Club House were an Italian Italo house band formed in Italy in 1983. The group consisted of Carl Fanini, Gianfranco Bortolotti, Hidalgo Serra, and Silvio Pozzoli.

History

The group scored a hit in 1983 with a mashup medley of Steely Dan's " Do It Again" and

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's " Billie Jean", titled " Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean". It reached No. 7 in Ireland, No. 11 in the UK and No. 75 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The same two songs in Club House's 1983 medley were also recorded as a note-for-note

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medley by the

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, which hit number-one on the dance chart with its

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. There was a further version by Brooklyn Express, a New York studio project by Began Cekic and Eric Durham, also in 1983. In 1987, Club House released another medley, mixing Mory Kanté's " Yé ké yé ké" with The Spencer Davis Group's " I'm a Man", a single licensed to Music Man Records in the UK, which became a small hit in 1989 peaking at number 69 in the British charts. In 1991, they hit number-one on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play

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with " Deep in My Heart", which used portions of Kier Kirby's vocals from

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's 1990 single "Power of Love". Club House's biggest hit on the UK Singles chart came in 1994, when their single " Light My Fire" (featuring Carl Fanini on vocals) was remixed by Bortolotti's Cappella project and put out as a single by Pete Waterman's PWL record label. Originally a number 45 hit in the UK, the new Cappella version peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1994 (though the first mix is remembered as the tune the original six man line-up of Boyzone danced to on

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's '' The Late Late Show'' after just being formed). The follow-up single, "Living in the Sunshine", was not quite so successful as it only managed number 21 in the UK in July the same year.

Discography

Albums

* ''Nowhere Land (The Album)'' (1995)

Singles

References

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