Juergen Wind | |
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Also known as | J. Wind, Jay W, Jay Wind, Jürgen Wind, George Torpey |
Born | Berlin, Germany |
Occupation(s) | music producer, songwriter, musician, publisher |
Years active | 1986-2005 |
Juergen Wind, known professionally as J. Wind or George Torpey, is a German record producer, songwriter and musician who wrote and produced the Real McCoy Platinum and Gold hits "Another Night" and "Run Away" and Maxx hits "Get-A-Way" and "No More (I Can't Stand It) in the mid-1990s.
Early life and education
editWind started as a ______ before moving into the music industry. In the early days of his career, he was keen to attain success as a ______t, but he made little impact on the popular music scene______, became successful.
Music Career
edit1987: Beginnings with Freshline Records
editShying away from the spotlight, he hired performers to front for public performances. The lead vocals for songs on Boney M. albums in the 1970s were sung by Farian, Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, who quickly became synonymous with the group. Boney M.'s frontman, Bobby Farrell, was only allowed to record vocals in the 1980s (although all four members of the group did sing live for all their concert tours). Bobby Farrell was fired from the group for unreliability in 1981.[citation needed]
1989-1994: European Success
editIn 1990, he admitted orchestrating the events which led to the Milli Vanilli scandal, a musical equivalent of ghostwriting. As a producer, he had assembled a group from session musicians, fronting it with visually attractive dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan. The story broke when Farian confirmed to the press that someone else had sung on the records.[1] After these details emerged, Milli Vanilli had their 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist withdrawn, and at least 27 different lawsuits were filed in the United States[2] under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws.[3][4] Following the Milli Vanilli controversy, Farian went on to develop similar Eurodance groups La Bouche and Le Click.
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy
editFarian also started the supergroup Far Corporation (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured Steve Lukather, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips, and Robin McAuley, many of Toto fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to chart with a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", becoming a top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in October 1985.[5]
Maxx
editFarian also started the supergroup Far Corporation (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured Steve Lukather, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips, and Robin McAuley, many of Toto fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to chart with a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", becoming a top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in October 1985.[5]
1995: Mainstream success with Real McCoy
editIn 1986, Farian produced and mixed the Meat Loaf album Blind Before I Stop. He also sang backing vocals on the first single from the album "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries", which was credited to Meat Loaf featuring John Parr.[6]
Some other groups that Farian has been involved with are Eruption (he became a manager in 1977) and No Mercy.
On 15 August 2006, the musical Daddy Cool opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End. The line-up included Michelle Collins, Michael Harvey, Javine Hylton, and singer/songwriter Darvina Plante. The £3 million show was produced by Farian and Robert Mackintosh. The story, written by Stephen Plaice with Amani Naphtali, is predominantly based on the songs of Boney M., but also features songs by Milli Vanilli and No Mercy. A second show opened on 23 April 2007 in Berlin, Germany and the show also toured in the Netherlands[7] from August 2011 to February 2012, Spain (Palma de Mallorca) in July 2012, Switzerland from, November 2015 to January 2016[8] Anniversary tour in Germany 2016.[9]
1997: Real McCoy decline
editAlso in 2006, Farian was credited as co-writing a new song, entitled "Doin' Fine", with British producers Nathan Thomas and Carl M. Cox. (Other writers involved in this song were, Chris Rudall, Baz Qureshi, Peter Wilson, Chris Richards and George Reyam.) Described as paying tribute to the 'sound' of Boney M., the song was essentially a brand new composition, which featured the string arrangement from Boney M.'s 1976 number one hit, "Daddy Cool". The song was recorded by Australian pop singer, Peter Wilson.[10] It was initially released in the UK on 16 April 2007 in its extended format, entitled "Daddy's Cool 12" Mix", charting at number one on the EuroDanceHits EuroNRG Top 40 in May 2007.[11] The original version of "Doin' Fine" featured on Peter Wilson's debut album, Follow Me,[12] which was released in the UK on 8 October 2007. The song was also recorded in 2008 by Amanda Lear.
1998-2005: Freshline Records continuation & hiatus
editOther acts he collaborated with include Gilla, Eruption, La Mama, Precious Wilson, Gift and Daniel Lopes.[citation needed]
Artist | Title | Date |
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The Alliance | Action! | 1988 |
The Admirers | Come Into My Life - Rap | 1988 |
The Alliance | Action! - Remix | 1988 |
The Admirers | Come Into My Life - Rap (Re-Release) | 1988 |
The Alliance | Action! - Remix (Re-Release) | 1988 |
D.J. Chrizz | Hui Buh | 1989 |
The Alliance | Sweat | 1989 |
EMCEE | We're Cruisin´ | 1989 |
The Admirers | Tonite | 1989 |
The All-Stars | Hello Babe | 1989 |
Michael L. Williams | That Feelin´ | 1989 |
Quickmix feat. La Rose | Love Is In The House | 1989 |
The Deep | Curtain | 1989 |
Berlin Adler | Touchdown | 1989 |
Rap IV Rap | Keep On Movin´Rap | 1989 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Pump Up The Jam Rap | 1989 |
Rap IV Rap | Let's Come Together | 1990 |
Masterplan | Stars | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | It's On You | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | It's On You - Remix | 1990 |
The Admirers | Got To Get Rap | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | It's On You - The Re-Remix | 1990 |
The Admirers | Out On A Limb | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Don't Stop | 1990 |
Patsy | Dreamin´ | 1990 |
Sugar Daddy | Are You Ready ? | 1990 |
Jamtronik | Another Day In Paradise - Remix | 1990 |
Jay Rapper | Wake Up | 1991 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Make A Move! | 1991 |
Rap IV Rap | Hold you tight - Rap | 1991 |
PRO-A | Trance | 1991 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | No Showbo | 1991 |
Construction | Oh girl ! | 1991 |
Hype-a-delics | So what ! | 1991 |
Lucky Nineties | Ohh la la la | 1991 |
M.C. Sar | Let´s Talk About Love | 1992 |
Inner Kneipe | Breit (A La La La La Leer) | 1992 |
Cold as Ice feat. Eboni | ¡ Urgent ! | 1992 |
Bruce & Bongo | We Ain't Back | 1992 |
Construction | Sex Is Like Fire | 1992 |
Kirk Smith | Rise & Shine | 1992 |
Inner Kneipe | Ging Gang Golly | 1993 |
Bozo Der Boss | Ich Bin Der Farmer | 1993 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Another Night | 1993 |
Maxx | Get-a-way | 1993 |
M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy | Automatic lover (Call for love) | 1994 |
Maxx | No More (I Can't Stand It) | 1994 |
M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy | Run Away | 1994 |
Maxx | You Can Get It | 1994 |
Maxx | I Can Make You Feel Like | 1995 |
Maxx | Move Your Body | 1995 |
Real McCoy | Come And Get Your Love | 1995 |
Real McCoy | Sleeping With an Angel/Ooh Boy | 1995 |
Tronik | Magic Fly | 1996 |
Real McCoy | One More Time | 1997 |
Real McCoy | I Wanna Come (With You) | 1997 |
Juize Club | Denise | 1998 |
Troja | Träume | 1998 |
Admirers feat. Killer and Ayman | Come Into My Life | 1998 |
Savannah | I´ll Be There | 1998 |
Real McCoy | It´s On You | 1999 |
Killer | Bring It On | 1999 |
Real McCoy | Hey Now | 1999 |
Ann Shakes | All Music | 2004 |
Vanessa S. | Blah, Blah, Blah | 2004 |
Vanessa S. | Don't Say (You're Sorry) | 2005 |
Tenn McRae | There For You | 2005 |
Vanessa Mason | Musik | 2005 |
Album productions
editArtist | Album | Date |
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The Alliance | It's Time ... | 1988 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | On The Move! | 1990 |
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy | Space Invaders | 1994 |
Maxx | To The Maxximum | 1994 |
Real McCoy | Another Night | 1995 |
Real McCoy | One More Time | 1997 |
Vanessa Mason | Musik | 2005 |
Vanessa S. | Independence | 2005 |
References
edit- ^ Tobler, John (1991). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 479. CN 5585.
- ^ "Judge Rejects Milli Vanilli Refund Plan", The New York Times, August 13, 1991. Accessed March 21, 2006.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Ulysses Torassa. "The Plain Dealer : Suit seeks refunds for Ohioans who bought Milli Vanilli album". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 358. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Daddy Cool Musical". Daddycoolmusical.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ^ "DADDY COOL - das Musical mit den Welthits von Boney M. im Le Théâtre Kriens-Luzern". Le-theatre.ch. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Daddy Cool Das Boney M Musical - Frank Serr Showservice Int. e.K". Showservice-international.de. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ^ [1] Archived 4 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Euro Dance Hits : Site News". Eurodancehits.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- ^ "Klone Records!". Klone Records!. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
External links
edit- Official website
- Musical Daddy Cool - Official website
- Daddy Cool Kids - Official website
- ZZ Queen - Official website
- - FFFclub website
- Eurodanceguy/sandbox discography at Discogs
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