Double Trouble were an English dance record production and remixing trio in the house and

hip house Hip house, also known as rap house or house rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip hop, that originated in both London, United Kingdom and Chicago, United States in the mid to late 1980s. British group the Beatmaster ...

scene, active during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

History

The group consisted of members Karl 'Tuff Enuff' Brown, Leigh Guest and Michael Menson and first rose to prominence through their collaborations with the

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on the

Polydor Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States ...

/Desire releases " Just Keep Rockin'" and " Street Tuff", which reached numbers 5 and 1 respectively on the

UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the rel ...

in 1989. "Just Keep Rockin'" then reached number 11 on 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 ...

, while "Street Tuff" reached number 3, becoming their biggest hit. These two singles were included on Rebel MC's debut album, '' Rebel Music'', as well as going on to feature on Double Trouble's own debut album, ''As One'', which also spawned the singles "Don't Give Up", "Talk Back" and "

Love Don't Live Here Anymore "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" is a song written by Miles Gregory and originally recorded by Rose Royce. It was produced by former Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield for Whitfield Records. Lead vocals were sung by Gwen Dickey a ...

" - a cover of the

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track. In 1991, a club/reggae single was released, entitled "Rub-A-Dub". New interest in "Just Keep Rockin'" in December 2007 saw it re-enter the

UK Dance Chart The UK Dance Singles Chart and the UK Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre (e.g. house, trance, drum and bass, garage, synthpop) in record s ...

at number 32.

Discography

Albums

*1990: ''As One''

Singles

Remixes

The trio were responsible for a string of successful remixes including: *

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- "

Ooops Up "Ooops Up" is a song by German Eurodance group Snap!. It was released in June 1990 as the second single from their debut studio album, ''World Power'' (1990). The song is a re-working of " I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Ooops!)"; a ...

" * Joey B Ellis - "Go for It (Heart and Fire)" * Joe Smooth - "

Promised Land The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...

" * Dream Warriors - "Ludi"

Death of Michael Menson

Michael Menson died on 13 February 1997, having been set on fire by three men in

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References

External links

Double Trouble Discogs profile
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