Captain Hollywood Project

Captain Hollywood Project is a pioneer of Eurodance. Tony Dawson Harrison, an American (born Tony Harrison), has been referred to as "Captain Hollywood" since 1982. The name was given to him by his military friends, because he danced even when in uniform. Captain Hollywood first started in the break dance scene in Europe as he performed on early 80's Music TV shows such as Formel Eins. He was featured in German cult movies with famous boxers and represented Germany in Cannes for the break dance movie premier of the Beat Street. From 1985 to 1987 Tony started producing his own music, releasing his first 3 singles and an album as Captain Hollywood. During this time he also collaborated with C.C. Catch as her back up singer, rapper, and dancer.

Twenty 4 Seven

He has also worked together with a Dutch producer Ruud van Rijen and rapper Recardo-MC Fixx IT. Together they created the Holland based project Twenty 4 Seven. Tony was the head and leader of the band featuring his close friends and partners Hanks/Jacks and the Dutch singer Nance Coolen. Together they toured with MTV Europe for 3 months, being supported by MTV and sponsored by the watch company SWATCH. Hanks and Jacks were with Tony for many years in Germany before Twenty 4 Seven, they both helped him to learn the German language and he trained them to become professional artists in the music industry.

Origins

After the release of Twenty 4 Seven's debut album Street Moves in late 1990 and having taking it to top 5 chart positions in Europe and Great Britain, Tony left the group to return to his own solo project in Germany

. He released a solo album titled Love Is Not Sex soon after which charted in the Top 10 all over the world including the United States. It was followed by two singles, the title track 'More and More' and 'All I Want'. In 1992 he worked with production team DMP, consisting (amongst others) of Manfred Eisele (stage name: Attack II), Jürgen "Nosie" Katzmann, Thorsten Adler, and Tom Keil to produce tracks for the next album Captain Hollywood Project. Tony worked with many different vocalists including his MTV Europe has been supporting Captain Hollywood from the beginning of his career, allowing him to tour with MTV London.

Discography

Albums

Animals or Human was sold over 300,000 copies in Germany alone and another 350,000 copies in France.

Singles

Other productions

After many years of touring and living on the road, Harrison decided to establish his own production studio called Hollywood Productions. He began producing American artists and preparing them for the European market.

In mid-1996, Tony decided to team up with P Force, Miles Gordon, Alex Belcher for the production of his third album. "Over and Over", the first single for his forthcoming album, was a very popular hit during the summer. The album included two more singles, "Love and Pain" and "The Afterparty", both in their original form.

In early 1997 Harrison returned home to the United States. Then in 2001 he returned to Germany as the producer of the Band "O-Town" for the very first "Making The Band" for MTV. In 2003 he brought the band "3rd Wish" to Germany and developed them for the European market. They had several hits in Britain, France and Germany and toured successfully through out Europe. After the work with 3rd Wish, Harrison was promoted to vice-president of Skreem Records Corporation in 2004 and in 2007 was promoted to President/CEO.

Harrison has toured and performed with artists such as Boyz II Men, Duran Duran, the original Temptations, the original Weather Girls, Take That, Elton John, Soul 2 Soul, Latoya Jackson, Eros Ramazotti, Snap featuring Turbo B, the original Culture Beat, Marky Mark, Haddaway, 2 Unlimited and many more.

He has received 1 Diamond Award, 12 Platinum records and 14 Gold records.

Harrison worked for some time away from the spotlight in the background of the music scene as President/CEO of Skreem Records. He still lives on a small island in Florida and sometimes returns to his 2nd home in Germany. Effective as of October 20, 2008 the Board of Directors of the Skreem Records Corporation accepted the Resignation, date September 30, 2008 of Tony Harrison as a President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the registrant.

In January 2009, Captain Hollywood released a new single named "It Hurts With You"
Tony is now producing music and videos for artists in Dubai, spending much of his time there.

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