Honesty 69
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Honesty 69 was a dance project by German producers Willi Grossmann and Thomas Gesell, who had a hit with French Kiss in 1989 . The keyboard player and remixer Ramon Zenker (born November 11, 1968 in Willich ) worked on this project.
Life
Ramon Zenker was in New York in the summer of 1989 with producers Thomas Gesell and Willi Grossmann . There they heard the song French Kiss by Lil 'Louis in the discos . When they couldn't buy it later in Germany, they decided to cover it . As Honesty 69, the duo had a top 10 hit in Germany , Austria and Switzerland with their version . The American original sold even better in these countries.
Later Honesty 69 singles did not hit the charts. With the techno band Interactive , Ramon Zenker and Marc Innocent were able to land more hits from 1992 onwards.
Discography (singles)
- 1989: French Kiss (BCM Records)
- 1990: Rich in Paradise (BCM Records)
- 1995: Everybody Be Somebody ( ZYX Music )
- 1996: I Never Thought I'd See the Day (ZYX Music)
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Frank Laufenberg's rock and pop lexicon . Volume 1. ISBN 3-612-26206-8
Web links
- Honesty 69 at Allmusic (English)
- Honesty 69 at Discogs (English)
- Studio website of the producers
- Biography at Taurus Press