Chilly (band)

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Chilly
General information
Genre (s) Disco
founding 1978
resolution 1983
Last occupation
Ute Weber
singing
 Oscar Pearson
singing
 Werner Südhoff († 2008)
singing
 Sofia Eyango († 1997)

Chilly was an international disco band that existed from 1978 to 1983.

Career

Chilly was produced and founded by the German composer and author Bernt Möhrle, who also composed most of the songs. The band was u. a. successful in the USA (Billboard Dance Charts 37) and received gold in South Africa for For Your Love . The main singers of the group were the German Ute Weber and the American Brad Howell from New York. Howell later lent his voice to the Milli Vanilli group . Other members of the formation were the American Oscar Pearson, who represented Howell optically but did not sing himself, as well as Werner Südhoff from Germany and Andrea Linz (original line-up 1978), who was replaced in 1979 by Sofia Eyango from Cameroon .

The group's best-known hits were For Your Love , the cover of a song by the Yardbirds , Come to LA , Simply a Love Song , Secret Lies , We Are the Popkings and Johnny Loves Jenny .

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
For your love
  DE 41 10/22/1979 (7 weeks)
Come to LA
  DE 32 07/01/1980 (13 weeks)
We are the popkings
  DE 21st 05/05/1980 (31 weeks)
Come let's go
  DE 33 October 12, 1980 (13 weeks)
Johnny Loves Jenny
  DE 18th 04/06/1981 (17 weeks)
Simply a love song
  DE 51 09/21/1981 (11 weeks)
Secret reads
  DE 64 06/07/1982 (2 weeks)

Discography

Albums

  • For Your Love (1978)
  • Come to LA (1979)
  • Showbiz (1980)
  • Secret Lies (1982)
  • Devils Dance (2004)

Compilations

  • Johnny Loves Jenny (1981)
  • We Are the Popkings (1982)
  • Stars (2001)
  • We Are the Popkings… and Other Hits (2011)
  • The Chilly Gold - The Best of Cilly (2011)
  • Chilly and More Hits of the 80th (2011)

Singles

  • For Your Love (1978)
  • Come to LA (1979)
  • Friday on My Mind (1979)
  • Come Let's Go (1980)
  • We Are the Popkings (1980)
  • Johnny Loves Jenny (1981)
  • Simply a Love Song (1981)
  • Secret Lies (1982)
  • Oh, I Love You (1983)
  • Goo Goo Eyes (1983)

Web links

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  1. ↑  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Website Werner Südhoff@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.suedhoff.com
  2. ↑ Chart data: Singles