
Gary Pine Gary Pine, also Gary "Nesta" Pine, is a Jamaican singer best known for the vocals on several Bob Sinclar songs, including " Love Generation", "Shining from Heaven", "Miss Me", "Give a Lil' Love", and " Sound of Freedom". He was the frontman of T ...
and Dollarman **Topped US Hot Dance Club Play; Reached No. 2 in Finland, No. 4 in French Airplay Chart; No. 6 in French SNEP Singles Chart; No. 8 in Denmark, No. 9 in Belgium and the Netherlands; No. 12 in UK Singles Chart, No. 22 in Australia, No. 29 in Italy, No. 31 in Switzerland, No. 39 in Austria and No. 52 in Sweden *2008: "Hit the Floor" by Big Ali featuring Dollarman *2009: "Head Over Heels" by Larry McDonald (percussionist) featuring Dollarman MCPR Music *2010: "You've change" by Dollarman featuring
Singing Melody Everton Hardweare (born 23 November 1967), better known by his stage name Singing Melody, is a reggae artist from Kingston, Jamaica. He is known for his abilities as a vocalist, his production work and for combining aspects of reggae and R&B ...
*2010: "Spanish Lover" by Akcent featuring Dollarman


References


External links


Dollarman MySpaceDiscogs.com: Dollarman page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dollarman Living people American male singers Grenadian emigrants to the United States Grenadian musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Brooklyn Singers from New York City