Charles Stettler
Charles Stettler is an American music and film producer and, as the discoverer and manager of the Fat Boys, was largely responsible for their success.
Career
In the early 1980s, the Swiss- born Charles Stettler was the owner of a promotion company looking for a band for his own record company Tin Pan Apple , which he had yet to set up , after previously running a discotheque . He succeeded in working with Coca-Cola and local radio stations in New York City for a rap talent competition; the winner was awarded a record deal with the not yet existing label.
The competition was won by Disco 3 . At the instigation of Stettler, the name was quickly changed to Fat Boys , and in 1984 the first self-titled album was released, but it was not a great success in the USA. Nevertheless, they were one of the first US rap bands to tour Europe. Stettler built on the comic potential of the overweight rappers and over the years produced several amusing music videos for the band, for which he was able to win numerous guest stars (the Beach Boys , Chubby Checker , Hector Camacho ) and in which he always played in various roles. This ultimately led to the band's breakthrough, Wipeout with the Beach Boys reached number 12 in the Billboard charts and The Twist was number 1 in Germany and Switzerland.
In addition to his successful work as a music producer, Stettler also tried to gain a foothold in the film business. After he had appeared in the film Krush Groove in 1985 , he produced the film Das Chaoten-Team in 1987 with the Fat Boys in the lead role. The film was a flop, however. In 1993, after breaking up with the Fat Boys, he produced his second and final feature film, Who's the Man , with Doctor Dré and Ice-T in the lead roles.
His record company Tin Pan Apple did not succeed after the Fat Boys, it was bought by PolyGram in the early 1990s .
Web links
- Charles Stettler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stettler, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Switzerland |