Captain Hollywood Project
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| Captain Hollywood Project | |
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| Birth name | Tony Dawson-Har |
| Origin |  |
| Genre(s) | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Captain Hollywood Project (Tony Dawson-Harrison) is a pioneer of Eurodance. An American formely based in Germany, theTwenty 4 Seven rapper 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).[citation needed] Captain Hollywood marked beginning of Break Dance in Europe and he performed on a national TV show in 1983 by the name of Formel Eins. He was featured in German cult movies with famous boxers and represented Germany in Cannes for the break dance movie premier of Beat Street. From 1985 to 1987 Tony released 3 singles and an album as Captain Hollywood.
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[edit] Twenty 4 Seven
He has also worked with a Holland 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.
[edit] 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 producers Adler, Eisele and Keil, to produce tracks for the next album Captain Hollywood Project. Tony worked with many different vocalists including his main singer Petra Speigal, and Nina Gerhard, the singer of the chorus of the first released single 'More and More'. Tony then gave the name "PROJECT" to his dancers. His new style was given the name "The Crew Lock", a mix out of military movement and locking. Cihat was given the name Jelly Jell and continued to keep The Crew Lock alive with a new generation of dancers.
MTV Europe has supported Captain Hollywood from the beginning of his career, allowing him to tour with MTV London.
05/2008 He now lives in Nuernberg /Germany. Captain Hollywood tries it again with a new Single: Captain Hollywood - More & More [Recall 2008] [1]He´s also back on Stage. [2]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Name | Chartposition | Recorded by | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AT | SW | UK | |||
| 1990 | Street moves | - | - | 25 | 69 | Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood |
| 1993 | Love Is Not Sex | 9 | 15 | 9 | - | Captain Hollywood Project |
| 1995 | Animals or Human | 42 | - | 41 | - | Captain Hollywood Project |
| 1996 | The Afterparty | - | - | - | - | Captain Hollywood |
Animals or Human was sold over 300,000 copies in Germany alone and another 350,000 copies in France.
[edit] Singles
| Year | Name | Chartposition | Recorded by | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AT | SW | UK | ||||
| 1990 | "I Can't Stand It" | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood | Street moves |
| 1990 | "Are You Dreaming?" | 16 | 22 | 4 | 17 | Twenty 4 Seven feat. Capt. Hollywood | Street moves |
| 1992 | "More and More" | 1 | 3 | 3 | 23 | Captain Hollywood Project | Love Is Not Sex |
| 1993 | "Only With You" | 4 | 5 | 5 | 67 | Captain Hollywood Project | Love is not sex |
| 1993 | "All I Want" | 22 | 25 | 30 | - | Captain Hollywood Project | Love is not sex |
| 1993 | "Impossible" | 12 | 15 | 18 | 29 | Captain Hollywood Project | Love is not sex |
| 1993 | "Piece of My Heart" | 8 | ? | ? | - | Intermission feat. Captain Hollywood | - |
| 1994 | "Only With You" (re-issue) | - | - | - | 61 | Captain Hollywood Project | Love is not sex |
| 1995 | "Flying high" | 18 | 10 | 15 | 58 | Captain Hollywood Project | Animals or human |
| 1995 | "Find Another Way" | 22 | 19 | 25 | - | Captain Hollywood Project | Animals or human |
| 1995 | "The Way Love Is" | 71 | - | - | - | Captain Hollywood Project | Animals or human |
| 1996 | "Over and Over" | 45 | 35 | - | - | Captain Hollywood | The Afterparty |
| 1996 | "Love and Pain" | 50 | - | - | - | Captain Hollywood | The Afterparty |
| 1996 | "The Afterparty" | - | - | - | - | Captain Hollywood | The Afterparty |
| 2001 | "Danger Sign" | 61 | - | - | - | Captain Hollywood | |
| 2003 | "Axel F 2003" | 18 | - | - | - | Murphy Brown vs. Captain Hollywood | |
| 2003 | "Flying High" | 44 | - | - | - | Captain Hollywood | |
[edit] Other productions
After many years of touring and living on the road, Harrison decided then 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 Force, Miles Gordon and Alex Belcher for the production of his third album. "Over and Over", the first single for their 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 to the United States, only to return to Germany in 2001 to produce the Band "O-Town" for the very first "Making The Band" for MTV. In 2002 he brought the band "3rd Wish" to Germany and developed them for the European market. They had several Hits in England, France and Germany and tour 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 promoted to President/CEO.
Harrison has toured and performed with artist 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 now works away from the spotlight in the background of the music scene as President/CEO of Skreem Records. He now lives in Florida.
[edit] External links
- Captain Hollywood Project at Discogs
[edit] References
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