Ottawan

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Ottawan
Ottawan in Moscow, 2008
Ottawan in Moscow, 2008
General information
Genre (s) Disco
founding 1979
Founding members
Jean Kluger & Daniel Vangarde
Current occupation
Patrick Jean-Baptiste (1979–1982, since 1984)
Isabell Yapi (since 2012)
former members
Annette Eltice (1979–1982)
Tamara (1984-1999)
Christine Anne-Rose Manne (2000–2001, 2009–2012)
Caroline Ann Coudaire (2002-2009)
Linda (2005)

Ottawan is a French disco band that had particular success in 1980 and 1981. The group was founded in 1979 by Jean Patrick from the Caribbean ( Guadeloupe ), under the leadership of the French producer team Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger. The group initially played very catchy pop music with a slight Caribbean touch.

Career

Jean Patrick had lived in Paris since the 1960s and was already working in the music business when he met Annette, who was also from the Caribbean and who had also settled in Paris in 1976. With her he initially appeared under the name "Black Underground", then the name was changed to "Ottawan".

The duo became popular with the title DISCO in the spring of 1980. It's an abbreviation ("She is D, delirious / She is I, incredible / She is S, superficial / She is C, complicated / She is O, oh-oh-oh") and is aimed at an imaginary woman. The English-language version climbed into the top 5 of the charts in Germany , Austria , Switzerland and Great Britain .

Shortly afterwards, the title You're OK also made its way into the French, German and British charts. The following year Ottawan had another big hit in Europe with the English version of Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) . Like DISCO before , the song made it into the top 5 of the German, Austrian, Swiss and British charts.

After that, interest in the Ottawan sound decreased, so that the singles Crazy Music and Help! (Get Me Some Help) only became small hits. After a new attempt as a successor duo under the name "Pam 'n Pat", the two protagonists separated in 1982.

In later years, three different groups toured the world, performing under the band name Ottawan: One with the line-up Esther de Bijl and Robert Walker, one line-up with LA Williams and Ana Bonfim (or Nicole Meister) on the part of the naming rights holder Wilhelm van den Munckhof , as well as the cast of the original singer Patrick Jean-Baptiste, supplemented by a singer.

The rights of the inventors and producers of Ottawan have been with Zagora Productions in France since 1981, whose owners are the producers Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1980 DISCO
Carrere 		DE30 (13 weeks)
DE 		- - -
First published: July 1980
Producer: Daniel Vangarde
1981 Ottawan 2
Carrere 		- AT18 (2 weeks)
AT 		- -
First published: July 1981
Producer: Daniel Vangarde

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

  • 1981: The Best of Ottawan (Carrere)
  • 1988: DISCO (polyphonic)
  • 1996: Greatest Hits (Disky)
  • 1998: DISCO (LaserLight Digital)
  • 2005: DISCO (LaserLight Digital)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1979 DISCO
DISCO 		DE2 (34 weeks)
DE 		AT4 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)UK
First published: October 1, 1979
Authors: Daniel Vangarde, Jean Kluger
1980 You're Ok
D. ISCO 		DE17 (20 weeks)
DE 		- - UK56 (6 weeks)
UK
First published: May 4, 1980
Authors: Daniel Vangarde, Jean Kluger, Nelly Byl
Shalala Song
D. ISCO 		DE73 (1 week)
DE 		- - -
First published: November 4, 1980
Authors: Daniel Vangarde, Nelly Byl
1981 Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)
Ottawan 2 		DE2 (28 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH4 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK3
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK
First published on March 3, 1981
Authors: Daniel Vangarde, Jean Kluger, Nelly Byl
Crazy Music
Ottawan 2 		DE26 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT19 (6 weeks)
AT 		- -
First published: August 5, 1981
Authors: Daniel Vangarde, Jean Kluger, Nelly Byl
Help! (Get Me Some Help)
DISCO 		- - - UK49 (6 weeks)
UK
First publication: November 1981
Authors: Daniel Vangarde, Nelly Byl

more singles

  • 1980: Hello Rio!
  • 1981: It's a Top Secret
  • 1989: Megamix
  • 1996: Hands Up (Hands in the Air Mix) (Remix: Alex Greggs)

swell

  1. ↑ Ottawan-Disco.com Website of the Ottawan formation around Esther de Bijl. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Six more rock and pop concerts in the Hamborner Kulturkeller WAZ cultural section. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Ottawan.net website Ottawan lineup by Patrick Jean-Baptiste. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
  5. ↑ Gold / platinum database UK

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