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Corona (singer)
Corona is an Italian Eurodance project. Initially as a group formed by Brazilian-Italian singer and model Olga Souza, Olga Maria de Souza and producer Francesco "Checco" Bontempi (a.k.a. Lee Marrow), they found commercial success with the worldwide hits "The Rhythm of the Night" (1993) and "Baby Baby (Corona song), Baby Baby" (1995). After the second album, Bontempi left the group and was replaced by Francesco Conte and Paolo Dughero. History Beginning of the band's career: 1993–1996 Corona's first single (music), single, "The Rhythm of the Night", was released in Italy in November 1993 on Savage (musician), Roberto Zanetti's DWA record label and became an instant hit. It featured the voice of the Italian singer Giovanna Bersola, better known by her stage name Jenny B. It stayed at chart-topper, number 1 on the Italian music record chart, chart for eight consecutive weeks, but was not released elsewhere until the following year. A remixed version of the song became a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga De Souza
Olga Maria de Souza (born 16 July 1968) is a Brazilian singer, model and dancer. She is best known as the frontwoman of the Italian group Corona (band), Corona, produced by Francesco "Checco" Bontempi, a.k.a. "Lee Marrow". Early life Souza was born in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Vigário Geral in 1968, into a musical family. Her father was a musician and her mother was a cook. She worked as a clerk at the Caixa Econômica Federal bank for a few years before deciding to travel around the world. She arrived in Italy in 1990. There, in 1993, after supposedly being discovered performing in a club by producer Emanuele Asti, he made her part of Italian music project Corona (band), Corona, where she was hired to lip sync to the vocals of Jenny B. and Sandy Chambers. Career Works with Corona Corona released their first single, "The Rhythm of the Night" in 1993, which featured the vocals of Italian singer Jenny B. The song remained at No. 1 in the Italian charts for 13 weeks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |