Jaydee
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{{Short description|Dutch house music producer and DJ (born 1956)}}
{{distinguish|text=the American hip-hop producer Jay Dee (J Dilla) or the Canadian country singer Jaydee (Jaydee Bixby)}}
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|birth_name = Robin Albers
|origin = Netherlands
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|genre = {{hlist|House|techno}}
|occupation = DJ, music producer
|label = {{hlist|Epic/SME|R&S}}
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Robin Albers (born 1956), who uses the stage name Jaydee, is a Dutch house music producer and DJ.
Biography
After a degree in commercial studies, Albers played in the Dutch national baseball team and was triple Dutch arm-wrestling champion.{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=169}} Then, he started his career as DJ, and was a radio host on Dutch music and sport programs for eleven years.
His original stage name was Jei D. In 1992 (R&S Records),{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/143132-Jay-Dee-Plastic-Dreams | title=Jay Dee - Plastic Dreams | website=Discogs | date=1992 }} under the stage name JayDee, he released "Plastic Dreams", which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song, an instrumental, featured a prominent Hammond organ-style synthesizer melody, played in a jazzy, improvised manner. "Plastic Dreams" continues to be remixed and re-released today, mostly on unsolicited white labels. The track made the UK Singles Chart on two occasions; firstly in September 1997 when it reached number 18, and again in January 2004, when it reached number 35.{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 280}}
Albers created his own record label, First Impression.
Discography
= Singles =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="8"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| AUT ! width="35"| BEL ! width="35"| FRA ! width="35"| ITA ! width="35"| NLD ! width="35"| SWI ! width="35"| UK ! width="35"| US |
| 1992/1993
| align="left"| "Plastic Dreams" | 20 | 8 | 25 | — | 34 | 4 | — | 1 | align="left" rowspan="2"| Singles only |
| 1994
| align="left"| "Music Is So Special" | — | — | — | — | 32 | 25 | — | — |
| 1995
| align="left"| "I Want You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | align="left" rowspan="2"| House Nation |
| 1996
| align="left"| "The Lounge" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| rowspan=2| 1997
| align="left"| "Plastic Dreams" (Revisited) | — | 38 | — | 16 | — | 49 | 18 | — | align="left" rowspan="6"| Singles only |
| align="left"| "U Got It"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| rowspan=2| 1998
| align="left"| "Reste Chez Moi" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| align="left"| "Spank! Spank!"
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003
| align="left"| "Plastic Dreams 2003" | — | 25 | — | — | 64 | — | 35 | — |
| 2013
| align="left"| "Pulsate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |