CB Milton, aka Clarence Bekker (born Clarence Becker Milton, 11 April 1968, in
Suriname), is a Dutch
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...
vocalist, who became known in the early 1990s. He is best known for the
singles "
It's a Loving Thing", "Send Me an Angel" and "Open Your Heart". In the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
, "
It's a Loving Thing" reached No. 34 in a
remixed version in March 1995, and "
Hold On (If You Believe in Love)" peaked at No. 62 in August that year.
He also
recorded three albums, ''It's My Loving Thing'' (1994), ''The Way to Wonderland'' (1996) and ''From Here to There'' (1998) for the
Byte Records label in Antwerp, Belgium.
CB Milton was identified as Clarence Bekker of the Netherlands on the disc and DVD created by
Playing for Change
Playing For Change is a multimedia music project, featuring musicians and singers from across the globe, co-founded in 2002 by American Grammy award-winning music producer/engineer and award-winning film director Mark Johnson and film producer/ph ...
released in April 2009. He participated with various other artists on the songs "
Stand by Me"
"Stand By Me , Playing For Change , Song Around The World"
Official music video, YouTube. (Ben E. King
Benjamin Earl King (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He is best known as the singer and co-composer of " Stand by Me"—a US Top 10 hit, both in 1961 and later ...
) and "Don't Worry" (Pierre Minetti) on the album. He is also part of the Playing for Change band, brought together to promote the disc.
Clarence performed at the Dutch 5 May Concert in Amsterdam.
Discography
Singles
Collaborations
Albums
References
External links
Clarence Bekker official websiteDiscogs.com biographyBekker's page on the Playing for Change site
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1968 births
Living people
Dutch dance musicians
21st-century Dutch male singers
21st-century Dutch singers
20th-century Surinamese male singers
Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands