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Infobox musical artist| name = Junior Jack| image =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Vito Lucente| alias = Room 5, Wamblee, Nu Rican Kidz| birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|8|31 Rutigliano , Italy | death_date =| origin = Brussels , Belgium | instrument =| genre = House music|House | occupation = DJ Record producer | years_active = 1995& ndash;present| label =| associated_acts = Benny B , Kid Creme| website = http://www.juniorjack.biz/| notable_instruments =Junior Jack (real name Vito Lucente , born August 31, 1971) is an Italy|Italian born Belgium|Belgian house music record producer|producer and DJ .
Biography
In the early years Vito Lucente produced several acid house and eurodance projects, mostly in collaboration with Eric Imhauser. However, his more famous project was as producer of the synth pop /eurorap band Benny B , with vocalist Amid Gharbaoui, DJ Daddy K and dancer Serge "Perfect" Nuet. Lucente left the band after the second album, and he did not produce their last single.
Career
Vito Lucente resided in Belgium in his teen years. In 1995, he abandoned Eurodance and adopted the name Mr. Jack (which would later morph into Junior Jack), dabbling in house music. He entered the UK Top 40 with the singles "My Feeling", "Thrill Me (Such A Thrill)", "E Samba", " Dare Me (Stupidisco) " and "Da Hype", the latter featuring vocals by Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith from The Cure and uses samples from "I'm So Hot For You" by Bobby Orlando . His album Trust It (album)|Trust It was released to critical acclaimcitation needed|date=July 2008. "My Feeling" and "Stupidisco" were built around vocal samples from, respectively, " Saturday Love " by Alexander O'Neal and Cherrelle , and " Dare Me " by The Pointer Sisters . His latest single was a remake of "Dare Me (Stupidisco)", with vocals from Shena , which reached #20 in the UK Singles Chart on 25 February 2007
Lucente has also worked with disco artist Oliver Cheatham under the name Room 5 , reaching number-one in the UK Singles Chart with the 2003 single " Make Luv "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= 469 (which used samples from Cheatham's song " Get Down Saturday Night ").
As a remixer, he has reworked tracks for artists such as Whitney Houston , Moby , Bob Sinclar and Hikaru Utada|Utada . He has worked extensively in this area with partner Kid Creme .
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
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External links
http://www.juniorjack.biz/ Official Website
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