Gregg Diamond

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Gregg Diamond (born May 4, 1949 as Gregory Oliver Diamond in New York , New York , † March 14, 1999 ) was an American disco producer , composer and musician . The music magazine Billboard called him "a true pioneer of disco music".

Career

Gregg Diamond had already worked in the music business for a number of years before his breakthrough as a producer and musician in the second half of the 1970s with the disco wave. He worked as a drummer for the folk singer Melanie and the singer-songwriter Michael Wendroff , among others . In 1972 he was a member of the group Five Dollar Shoes , which released an album and then disbanded. Diamond also belonged to the band The Principal Creatures around the glam rock singer Jobriath . In this capacity he also played on his second album Creatures of the Street .

Diamond's breakthrough came in 1976 with an album production for the singer Andrea True, who actually became known as a porn actress . More, More, More contained a worldwide hit with the title song written by Diamond, which established itself as a disco classic and was also used in numerous films over the decades. Diamond arranged all of the recordings for the LP and also played piano and percussion, among other things. The album was mixed by Tom Moulton . Diamond also celebrated other smaller hits with True: Party Line (1976) and NY You Got Me Dancin ' (1977) were high in the American disco charts.

In 1976 he worked with George McCrae on his album Diamond Touch . Then Diamond founded his studio project Bionic Boogie , which brought him some hits in the disco charts with changing musicians. The first LP Bionic Boogie (1977) was particularly successful and was the only one of his works to make it into the top 100 of the Billboard album charts. Special attention was given to the cover of the album, which shows a futuristically dressed woman turning a metal regulator attached to her chest, apparently slowly increasing the temperature or volume in her body. The songs Dance Little Dreamer / Risky Changes were at number one in the disco charts for three weeks in 1978, the following albums Hot Butterfly (1978, with Luther Vandross , among others ) and Tiger Tiger (1979, with Jocelyn Brown among others ) were also in the discos asked. Diamond also released two albums under his name; Star Cruiser (1978) made it into the top 10. Diamond was hired as producer for Gloria Gaynor's album Glorious in 1977 .

After the disco wave peaked, Diamond also withdrew from the business. He died in 1999 of gastrointestinal bleeding .

Discography

Albums

as Gregg Diamond

  • 1978: Starcruiser (Marlin / TK)
  • 1979: Hardware (Mercury)

as Bionic Boogie

  • 1977: Bionic Boogie (Polydor)
  • 1978: Hot Butterfly (Polydor)
  • 1979: Tiger Tiger (Polydor)

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  1. ↑ a b Brief news of his death, Billboard, April 2, 1999
  2. ↑ Info about the album, kissfaq.com ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kissfaq.com
  3. ↑ Andrea True Biography, MySpace
  4. ^ A b Joel Whitburn: Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003 , 2004, ISBN 0-89820-156-X .
  5. ↑ More information about the LP "Bionic Boogie" and the cover

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personal data
SURNAME Diamond, Gregg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Diamond, Gregory Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American disco producer, composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1999