Daz Sampson

Daz Sampson (2007)

Daz Sampson (born November 28, 1974 in Stockport , Cheshire ; actually Darren Sampson ) is a British dance music producer and singer .

Life

Daz Sampson became known primarily through the publication of various dance songs, especially reworking of older songs that he recorded with other artists. He had his greatest successes with the group Uniting Nations ( Out of touch ), as part of the duo Rikki & Daz ( Rhinestone Cowboy ) and with the group Bus Stop ( Kung fu fighting ).

2006 he took on March 4th with the song Teenage Life , which he had written with John Matthews, better known as Ricardo Autobahn , in Making Your Mind Up , the British preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . The song, which was accompanied on stage by five young women in school uniforms (called The Sampsonites ), was able to prevail by a clear margin against the five other applicants. The performance caused controversy in the British media because of the "obvious sexual lewdness of the stage appearance" seen in the clothes of the background singers, but the singer was unimpressed:

"The young dancers were fully clothed [...] there were no sexual innuendos."

- Daz Sampson

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens on May 20, he appeared with the same stage show, but could not convince the European audience and only received points from ten of the other 38 countries entitled to vote, overall he landed in 19th place with 25 points under 24 participants. Teenage life was still a hit in Great Britain and the most successful British competition entry since 1999. In addition, the audience ratings in Great Britain in 2006 were higher than ever in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. After the event, the single also hit the charts in France and the Netherlands.

In 2007 he submitted the song Goodbye , which he wanted to sing with Carol Decker, for the British preliminary round, but did not reach the final round.

Discography

Studio albums

Bus stop

• 1998: Ticket to Ride
• 2000: Get It On
• 2002: Bustin 'Rhymes & Melodies

Uniting Nations

• 2005: One World

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1998	Kung Fu Fighting Ticket to Ride	-	-	-	UK8 (11 weeks) UK	-	First release: May 1998 Bus Stop feat. Carl Douglas
	You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Ticket to Ride	-	-	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	-	First release: October 1998 Bus Stop feat. Randy Bachman
1999	Jump Ticket to Ride	-	-	-	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1999 Bus Stop
2000	Get It On Get It On	-	-	-	UK59 (2 weeks) UK	-	First release: September 2000 Bus Stop feat. T. rex
2002	Rhinestone Cowboy single track	-	-	-	UK12 (8 weeks) UK	-	First release: November 2002 Rikki & Daz feat. Glen Campbell
2003	Yippie I Oh single track	-	-	-	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 2003 Barndance Boys
2004	Out of Touch One World	DE27 (9 weeks) DE	AT68 (1 week) AT	CH74 (6 weeks) CH	UK7 (24 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 2004 Uniting Nations
2005	You And Me One World	-	-	-	UK15 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 2005 Uniting Nations
	Ai No Corrida One World	-	-	-	UK18 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 2005 Uniting Nations feat. Laura More
2006	Teenage Life single track	-	-	-	UK8 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 2006 Daz Sampson
2007	Do It Yourself single track	-	-	-	UK64 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 2007 Uniting Nations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ geocities.ws
2. ^ ^{A b} "Underdog Daz enjoying the limelight" . In: Manchester Evening News, April 26, 2006.
3. ↑ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
4. ↑ esctoday.com
5. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 UK3 UK4 UK5