Martika

Martika ( born May 18, 1969 as a Marta Marrero in Whittier, California) is an American singer and actress of Cuban descent. In the summer of 1989 they had their greatest success with the title Toy Soldiers, which reached the top of the U.S. charts.

Career and career

Even as a child was Martika as Gloria in the show Kids Incorporated ( Disney Channel ) in front of the camera. In 1982, she starred in the musical Annie one of the orphans. From then on she was often seen in the children's TV program the transmitter.

In the autumn of 1988 appeared with More Than You Know, the first single from Martika, with which they could break into the top 20. With their second release Toy Soldiers succeeded in mid-1989 the leap to number 1 in the U.S. charts. Martika wrote in 1990 for the soundtrack of the movie Arachnophobia the song Blue Eyes Are Sensitive To The Light. Because the producers did not like her voice, Sara Hickman sang in the film its title.

1991 produced the U.S. musician Prince some songs for Martika. The resulting from the collaboration album Martika 's Kitchen in America was not commercially successful, but the single, Love ... Thy Will Be Done became the favorite radio station. In the 1990s, Martika tried to push her ​​career as an actress, but without success.

In 2003 she founded with her ​​husband, musician Michael Mozart, the band Oppera. 2004 the debut album Violince. Early 2005, her song Toy Soldiers by Eminem was sampled; Like Toy Soldiers reached with the U.S. rapper number one in the UK charts.

With Oppera Martika published in mid-2005 a second album, which bears the name of the band. For advertising purposes, they launched a promotional tour in Borders bookstores.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Compilations

• 05.1992: Twelve Inch Mixes
• 09.1997: More Than You Know - The Best of
• 08.1998: I Feel The Earth Move
• 01.2005: Toy Soldiers: The Best Of Martika