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Rob'n'Raz
Rob'n'Raz were a Swedish people, Swedish music duet (music), duo of Robert Wåtz and Rasmus Lindwall. After some years of DJing in the late 1980s, they decided to start performing and composing together. They worked on record producer, production, remixing and scratching. For a time, Lindwall was the first choice when a Sweden, Swedish sound recording and reproduction, recording demanded a scratch. Leila K and Papa Dee were among the vocalists and rappers during the first years when the Gramophone record, records were released by Swemix. They had two record chart, chart appearances in the UK Singles Chart with "Got to Get" (1989, #8) and "Rok the Nation" (1990, #41). In 1990, they released the album ''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K'', which included those two songs. Remixes were produced with Just D and Christer Sandelin. They produced a large number of unofficial remixes released by Remixed Records, such as ABBA's "Dancing Queen" among others. They also composed the music for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob'n'Raz Featuring Leila K
''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K'' is the 1990 debut studio album by Sweden, Swedish dance music duo Rob'n'Raz, featuring Swedish singer and rapper Leila K on vocals. It includes the single "Got to Get", which reached the top 10 of most European charts and number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and "Rok the Nation", which was a modest hit in Europe. Track listing All tracks written by Rob'n'Raz, except where noted. CD bonus tracks Personnel Adapted from the album's liner notes. * Rob'n'Raz – all music, production, arrangements * Leila K – vocals * Zemya Hamilton – backing vocals (tracks 8, 14) * Kent Kroon – additional guitars * Jan "DJ Lounge" Lindberg – engineer * Eddie Monsoon – black and white photography * Re-Flex! – packaging * Jon Rekdal – additional brass * Ewa-Marie Rundquist – colour photography * Johnny Warta – additional brass * Lizzie Zachrisson – backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 6, 10) Charts External links''Rob'n'Raz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Got To Get
"Got to Get" is a song by Swedish electronic dance music duo Rob'n'Raz featuring singer-songwriter and rapper Leila K. Released in 1989 as her debut single, it was also the lead single from their only album together, ''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K'' (1990). It was successful in Europe, reaching the top 10 in at least nine countries, including the UK, where it peaked at number eight in January 1990. The song also charted in the United States, Canada and Australia. Two different music videos were made to accompany it. Background Leila K was discovered by Rob'n'Raz when singing in a music contest. They liked her music and offered her a recording contract in 1988. With them she would get her first hit the following year with "Got to Get". It was first recorded within the UK as a pre-production demo by Pete Towns of P&P Productions. In 1990, the album ''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K'' was released, featuring "Got to Get". Critical reception A reviewer from ''Billboard'' described the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rok The Nation
"Rok the Nation" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo Rob'n'Raz featuring rapper Leila K, released in March 1990 by BMG as the second single from their debut album, '' Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K'' (1990). It peaked at number three in both Sweden and Finland. Additionally, the song was a top-20 hit in the Netherlands and Switzerland, and a top-30 hit in Ireland and West Germany. In the UK, "Rok the Nation" reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. Critical reception Mick Mercer from ''Melody Maker'' commented, "Ah, now here's something interesting. Leila K ..has a nice voice that made "Got to Get" the little fun bundle that it was. This is more interesting, with some studiously sharp vocals and a chintzy keyboard carpet pattern for her to rub the dirt into. It's tougher than you'd expect with lovely trumpet touches and a successful plunge down to the rhythm near the end followed by some fast, oddly stippled vocal delivery." David Giles from ''Music Week'' wrote, "The team th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Seisay
David Seisay (aka MC Stranger aka D-Flex) is a Swedish-American songwriter, musician and entrepreneur who became known as a rapper in Rob'n'Raz but is also known for his career as a personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of D-Flex House of Fitness, a company that provides health and wellness services. He co-wrote the song 'One Step Closer To You' for B-Boys International and performed with them at the Swedish national selection for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. In 2009 he scored an international hit with the song 'Touch You Right Now' which he co-wrote with Peter Thelenius. Music A noted pioneer of Swedish hip hop music, he has enjoyed international chart success since the 1990s. MC Stranger He began his career as a rapper under the name MC Stranger. He formed a hip hop act called the Sure Shot Groove and released the EP ''Rhymes Are Flowing'' in 1989. The same year he began writing songs with Rob'n'Raz and featured on the duet ''Love 4 Love'' with Leila K. He ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila K
Laila El Khalifi (; born 6 September 1971) better known by her stage name Leila K, is a Swedish Eurodance singer and rapper of Moroccan descent. Early life El Khalifi's parents decided to send her to a school in Morocco, but she did not fit into the system so after one year she returned to Sweden. Musical career Leila was discovered by the musical duo Rob'n'Raz when singing in a music contest. They liked her music and offered her a recording contract in 1988. Together with Rob'n'Raz she had her first hit in 1989 with the song " Got to Get" (first recorded within the UK as a pre-production demo by Pete Towns of P&P Productions) and released an album in 1990, ''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K''. During the first years of her career she had many chart-topping hits and her music was played all over Europe. She broke up with Rob'n'Raz and went on her own to Ibiza, where she set up concerts on her own. In 1990 she collaborated with Dr. Alban on his single " Hello Afrika". Her solo car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papa Dee
David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren (born 13 July 1966), better known by the stage name Papa Dee, is a Sweden, Swedish Rapping, rapper. His most commercially successful track is his version of the Cat Stevens song "The First Cut Is the Deepest#Papa Dee version, The First Cut Is the Deepest". Music career Wahlgren debuted in 1988 with the single "Funky Raggamuffin/Let the Music Play", a mixture of dancehall and hip hop culture, hip hop. He then joined the Stonefunkers and became the group's rapper. This was followed by a few years of cooperation with Rob'n'Raz. Wahlgren then went solo, and had his breakthrough in 1990 with the album ''Lettin' Off Steam'', which was predominantly hip hop and dancehall. His next album, ''One Step Ahead'', had elements of Soul music, soul and reggae, mixing song and rap. His 1994 release, ''Original Master'', produced by Denniz Pop at Cheiron Studio, incorporated Euro disco into his music. During the 1990s and 2000s, he released several albums, oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swemix
Cheiron Studios () was a recording studio located in the Kungsholmen district of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1992 by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa, it was known for being a place where popular music acts of the late 1990s/early 2000s, such as Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, Robyn, NSYNC, Britney Spears, and Westlife produced many of their greatest hits. In addition, Cheiron Studios was also a record label, Cheiron Records, affiliated with BMG for a while, and a music publishing service (Cheiron Songs), although those ventures were later abandoned in favour of music production. After Denniz PoP's death in 1998, Cheiron closed in 2000. Talomaa and Max Martin reformed the company as Maratone, while Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze formed the Location, and David Kreuger and Per Magnusson started A Side Productions. The studio is currently owned by Roxy Recordings, which also includes the Hanssonic Studios of Anders Hansson. 1986–1992: SweMix In 1986, a group of ten Swedish disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Sandelin
Christer Eric Sandelin (born 5 November 1961) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He has been a part of two groups. In 1978, he was in the Swedish group Freestyle with Tommy Ekman, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Diane Söderholm and Anders Uddbergand, and after the break-up of the band in 1983, he continued with Ekman and Hamilton to form the Swedish band trio Style. In 1989, he started his solo career with his debut album ''Luften darrar'' and has had a number of albums. He has also produced for a number of artists Lars Vegas trio and the duos Ronny och Ragge, Rob'n'Raz, Antique and The Graaf Sisters ( Magdalena Graaf and Hannah Graaf) and singer Vicki Benckert. He also continued to cooperate extensively with Tommy Ekman including writing and producing together and in their joint album ''I Stero'' and the joint single "Singlar (oh oh)". In popular culture *Christer Eric Sandelin has participated several times in Melodifestivalen. In Melodifestivalen 1986 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutricia McNeal
Lutricia McNeal (born November 27, 1973) is an American soul and pop singer. She achieved worldwide success with her cover version of " Ain't That Just the Way" which sold two million copies worldwide. Biography McNeal was discovered by Rogers/Grantham. Her career took off during a visit to Europe, when she teamed up with the Swedish producer team Rob'n'Raz. Their 1993 hit " In Command" went to No. 1 in Sweden. A few years later she started her own solo career with the single " Ain't That Just the Way". The single went gold and platinum in several countries. She then released her debut album '' My Side of Town.'' The biggest airplay hits from this album were " Stranded" and " Someone Loves You Honey". Her single " My Side of Town" went platinum and was a #1 hit in New Zealand. She managed to have three Top 10 hit singles in the UK. A second album followed in 1999 entitled '' Whatcha Been Doing'' before she took a short break from the music business to give birth to her secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV4 (Sweden)
TV4 (''TV fyra'') is a Sweden, Swedish free-to-air Television in Sweden, television network owned by TV4 AB, a subsidiary of the TV4 Media, TV4 Media AB. It started broadcasting by satellite in 1990 and, since 1992, on terrestrial television. In 1994, TV4 became the largest channel and remained so for a number of years. The two channels of Sveriges Television (SVT) lost more and more viewers for a couple of years. After making schedule changes in 2001, SVT1 had practically the same numbers of viewers as TV4. From 2004 to 2019, the TV4 Group was a fully active member of the European Broadcasting Union. History In the spring of 1984, Ingemar Leijonborg and Gunnar Bergvall worked out a business plan for a Swedish commercial TV channel. The plan included a financing calculation for such a channel. It turned out that the project was financially justifiable and they resigned from their jobs, Leijonborg from SVT and Bergvall from Bonnier. In autumn 1985 the investment company Provent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name since October 2007. Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included legal Music downloading, downloads. The charts became the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent (historian), David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
