Real McCoy

This article is about the Real McCoy dance project. For other meanings, see The Real McCoy .

Real McCoy (MC Sar & the Real McCoy)
General information
Genre (s)	Eurodance , pop, hip house
founding	1989, 2016
Website	official page
Founding members
Rapper , production	Olaf " O-Jay " Jeglitza
production	Frank "Quickmix" Hassas
production	Jürgen Wind (J. Wind)
Current occupation
rapper	Olaf " O-Jay " Jeglitza
singing	Karin Kasar
former members
Rapper (1990)	George Shampro Mario (MCSar)
Vocals (1990)	Yvonne "Sunday" Parker
Singing (1990–1996)	Patricia "Patsy" Petersen
Singing (1994–1997)	Vanessa Mason
Vocals (1997)	Lisa Cork

Real McCoy is a German eurodance and pop music project that was internationally successful in the 90s with hits like It's On You , Another Night and Run Away .

Project history

The project arose from the collaboration between Olaf “ O-Jay ” Jeglitza, Frank “Quickmix” Hassas and Jürgen Wind (J. Wind), who had made some recordings under different names in the late 1980s. In 1989 they were commissioned to produce a cover rap version of Technotronics Pump Up the Jam for ZYX Records , and released their version under the name MC Sar & the Real McCoy (“the real McCoy” is a special English expression and is called that much like "the real thing"). The single reached number 16 in Germany. They then engaged George Shampro Mario as a rapper for public appearances and the singer Patricia Petersen and continued their success with It's on You , which reached number 11 in Germany. After It's On You, there were four more singles ( Don't Stop , Make A Move , Let's Talk About Love , No Showbo ) and an album ( On the Move ...! ), Which except for the production Don't Stop , missed their entry into the charts.

Another night

Frank Hassas and Jürgen Wind - producers and songwriters for Real McCoy

At the end of 1992 a new, exclusive contract was concluded with the Hansa company in Berlin, which resulted in the single Another Night being released in Germany in 1993 . The female vocals for Another Night were contributed by Karin Kasar, although Petersen officially remained the singer. In contrast to earlier productions, this time O-Jay's rap was not mimed by Shampro, but this time Jeglitza appeared as a rapper himself. Although Another Night only reached the top 20 in Germany, the title became very successful first in France and then in Canada. Due to the success in Canada and the associated growing airplay on US radio stations that were on the border with Canada, Another Night was also released by Arista Records in the USA. "MC Sar" was deleted from the band name, and it was only released under the name Real McCoy . Another Night became a worldwide hit, reaching number two in the UK, number three in the US and number one in Australia. It went platinum in the US and silver in the UK. The song is number 1 on the all-time list of the mainstream Top 40 charts in the USA. The title Run Away was similarly successful, reaching the top 10 again in many countries and going gold in the USA .

For this purpose, a new album was put together, which, like the first single, was called Another Night and partly consisted of titles that had previously been included on Space Invaders in Europe . In addition, the singer Vanessa Mason came to the group. Most of the album was written by Hassas, Wind and Jeglitza. Produced by Freshline (Hassas, Wind, Jeglitza), the Berman Brothers , Shep Pettibone, Lemon Productions (Adebratt, Carr & Ekman), Billy Steinberg & Rick Noweles. The album reached number 13 on the Billboard charts and was also awarded double platinum. It came in sixth in the UK and Australia.

This was followed by three more successful single releases from Another Night , then in 1996 they took another creative break. Patricia Petersen went her own way and recorded a solo single ( Money 4 Me ), she was replaced by Lisa Cork. The new album One More Time was released in 1997 and the title song entered the charts again internationally, but except for Australia, where it was again a number 3 hit, the success remained low.

Since December 1, 1999, Olaf Jeglitza has had the right to use the Real McCoy brand name . He tried again with changes in the line-up, but it was no longer possible to build on the earlier successes.

Since 2016 the formation consists of Jeglitza and the original singer Karin Kasar. Since December 19, 2016 Jürgen Wind has the right to use the original brand name MC Sar & the Real McCoy .

formation

Stylistically, Real McCoy's songs consist of a mixture of house , hi-NRG , techno , dance and pop .

The line-up changed several times. In the meantime, the following were involved in the albums and individual songs:

• Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza (rapper, producer)
• Frank "Quickmix" Hassas (producer)
• Jürgen Wind / J. Wind (producer)
• George Shampro Mario / MC Sar
• Yvonne "Sunday" Parker
• Karin Kasar
• Patricia Petersen
• Vanessa Mason
• Lisa Cork

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	Another Night / Space Invaders	DE65 (5 weeks) DE	AT26 (3 weeks) AT	-	UK6 (8 weeks) UK	US13 × 2 Double platinum (46 weeks)US	First published: Aug 24, 1994 Sales: +2,000,000
1997	One more time	-	-	-	-	US79 (6 weeks) US	First published: March 25, 1997

more albums

• 1990: On the Move!
• 1998: Love and Devotion
• 1998: Remix album
• 2002: Best Of
• 2003: Platinum & Gold Collection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Pump Up the Jam On the Move!	DE16 (17 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1989
1990	Don't stop on the move!	DE41 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1990
	It's On You On the Move!	DE11 (21 weeks) DE	AT4 (12 weeks) AT	CH8 (10 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: November 1990
1991	Make a Move On the Move!	-	-	CH29 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: June 1991
1993	Another Night Another Night / Space Invaders	DE18 (26 weeks) DE	AT30 (1 week) AT	CH45 (1 week) CH	UK2 silver (18 weeks)UK	US3 platinum (45 weeks)US	First published: August 1993 Sales: + 1,200,000
1994	Run Away Another Night / Space Invaders	DE22 (15 weeks) DE	AT24 (5 weeks) AT	CH25 (10 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (10 weeks)UK	US3 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: February 1994 Sales: + 700,000; (with MC Sar)
	Automatic Lover (Call for Love) Another Night / Space Invaders	DE20 (16 weeks) DE	-	CH32 (5 weeks) CH	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	US52 (19 weeks) US	First published: August 1994
1995	Love and Devotion Another Night / Space Invaders	DE37 (15 weeks) DE	AT16 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK11 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1995
	Come and Get Your Love Another Night / Space Invaders	DE53 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	US19 (20 weeks) US	First published: June 1995
1997	One more time, one more time	DE85 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK78 (1 week) UK	US27 (20 weeks) US	First published: February 1997

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	3,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	-	400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	gold1	3 × platinum3

Awards

• 1995: Comet in the “Dance Act” category.
• 1996: Echo in the category “National Artists Abroad”.

Web links

• Real McCoy in the All Music Guide (English)
• Real McCoy at Discogs (English)
• Sound carriers and literature by Real McCoy in the catalog of the German National Library
• Recordings from MC Sar & the Real McCoy in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chart of the single Pump Up the Jam - Rap : ( Memento from June 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at musicline.de
2. ↑ Chart history of the single It's On You : ( Memento from June 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at musicline.de
3. ↑ Chart history of the single Don't Stop : ( Memento from June 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at musicline.de
4. ↑ MC SAR. In: australian-charts.com. Australian charts portal, 2020, accessed August 29, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Entry in the Riaa Gold Platinum Database US search query required
6. ↑ Entry in gold, silver, platinum UK database search required
7. ↑ Entry on Money 4 Me (Patsy) in the Discogs directory
8. ↑ Registration in the German Patent and Trademark Office Real McCoy. Retrieved August 19, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Real McCoy Has Resurrected From The 90's & Is Coming To Australia | MTV. Retrieved on August 29, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Registration in the German Patent and Trademark Office MC Sar & the Real McCoy. Retrieved January 12, 2020 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US
12. ↑ List of Comet Prize Winners 1995
13. ↑ List of the 1996 Echo Prize Winners ( Memento from June 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )