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about|a musical groupInfobox musical artist | name = Cappella| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Italy | genre = Eurodance | years_active = 1987-present| label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Cappella was an Italy|Italian eurodance act formed in 1987 by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti. The act went through a number of line-up changes over the years but was most successful in the early 1990s when it was fronted by British performers Kelly Overett and Rodney Bishop. Their biggest hit was " U Got 2 Let the Music ", which reached number 2 in the UK in 1993.
Background
The name Cappella was first used in the year 1987. In the beginning, the act was a Hi-NRG act and the main man behind Cappella was the Italian producer Gianfranco Bortolotti of Media Records, with contributions from the likes of Michele Persona and Mauro Picotto . In 1988, the act debuted on the British charts with the song "Bauhaus (Push the Beat)", and the following year with "Helyom Halib" which peaked at number 11. At the time, the act was fronted by the singer Ettore Foresti.
Three years later Cappella scored another UK top 30 hit with "Take Me Away", which sampled Loleatta Holloway 's "Love Sensation" - the same track that had been unlawfully sampled on the number 1 hit "Ride On Time" by Black Box (band)|Black Box in 1989.
It was not until 1993 when Cappella began to gain momentum. After "U Got 2 Know" (which was based on the distinctive riff of Siouxsie and the Banshees ' "Happy House") got to the heady heights of number 6 in the UK, two permanent members were drafted in: rapper Rodney Bishop from London and ex- SL2 dancer Kelly Overett from Ipswich . " U Got 2 Let the Music " (which sampled Alphaville (band)|Alphaville 's " Sounds Like a Melody ") was released in October 1993 and climbed to number 2 on the UK singles chart , held off from the top slot only by Meat Loaf 's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)".
Further hits followed: "Move On Baby" reached number 7 in February 1994, "U & Me" peaked at number 10 in June, and "Move It Up" ended the U Got 2 Know album project with a number 16 hit in October. Shortly after this, Kelly was fired from the group. It later emerged that she had not actually performed on any of the records - though this should have been obvious to anyone who had seen her performing "Move On Baby" live on Top of the Pops http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=g27_buTv7Fw From YouTube and during a telecast of M6 (TV channel)|M6 's "Dance Machine" concert in 1994 in which she did perform "U & Me" live despite a playback in the background. http://dance.machine.free.fr/concerts_details.php? id=4& url=dm4-cappella-u_and_me.jpg from Dance Machine tribute page http://www.youtube.com/watch? NR=1& v=TQ0l1QTjDzs& feature=endscreen Dance Machine 4 concert telecast from YouTube
As for the real voices that were actually used, "U Got 2 Know" included Xaviera Gold 's vocals from "You Used To Hold Me", "U Got 2 Let the Music" sampled a vocal from a Steven Hurley|JM Silk track, and the vocals for "U & Me" was sampled from a song by Vicki Shepard. "Move On Baby" and "Don't Be Proud" were sung by a session singer. The hit "Move It Up" was also sung by a session singer now known to be Jackie Rawe. Interestingly, Overett would later establish a real singing career by releasing a single called "Follow Your Heart" in 1994 under the name "Kelly O". Although she did prove to critics that she was more than a face on a production-type group, "Follow Your Heart" would be her only single.
In 1995, Cappella returned with new member Allison Jordan, who had previously scored a club hit with "Boy From New York City". Rodney Bishop was also replaced by Patrick Osborne, but returned to the group before long. The comeback single "Tell Me the Way" reached number 17 in the UK in September 1995 and was followed by the album War In Heaven .
The act continued to have minor hits in continental Europe for a while before resorting to remixes of previous big hits. In 2004, the act - now once again faceless, released a brand new track called "Angel" which failed to trouble the German or Italian chart. A greatest hits CD/DVD was released in August 2005.
Discography
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1989
Helyom Halib
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U Got 2 Know
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1996
War In Heaven
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1998
Cappella
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Singles
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ITA http:/ / www.hitparadeitalia.it/ hp_yends/ hpe1994.htm Italian peaks by year
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1994
Move On Baby "
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30
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9
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"U & Me"
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"Move It Up"
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1995
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1996
"I Need Your Love"
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1997
"Do You Run Away Now"
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"Be My Baby"
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1998
"Throwin' Away"
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"U R The Power Of Love"
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2004
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See also
49ers (band)|49ers - One of Gianfranco Bortolotti's other Italo house acts of the era.
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References
Reflist
External links
http://www.cappella-music.de Great Fan-Homepage in German and English
http://www.danceartistinfo.com/cappella.htm Full Cappella Discography
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cappella Information at Discogs
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p44809|pure_url=yes Information at All-Music
http://213.247.58.110 Archive of Mediarec.Info, forum is still operational
http://www.cappella-forum.com Forum in English, German, Nederlands and Français
http://www.cappella.ceciliana.ordemdesantacecilia.org/ Coro de Música Sacra a Capela
Category:Italian dance music groups Category:Italian electronic music groups Category:Italian house music groups Category:Techno music groups Category:Eurodance groups Category:Remixers
