Vito Lucente (; born 31 August 1971), known by his stage name Junior Jack, is an Italian

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

producer and DJ based in Belgium.

Biography

In the early years, Vito Lucente produced several

acid house Acid house (also simply known as just "acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synthesiz ...

and

Eurodance Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NRG, house music, and Euro-Disco. This ...

projects, mostly in collaboration with Eric Imhauser. However, his more famous project was as producer of the

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/rap group

Benny B Benny B (real name Abdel Hamid Gharbaoui, born 11 December 1968 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean) is a Belgian artist.

Career

Vito Lucente resided in Belgium in his teen years. In 1995, he abandoned Eurodance and adopted the name "Mr. Jack" (which would later morph into Junior Jack), dabbling in house music. He entered the

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with the singles "My Feeling", "Thrill Me (Such a Thrill)", "E Samba", " Dare Me (Stupidisco)" and "Da Hype", the latter featuring vocals by Robert Smith from

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and uses samples from "I'm So Hot for You" by

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. His album '' Trust It'' was released to critical acclaim. "My Feeling" and "Stupidisco" were built around vocal samples from, respectively, "

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" by

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and

Cherrelle Cheryl Anne Norton (born October 13, 1958), better known by her stage name Cherrelle, is an American R&B singer and songwriter who gained fame in the mid-1980s. Her signature hits include "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", "Where Do I Run To", " Ev ...

, and " Dare Me" by

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. His latest single was a remake of "Dare Me (Stupidisco)", with vocals from Shena, which reached #20 in the UK Singles Chart on 25 February 2007 Lucente has also worked with

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artist

Oliver Cheatham Oliver Cheatham (February 24, 1948 – November 29, 2013) was an American contemporary R&B singer who is best remembered for his 1983 hit "Get Down Saturday Night". The song was sampled by Italian DJ Room 5 on his 2003 single "Make Luv", which r ...

under the name Room 5, reaching number-one on the

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with the 2003 single "

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" (which used samples from Cheatham's song "

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"). "Make Luv" ended up being certified platinum by BPI in 2022. As a remixer, he has reworked tracks for artists such as

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and Utada. He has worked extensively in this area with partner Kid Creme.

Discography

Albums

*1990 ''L'Album'', as Benny B *1992 ''Perfect, Daddy K Et Moi'', as Benny B *1992 ''Walakota'', as Wamblee *2003 ''Music & You'', as Room 5 *2004 '' Trust It'', as Junior Jack

Singles

Junior Jack Room 5 *2001 "

" (with

) *2003 "Make Luv" (re-release) (with Oliver Cheatham) #1 UK, #34 AUS *2003 "Music & You" (with Oliver Cheatham) #38 UK *2003 "Think About U" *2004 "U Got Me" *2005 "Make Luv (The 2005 Mixes)" (with Oliver Cheatham) Mr Jack *1995 "Only House Muzik" *1996 "Wiggly World" *1997 "The Wiggly World 2 (Jack Is the One)" (with Brenda Edwards) *1997 "I Know" (with Olivier Gosseries) *1998 "Back from Hawaii EP" (with Olivier Gosseries) *1999 "Start!" (with Olivier Gosseries) *1999 "Only House Muzik - Remixes '99" *1999 "Voodoo Curse" (with Olivier Gosseries) Benny B : ''All are collaborations with Amid Gharbaoui, Daddy K and Richard Quyssens'' *1990 " Vous êtes fous !" *1990 "

Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ? "Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?" is a 1990 song recorded by Belgian hip hop act Benny B, with DJ Daddy K also credited on the single's cover. Released in November 1990, it was the second single from Benny B's first album, ''L'Album''. It bec ...

" *1991 "

Dis-moi bébé "Dis-moi bébé" is a 1990 song recorded by Belgian hip hop act Benny B, with DJ Daddy K also credited on the single's cover. Written by Amid Gharbaoui with a music composed by Vito Lucente, Alain Deproost and Richard Quyssensand, "Dis-moi béb ...

" *1991 "

Parce qu'on est jeunes "Parce qu'on est jeunes" is a 1991 song recorded by Belgian hip hop act Benny B, with DJ Daddy K also credited on the single's cover. Written by Amid Gharbaoui with a music composed by Vito Lucente and Richard Quyssensand, it was released in Ja ...

" *1992 "Dix neuf huit..." *1992 "Est-ce que je peux" *1993 "Je t'aime à l'infini", with Eric Imhauser, Gregg Wakson, David Linx and François Gery Latino Brothers productions : ''All are collaborations with Terry Logist'' *1990 "Move It!", as One Shot *1993 "Don't Miss the Party", as One Shot *1993 "The Musik", as Latino Brothers *1994 "Can You See It", as Kaf'e *1994 "I'm in Love", as Fresh Mould *1995 "Come with Me", as Latino Brothers *1996 "Back in Town EP", as Kaf'e *1996 "Fantasy", as Kaf'e *1998 "Can You See It '98", as Kaf'e *2004 "Carnaval", as Latino Brothers Hugh K. : ''All are collaborations with Hugh Kanza and Eric Imhauser'' *1992 "Georgia On My Mind" *1993 "Shine On" *1994 "One More Time" *1995 "Shine On (Unreleased Dubs)" *1996 "Higher" Other aliases *1990 "Cocco Di Mamma", as Don Vito *1990 "Mais Vous Etes Sottes", as Suzy D (with Richard Quyssens, François Gery and Alain Deproost) *1991 "No Name", as F&V (with Frank Sels) *1991 "Anitouni", as Wamblee (with Francesco Palmeri) *1991 "Wa Na Pi", as Warble (with Francesco Palmeri) *1992 "I'm Sorry (Désolé Madame)", as R.I.P. (with Richard Quyssens and Eric Imhauser) *1992 "Atomico", as Redline (with Eric Imhauser) *1992 "It's Time to Sleep", as Nitrogena (with Eric Imhauser) *1993 "Jumping", as Redline (with Eric Imhauser) *1993 "Get to You", as Logic Dream (with F. Spindler) *1994 "4 U/Just Deep", as Deep Walker *1994 "Strange Day", as Marocco *1994 "People", as Family Groove *1995 "Fuori uno", album released by EMI, as DON VITO, with the single "Grazie a chi". *2001 "We Loved", as E-People (with Frank de Gryse and C. Robert Walker) *2001 "Tool #1", as Private Tools (with Kid Creme) *2002 "Chasing", as Maphia Ltd. (with Kid Creme) *2003 "Hidden Sun/Good Times", as Soho *2003 "Excuse Me!", as Nu Rican Kidz *2003 "Hold Me Up", as Glory (with Frank de Gryse and

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) *2005 "Tool #2", as Private Tools (with Kid Creme) Production for other artists *1993 Bart Herman - "Metropool" (with Eric Imhauser) *1994 Bart Herman - "Waterman" (with Eric Imhauser) *1994 Daddy K - "Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi?" (with Eric Imhauser) *1997 Traisey Elana Williams - "Feel the Fire" (with Frank Degrees) *1998 Shelly Dee - "Party" *1999 Jerome Prister - "Lovin' Right Now" (with Conga Squad) *2001

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- "Everyday of My Life" (with

Felix Da Housecat Felix da Housecat (born Felix Stallings Jr., August 25, 1971) is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electro. Felix is regarded as a member of the second wave of Chicago house Musical career Early life Stall ...

)

References

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Biography

Discography

Albums

Singles

See also

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