John Rocca
John Rocca ( born January 23, 1960 in London ) is a British musician, singer and record producer who was successful in radio and house scene in the eighties.
Life
John Rocca was initially records seller in London, specializing in the import of jazz and funk records from the United States. One of his regular customers was a musician and Rocca pressed him until he was allowed to sing in his band. Together they went for half a year in the afternoon on an afro hair salon. After that, Rocca felt ready for the first band. With the musicians Paul Morgan, Peter Maas and Andy Stennet In 1978 he founded the formation Freeez.
In the group name Freeez came Rocca, by a radio - Instrumental by Rodney Franklin called The Groove. This song had sudden pauses in which all frozen as frozen. Freeez! but also call American police when they stop suspicious persons. Southern Freeez was the first single, the Top Ten hit in the UK in March 1981.
Two years later the producer Arthur Baker and John Rocca Peter Maas takes under contract after Paul Morgan and Andy Stennet had already left the band and wrote for the hit Freeez: IOU This track reached number two in the British charts. In Germany, the single climbed in August 1983 to eighth place. Rocca and Maas tried to build on this success, but the follow-up single Pop Goes My Love landed only under the also-rans. 1987 appeared I.O.U. again as to remix, but after Freeez finally disappeared into oblivion. 2001, however, the title was again gecovert of the Phonkillaz the occasion of the RTL - 80s show. 1985 Rocca tried along with Andy Stennet with the formation Pink Rhythm again to build on the success of Freeez, but without much success.
John Rocca was able to record as a soloist some success in the 1980s, however. In 1987, he had in the U.S. dance charts with the piece I want it to be real a number 1 hit. In 1993 he had under the pseudonym Midi Rain with Shine also a successful titles in the U.S. dance charts.
- British Musician
- Pop singer
- English
- Born in 1960
- Man