Climie Fisher (1987)

Who remembers Climie Fisher?

They made all the noise in 1987: Simon Climie and Rob Fisher, both previously writing absolute scorchers for fellow artists, hit the charts that year with their own album 'Everything'. The girls would collapse en masse, but this was largely contained that year. While Simon Climie wrote 'I Know You Were Waiting' for Aretha Fraklin & George Michael in 1986, as well as working with singer as divers as Louise and Eric Clapton, Rob Fisher was mostly responsible for Rick Astley's comet-like success. Rob died of bowel cancer in 1999.

Climie Fisher - Love Changes Everything (1987)
UK#2, RSA#2, DE#7, CH#8, AT#17, US#23, NL#30



Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion (1987)
RSA#1, UK#10, DE#14, SWE#17, AT#19



Climie Fisher - Keeping the Mystery Alive (1987)
DE#35



Aretha Franklin & George Michael 'I Knew You Were Waiting' (1986)


George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You... by zocomoro

Rick Astley - Megamix

Banderas - This is your Life (1991)

Banderas was a female duo of the early 1990s that was signed to London Records and an offshoot of Jimmy Sommerville’s band The Communards. Caroline Buckley teamed up with Sally Herbert, one of his female backing singers. Banderas is mostly remembered for 'This Is Your Life', which was written with songwriter Roger Swallow. You can count them as a one-hit-wonder if you discount their follow up singles, which were largely ignored.
This is your Life reminds me heavily of my years at the Prinz Luitpold Bad, a Bavarian Hotel I worked in, before emigrating to the UK.

Banderas - This is your Life
UK#16, CH#18, NL#23, AT#24, SWE#30, FR#37

Missy Elliott - 4 My People (Basement Jaxx Remix) (2001)

There is few tracks of the Hip-Hop genre I can really connect to. But ever so often there is one that stands out above the rest: there was, of course, 'Rapper's Delight' by The Sugar Hill Gang, a 15 minute epic that paved the way for Rap worldwide in 1979, there was 'Beat Street' by Grandmaster Melle Mel, the main song of the soundtrack of same named movie from 1984, there was Afrika Bambaataa's 'Pupunanny', a dance influenced tune that send me into near oblivion in 1994 and then there is Missy Elliott's '4 My People', dated exactly 10 years ago, 2001. Oddly, the track never charted on the other side of the Atlantic, but did very well in Europe. Head straight for the Basement Jaxx Remix, it's the bee's knees.

Missy Elliott - 4 My People (Basement Jaxx Remix)
NL#2, BE#3, UK#5, DK#8, NOR#12, SWE#19, AUS#20, DE#21, FR#37, AT#40, CH#40

Serge Devant

Serge Devant was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, but grew up in the US. His music is stylistically diverse and transcends the boundaries of the genre, adding up to a hard-hitting, riveting but classically beautiful sound.
Not very long after his humble beginnings studying classical music in the former Soviet Union, Serge’s early electronic career is already marked with the achievements of a seasoned veteran.
Serge Devant’s first single 'Transparent' in 2005 is recorded with trance diva Jan Johnston. But his career progression took dizzy heights in 2008, when Coca-Cola has brought Serge on board with an exclusive track 'Peace on Earth' for the Olympics in Beijing and clothing maker Armani Exchange had invited him to represent the brand. Serge Devant hit the coveted DJ Mag Top 100 List and became the youngest resident DJ at New York’s legendary Crobar.
DJ Tiësto names him one of his top 5 favorite DJ’s. Tiësto and many of the worlds DJ elite personally request Serge to share the stage while Serge himself holds residencies in major U.S. cities and headlines globally. With Serge on stage, crowds witness a skillful exhibition from one of the most promising young talents in the industry today.
In 2009 he released his first album, entitled Wanderer, on which has worked with several vocalists, such as ex-iiO's Nadia Ali and Hadley Poole.
Here my favourite two tracks, but I can recommend the entire album!

Serge Devant feat. Hadley - Addicted (2009)



Serge Devant feat. Jaren - No Good (2009)

Nick Kamen

Ivor Neville, a.k.a. Nick Kamen

Nick Kamen - Each Time (1986)
CH#2, IT#2, IRL#3, UK#5, US#5, NL#5, SWE#6, DE#8, FR#8, AT#25


Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Hear
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Nick Kamen - I Promised Myself (1990)
AT#1, SWE#1, CH#3, DE#5, NL#6, FR#11, UK#50



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