Blue boy (dj)
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Blue Boy , also called The Blue Boy , was the stage name of the Scottish DJ and producer Alexis “Lex” Blackmore (* in Brighton ). He became internationally known in 1997 by the Dance - Hit Remember Me .
biography
Blackmore worked in 1991 first as a DJ in Glasgow and London , when he and the British techno - band The Shamen toured. In addition to Julian Dembinski, he was a member of the duos Orson Card and Positive Science. After working under different stage names (The Blueboy, Blueboy, The BlueBoy), the pseudonym Blue Boy established himself in 1995 .
The single Sandman was released in 1995, but initially went unnoticed. The 1996 track It's Up to You was not a commercial success either. It wasn't until the 1997 single Remember Me , which Blackmore recorded alone in his bedroom, that brought the desired breakthrough. The song, in which vocal elements from Marlena Shaw's 1969 hit Woman of the Ghetto are processed, became a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom and Switzerland and climbed into the top 20 in Germany .
When Sandman was re-released in 1997 after the great success of Remember Me , this single also rose to the English charts and reached number 25. Blackmore later worked a. a. as a remixer for other acts .
Discography
Singles
- 1995: Sandman
- 1996: It's Up to You
- 1997: Remember Me
- 2001: C'mon Clap Your Hands / Dub-a-Dutch (The Magi / Blue Boy)
- 2014: Clean Up Woman (Jim Sharp Edit) / Remember Me (Jim Sharp Edit) ( Betty Wright / Blue Boy)
- 2014: Ghetto Expressions (as Lex Blackmore)
EPs
- 1996: Scattered Emotions EP
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Frank Laufenberg's Rock and Pop Lexicon Vol. 1 , ISBN 3-612-26206-8 .
swell
- ↑ Chart discography
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
Web links
- Blue Boy at Discogs (English)
- Lex Blackmore at Discogs (English)
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| SURNAME | Blue boy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blackmore, Alexis; Blackmore, Lex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish DJ and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brighton , Scotland |