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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Zki & Dobre|image =|caption =|background = group_or_band|alias = The Goodmen, Chocolate Puma, Rhythmkilaz, Tombra Vira, Riva, Jark Prongo|years_active = 1991& ndash;present|origin = Haarlem, Netherlands |genre = House music|House , Dance music|dance , electronic music|electronic |website =|label = Fresh Fruit, Hooj Choons , Parlophone , Incentive Records , VC Recordings|current_members = Gaston Steenskist René ter Horst|past_members =|Official_website = http://chocolatepuma.com/ chocolatepuma.com|associated_acts = Zki & Dobre (known by other aliases, but most well known as The Goodmen and Chocolate Puma ), are a Dutch people|Dutch house music duo from Haarlem , Netherlands . They comprise Gaston Steenkist ("Dobre") and René ter Horst ("DJ Zki"). They have produced multiple dance music|dance hit record|hits under various group names since the early 1990s.
Career
As the Goodmen, their biggest hit was "Give It Up", a house music track based upon samba styled percussion and the simple, repeating vocal line of the song title. The percussion was inspired by an earlier recording by Sérgio Mendes . It hit #1 on the United States|US Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1993 and made a brief appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart , peaking at #71. After being re-released in late 1993, it reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 231
In 1995, Simply Red sampled "Give It Up" for their UK #1 hit " Fairground (Simply Red song)|Fairground ". The Goodmen were credited for the sample, and Mendes was also given credit as the performer of "Fanfarra", the original source of the Goodmen's track.
After "Give It Up" the duo had big success with a number of other tracks under different monikers, such as Tomba Vira, Basco, René Et Gaston, Jark Prongo, Fresh Tunes and Klatsch. In 2001, they returned to the US dance chart under the artist names of Chocolate Puma (with which they had a UK #6 hit with "I Wanna Be U"),cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 105 Rhythmkillaz, Riva, and Tomba Vira.
1999: "Movin' Thru Your System" (as Jark Prongo) UK #58
2001: "Wack Ass MF" (as Rhythmkillaz) UK #32
2001: "The Sound of: Oh Yeah" (as Tombra Vira) UK #51
2001: " Who Do You Love Now? " (as Riva; featuring Dannii Minogue ) UK #3cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= various
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