Vito Lucente (; born 31 August 1971), known by his stage name Junior Jack, is an Italian

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producer and DJ based in Belgium.

Biography

In the early years, Vito Lucente produced several

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and

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projects, mostly in collaboration with Eric Imhauser. However, his more famous project was as producer of the

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/rap group

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, with vocalist Amid Gharbaoui, DJ Daddy K and dancer Serge "Perfect" Nuet. Lucente left the band after the second album, and he did not produce their last single.

Career

Vito Lucente resided in Belgium in his teen years. In 1995, he abandoned Eurodance and adopted the name "Mr. Jack" (which would later morph into Junior Jack), dabbling in house music. He entered the UK top 40 with the singles "My Feeling", "Thrill Me (Such a Thrill)", "E Samba", " Dare Me (Stupidisco)" and "Da Hype", the latter featuring vocals by Robert Smith from

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and uses samples from "I'm So Hot for You" by

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. His album ''

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'' was released to critical acclaim. "My Feeling" and "Stupidisco" were built around vocal samples from, respectively, "

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" by

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and

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, and " Dare Me" by

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. His latest single was a remake of "Dare Me (Stupidisco)", with vocals from Shena, which reached #20 in the UK Singles Chart on 25 February 2007 Lucente has also worked with

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artist

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under the name Room 5, reaching number-one on the UK Singles Chart with the 2003 single "

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" (which used samples from Cheatham's song "

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"). "Make Luv" ended up being certified platinum by BPI in 2022. As a remixer, he has reworked tracks for artists such as

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and Utada. He has worked extensively in this area with partner Kid Creme.

Discography

Albums

*1990 ''L'Album'', as Benny B *1992 ''Perfect, Daddy K Et Moi'', as Benny B *1992 ''Walakota'', as Wamblee *2003 ''Music & You'', as Room 5 *2004 ''

'', as Junior Jack

Singles

Junior Jack Room 5 *2001 "

" (with

) *2003 "Make Luv" (re-release) (with Oliver Cheatham) #1 UK, #34 AUS *2003 "Music & You" (with Oliver Cheatham) #38 UK *2003 "Think About U" *2004 "U Got Me" *2005 "Make Luv (The 2005 Mixes)" (with Oliver Cheatham) Mr Jack *1995 "Only House Muzik" *1996 "Wiggly World" *1997 "The Wiggly World 2 (Jack Is the One)" (with

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) *1997 "I Know" (with Olivier Gosseries) *1998 "Back from Hawaii EP" (with Olivier Gosseries) *1999 "Start!" (with Olivier Gosseries) *1999 "Only House Muzik - Remixes '99" *1999 "Voodoo Curse" (with Olivier Gosseries) Benny B : ''All are collaborations with Amid Gharbaoui, Daddy K and Richard Quyssens'' *1990 "

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" *1990 "

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" *1991 "

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" *1991 "

Parce qu'on est jeunes "Parce qu'on est jeunes" ( "Because We're Young") is a 1991 song recorded by Belgian hip hop act Benny B, with DJ Daddy K also credited on the single's cover. Written by Amid Gharbaoui with a music composed by Vito Lucente and Richard Quyssensan ...

" *1992 "Dix neuf huit..." *1992 "Est-ce que je peux" *1993 "Je t'aime à l'infini", with Eric Imhauser, Gregg Wakson, David Linx and François Gery Latino Brothers productions : ''All are collaborations with Terry Logist'' *1990 "Move It!", as One Shot *1993 "Don't Miss the Party", as One Shot *1993 "The Musik", as Latino Brothers *1994 "Can You See It", as Kaf'e *1994 "I'm in Love", as Fresh Mould *1995 "Come with Me", as Latino Brothers *1996 "Back in Town EP", as Kaf'e *1996 "Fantasy", as Kaf'e *1998 "Can You See It '98", as Kaf'e *2004 "Carnaval", as Latino Brothers Hugh K. : ''All are collaborations with Hugh Kanza and Eric Imhauser'' *1992 "Georgia On My Mind" *1993 "Shine On" *1994 "One More Time" *1995 "Shine On (Unreleased Dubs)" *1996 "Higher" Other aliases *1990 "Cocco Di Mamma", as Don Vito *1990 "Mais Vous Etes Sottes", as Suzy D (with Richard Quyssens, François Gery and Alain Deproost) *1991 "No Name", as F&V (with

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) *1991 "Anitouni", as Wamblee (with Francesco Palmeri) *1991 "Wa Na Pi", as Warble (with Francesco Palmeri) *1992 "I'm Sorry (Désolé Madame)", as R.I.P. (with Richard Quyssens and Eric Imhauser) *1992 "Atomico", as Redline (with Eric Imhauser) *1992 "It's Time to Sleep", as Nitrogena (with Eric Imhauser) *1993 "Jumping", as Redline (with Eric Imhauser) *1993 "Get to You", as Logic Dream (with F. Spindler) *1994 "4 U/Just Deep", as Deep Walker *1994 "Strange Day", as Marocco *1994 "People", as Family Groove *1995 "Fuori uno", album released by EMI, as DON VITO, with the single "Grazie a chi". *2001 "We Loved", as E-People (with Frank de Gryse and C. Robert Walker) *2001 "Tool #1", as Private Tools (with Kid Creme) *2002 "Chasing", as Maphia Ltd. (with Kid Creme) *2003 "Hidden Sun/Good Times", as Soho *2003 "Excuse Me!", as Nu Rican Kidz *2003 "Hold Me Up", as Glory (with Frank de Gryse and

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) *2005 "Tool #2", as Private Tools (with Kid Creme) Production for other artists *1993 Bart Herman - "Metropool" (with Eric Imhauser) *1994 Bart Herman - "Waterman" (with Eric Imhauser) *1994 Daddy K - "Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi?" (with Eric Imhauser) *1997 Traisey Elana Williams - "Feel the Fire" (with Frank Degrees) *1998 Shelly Dee - "Party" *1999 Jerome Prister - "Lovin' Right Now" (with Conga Squad) *2001

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- "Everyday of My Life" (with

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)

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