Eric Newkirt Singleton (born November 6, 1968), also known as Eric XL Singleton or XLarge, is an American former

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who has appeared on many

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productions, significantly on

Modern Talking Modern Talking was a German pop music duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching th ...

songs, such as " You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98", " Space Mix ’98", "

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", " Sexy Sexy Lover", "

China in Her Eyes "China in Her Eyes" is a song by German music group Modern Talking and featuring American rapper Eric Singleton. It was released in January 2000 as the first single from the ninth studio album '' Year of the Dragon''. Although, the song was of mode ...

", "

Don't Take Away My Heart Don't Take Away My Heart is a song by German musical group Modern Talking Modern Talking was a German pop music duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. They have been referred to as Germany ...

" and "

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Biography

Singleton was born in New York City. Since 1994, he has worked with different music producers. He worked with unknown bands in Germany, like Face II Face, Deep Down and Cool Cut. He gained fame mainly through his appearances as rapper for Modern Talking. He appeared for the first time on the comeback version of "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" in 1998, then for the next few years he was heard on every single Modern Talking song released, until "

" in 2001 (except "

Win the Race Win the Race is a song by German musical group Modern Talking. It was released in February 2001 as the first single from the tenth album ''America''. "Win the Race", released in Germany and in other European territories on 26 February 2001, was com ...

"). In 2000, he released his first solo single, "Sexy Girl", featuring

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. After his last single with Modern Talking, he moved back to

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, U.S.

External links

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