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: This article is about the music producer. For the unrelated video game character also called "D-Mob", see Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight for NY .
Infobox musical artist | name = D Mob | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | birth_name = Daniel Kojo Poku | alias = | birth_place = Cobridge , Stoke On Trent , Staffordshire , England | origin = | instrument = | genre = House music | occupation = Record producer , Remix er | years_active = 1988–1994 | label = FFRR Records|FFRR | associated_acts = | website = | notable_instruments = D Mob (or D-Mob ) is one of the stage name s used by United Kingdom|British house music Record producer|producer Dancin' Danny D (born Daniel Kojo Poku). http://hiphop.discogs.com/artist/Danny+Poku Hiphop.discogs.com biography
The 1988 United Kingdom|UK Chart-topper|hit "We Call It Acieed" hit #3 in the UK Singles Chart , and was one of a wave of acid house single (music)|singles to enjoy success that year. The video was directed by Marek Budzynski. D Mob went on to have a further three Top Twenty singles in the UK during 1989 and 1990, which were "It Is Time to Get Funky", which reached #9, "C'mon and Get My Love", which reached #15, and "Put Your Hands Together", which reached #7.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s D Mob charted five song s on the United States|U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play record chart|chart , four of which went to #1, including "We Call It Acieed", "It's Time To Get Funky", "C'mon and Get My Love" (with Cathy Dennis ), and "That's The Way Of The World" (also with Dennis). In the U.S. they are best known for the hit " C'mon and Get My Love ", again featuring Dennis as singer|vocalist , that crossed over to pop music|pop radio and hit #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.
Aside from Dennis, Danny D has collaborated with vocalists Gary Haisman and LRS (Dance act)|LRS .
Discography
Singles
1988 "We Call It Acieed" / "Trance Dance" (D Mob featuring Gary Haisman ) - UK Singles Chart|UK #3, United States|U.S. Hot Dance Club Play|Dance #1
1989 "It's Time to Get Funky" (D Mob featuring LRS (band)|LRS ) - UK #9, U.S. Dance #1
1989 " C'mon and Get My Love " (D Mob with Cathy Dennis ) - UK #15, U.S. Dance #1, Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Pop #10, U.S. Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|R& B #69
1990 " Put Your Hands Together " / "All I Do" #13 (D Mob featuring Nuff Juice) - UK #7, U.S. Dance #13
1990 " That's the Way of the World (D Mob song)|That's the Way of the World " (D Mob with Cathy Dennis ) - UK #48, U.S. Dance #1, U.S. Pop #59
1994 "Why" (D Mob with Cathy Dennis ) - UK #23
1994 "One Day" - UK #41
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= 132 Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4014/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards - Singles
Albums
A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That - UK Albums Chart|UK #46, U.S. Billboard 200|Pop #82, U.S. Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums|R& B #60 Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4014/charts-awards|pure_url=yes Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards - Albums
s-startsuccession box| before = " Real Love (Jody Watley song)|Real Love " by Jody Watley | title = "We Call It Acieed" / "Trance Dance" Hot Dance Club Play|U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one dance hits of 1989 (USA)|number-one single | years = May 20, 1989 | after = " Round & Round (New Order song)|Round & Round " by New Order s-end
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
List of songs banned by the BBC
List of Polydor Records artists
List of house music artists
List of performances on Top of the Pops
List of 1990s one-hit wonders in the United States
References
Reflist Category:English house musicians Category:Acid house musicians Category:Remixers Category:English dance music groups Category:English record producers
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