Planet Soul
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Planet Soul
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| alias = Planet Soul
| origin = Miami, Florida
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| genre = House, progressive house,[http://www.allmusic.com/album/energy-harmony-mw0000183979 AllMusic Review].Techno
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| label = Strictly Rhythm
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| current_members =
| past_members = {{plainlist|
- George Acosta
- Nadine Renee
- Brenda Dee (vocals on "Feel the Music")}}
Veronica Barrios (songwriter)
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Planet Soul was a house duo from Miami, Florida, composed of producer George Acosta and singer Nadine Renee.
Biography
They released one album in 1996, entitled Energy and Harmony, and are primarily remembered as a one-hit wonder for their song "Set U Free", which peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel |authorlink= Joel Whitburn | title = The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits |edition=8th | publisher = Billboard Books | location = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-8230-7499-4 | page = 493 }} in early 1996.{{cite book|title=Billboard|date=1996-01-27|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7g4EAAAAMBAJ|accessdate=2015-08-20}} Brenda Dee did lead vocals on their second biggest hit, Feel The Music and went on to tour for the group throughout the US and Europe. She was lead vocals on the completion of their debut album, Energy & Harmony which was co-written by Veronica Barrios and produced by the group’s creator, George Acosta.
Nadine Renee's death
On December 2, 2004, Renee died of complications from the delivery of her first child, Liat Nadine Shamir.{{cite news
|author = Hatcher, Monica
| title = Nadine Shamir Singer and co-writer of techno hit Set U Free
| newspaper = Miami Herald
| date= 2004-12-06
| url = http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/obituaries/10348236.htm
| accessdate = 2009-10-24
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20041223071357/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/obituaries/10348236.htm |archivedate = 2004-12-23}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Energy and Harmony (Strictly Rhythm, 1996) U.S. Billboard 200 #165[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p168606|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], Allmusic.com
Singles
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="3"| Chart positions[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p168606|pure_url=yes}} Billboard Singles]. Allmusic.com. |
| width="50"| Billboard Hot 100
! width="50"| US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles |
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| 1995
| "Set U Free" | align="center"|26 | align="center"|3 |
| rowspan="2"|1996
| "Feel the Music" | align="center"|73 | align="center"|10 |
| "Look Into My Eyes"
| align="center"|— | align="center"|47 |
| 1999
| "Music Is My Life" | align="center"|— | align="center"|— |
References
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Category:Musical groups from Miami