Break machine

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Break machine
General information
Genre (s) Rap , hip-hop
founding 1981
resolution Late 1980s
Founding members
Keith Rodgers
rap
 Jacques Morali
rap
 Henri Belolo
rap
 Fred Zarr

Break Machine was an American rap / hip-hop ensemble from the 1980s . It consisted of the musician and rapper Keith Rodgers, the front man of the group, as well as the producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo ; the team behind Village People .

Break Machine was embodied by the breakdancers Lindsay Blake, Lindell Blake and Cortez Jordan. They are named Break Machine under an early photo in the then specialist magazine Cashbox (March 10, 1984 issue) and are also listed as "Break Machine" on the record sleeves.

Lindell Blake now lives in Las Vegas and is a dancer, singer and choreographer. He was a dancer in Michael Jackson videos and doubled a stunt for Eddie Murphy. He has also worked on cruise lines and for television and theater.

Career

Rodgers was a musician and rapper who presented the radio rap show WHBI 105.9 in New York City . In 1981 he recorded a single called Searching Rap under the pen name "Bon Rock". This brought him into contact with Morali and Belolo, the French producers of the Village People group. After the disco genre died out, they were both looking for new styles and music genres. In 1983 they released the song Street Dance as a single with Fred Zarr , which became an international hit and one of the earliest hits from the hip-hop sector.

Street dance peaked at number 3 on the UK charts in March 1984 and was number 39 of the best-selling singles in the UK in 1984 . The song became a number one hit in France , Sweden and Norway . In Germany , the song was number 79 of the best-selling singles of 1984. In Italy , the song reached number 11. Street dance was most successful in Norway, where it was number one on the charts for five weeks. In France, the song sold over a million copies in 1984, peaking at number 1.

The following singles Break Dance Party and Are You Ready? reached number 9 and 27 in the UK charts. Their debut album Break Machine reached number 17 on the UK album charts. The ensemble disbanded at the end of the 1980s. Today Keith Rodgers is a musician under the pseudonym SugaBear.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1984 Break machine - - - UK17 (16 weeks)
UK
First published: May 1984

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1984 Street dance
break machine 		DE12 (16 weeks)
DE 		AT17 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK3 (16 weeks)
UK
First published: January 1984
Breakdance Party
Break Machine 		- - - UK9 (10 weeks)
UK
First published: May 1984
Are you ready?
Break machine 		- - - UK27 (8 weeks)
UK
First published: August 1984

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  1. ↑ @musicarkivesltd on Instagram: “Early piece on Break Machine in Cash Box Magazine (March 10, 1984). It's always interesting to see what rap related project made it's way… " Retrieved on May 31, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Lindell Blake's LinkedIn profile. In: LinkedIn. Accessed May 31, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Lindell Blake's Facebook profile. Accessed May 31, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Broadway with Love. In: Broadway in the Hood. April 5, 2017, Retrieved May 31, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Lindell Blake's YouTube channel. Retrieved on May 31, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  7. ↑ BBC Radio 1 Top 40 of 1984 Originally broadcast Sunday, December 31, 1984 (punch in: 2m38s). 1984 chart compiled on behalf of OCC by Gallup
  8. ↑ Break Machine - Street Dance. swedishcharts.com
  9. ↑ Top 100 Single Charts 1984. musiksampler.de
  10. ↑ France's best sellers of all time! Moopy

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