Arizona was a
Eurodance project from
England
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that consisted of
remixer/
producers
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**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
Michael Gray and
Jon Pearn
Jon Pearn is an English house music producer and a member of several successful acts including Araknofobia, Full Intention and Bodyrox.
Biography
Pearn, with production partner Nick Bridges formed Bodyrox. Their track " Yeah Yeah" was a hi ...
(both of
Full Intention
Full Intention is an English house music duo consisting of Michael Gray and Jon Pearn. They are best known as prolific producers and remixers. They have reworked songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey ...
) and vocalist
Zeeteah Massiah
Zeeteah Silveta Massiah (born December 24, 1956) is a Barbadian-born British singer particularly associated with reggae, jazz and house music.
In a wide-ranging career she has recorded and/or toured with artists including Robbie Williams, Tom ...
(born 24 December 1956 in
Barbados
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).
Biography
Their 1993
club music release "
Slide on the Rhythm" (credited to Arizona featuring Zeitia) went to #1 on ''
Billboard'' 's
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In March 1994, "I Specialize In Love" was released and reached #74 in the
UK Singles Chart
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.
[Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 29 ]
They are not to be confused with another
funk and
soul
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Etymology
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band of the same name, who recorded an eponymous album for
RCA
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in 1977.
See also
*
List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by '' Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is ...
*
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in th ...
References
British house music groups
British dance music groups
British electronic music groups
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