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, under the stage name of DJ Sammy featuring Carisma.

Career

DJ Sammy started his music career in 1984 in pubs (Siros pub – DJ Sammy worked there one summer season along with a well known PR in the area, Jose Crespo) and dance clubs of

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, playing gigs at clubs such as Alexandra's (rebuilt around 1998/99 and renamed to Boomerang's), Banana's and Zorba's. During this time he completed training as a sound technician at the Mallorca Music College. He was also a DJ at the Cadena Top radio station. In 1991, he met dancer Marie-José van der Kolk and they performed at Zorba's Club in Palma. In 1992, DJ Sammy became

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at the Joy Palace Club in Arenal and Marie Jose was a resident dancer there. In November 1995, DJ Sammy released his first single " Life Is Just a Game" with Marie-José who started singing. The track became a Top 10 hit in the Spanish

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. Other singles, such as " You're My Angel" and " Prince of Love", have been popular in the German record chart. In June 1998, DJ Sammy released his debut album, '' Life Is Just a Game''. DJ Sammy founded his own music

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, Super M Records, as well as the Gamba Music Company. In 2002, Sammy released the album, ''

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's " The Boys of Summer". In 2005, his next album was '' The Rise'', with charting singles such as " Rise Again" which was featured on the 2004 movie soundtrack, ''

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, remixing his song "Tired of Being Sorry", the second track from his hit album, ''Insomniac''. Following this success, in April 2007,

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released the song "Superstar", produced and co-written by Sammy. The song was her biggest hit since "Soy Yo". On

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He toured the world with the Balearic Masters tour, which commenced at the end of 2007. He took his protégé, writer and singer, Nyah, who featured on the tracks "

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", "Feel the Love", "Animal", and "Look for Love" co-produced by Nick Marsh. In June 2013, Sammy released the single such as "Shut Up and Kiss Me" with a vocalist

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, the music video is directed by Mark Feuerstake. On 18 June 2013, he uploaded the music video onto

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. In July 2020, Sammy released the single such as "This Is Who We Are" with Australian vocalist Chloe Martin, and he uploaded the lyric video onto

Personal life

He has one daughter, Chloe Marín (born 10 February 2005), from his previous marriage with van der Kolk.

Discography

Studio albums

DJ mixes

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Official Site

MyClubRoom Radio Show & Podcast (weekly), hosted by DJ Sammy
* Official US Billboard Charts
DJ Sammy Biography on Central Station Records

DJ Sammy Biography on Sing365
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sammy, Dj 1969 births Living people Spanish DJs Spanish dance musicians Musicians from the Balearic Islands People from Mallorca Electronic dance music DJs