Black Connection

{{Short description|Italo house group}}

Black Connection is an Italo house group formed by Corrado Rizza, Gino Woody Bianchi and Dom Scuteri.

Biography

The group made three singles that charted in the UK{{cite web |url =http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4260/black-connection/ |title =Black Connection inside the UK Chart |website =OfficialCharts.com |accessdate = 2018-04-01 }} and US.{{cite web |url =https://www.recordresearch.com/dance_disco/hot_dance_disco_1974_2003.php |title =Whitburn, Joel (2004), in Billboard's Hot Dance/disco 1974-2003, Billboard |access-date =2018-04-01 |archive-date =2020-08-05 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200805142519/https://www.recordresearch.com/dance_disco/hot_dance_disco_1974_2003.php |url-status =dead }}, p. 256 (2004) The first single was "Give Me Rhythm", the second "I'm Gonna Get Ya' Baby", both sung by Orlando Johnson and remixed by Full Intention. The third single was "Keep Doin' It", sung by Taka Boom, sister of Chaka Khan with the remix of Stella Browne. The group was the 25th Club Play-Artist of the year for Billboard magazine in 1998.{{cite web |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Mw0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=black+connection&pg=RA1-PA65 |title =Black Connection #25 Club Play-Artist and #21 Hot Single inside "The Year in Music" (1998), in Billboard - USA (magazine), p. 54 (Dec. 1998)|date =26 December 1998 – 2 January 1999|accessdate = 2018-04-01 }} Black Connection was included on compilations by DJs and labels such as Pete Tong,{{cite web |url =https://www.discogs.com/it/Pete-Tong-Essential-Selection-Spring-1998/release/156867|title =Black Connection - inside the compilation - Essential Selection - Spring 1998 by Pete Tong|website =Discogs|accessdate = 2018-04-01 }} Judge Jules, Ministry of Sound, and Café Mambo.

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Billboard's Hot Dance/disco 1974-2003|publisher=Billboard|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|year=2004|isbn=08-9820-156-X}}
  • {{cite book|last=Betts|first=Graham|title=Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2005|publisher=Collins|location=London|year=2005|isbn=00-0720-532-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/collinscompleteb0000bett}}