Keith Rodgers was a musician and presenter of a rap radio show on the New York station WHBI 105.9. In 1981, he recorded a single, "Searching Rap" under the name 'Bon Rock'. This brought him to the attention of Morali and Belolo, the French producers, who were looking for new styles after the decline of disco. In 1983, together with Fred Zarr, they released "Street Dance", which was an international hit and one of the earliest mainstream breakthroughs for hip hop.
"Street Dance" peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1984,[1] and was the 39th best-selling single of that year. It hit #1 in Sweden and Norway.[2] In Germany, it was the 78th best-selling single of 1984.[3] It charted #11 in Italy. "Street Dance" saw its strongest chart performance in Norway, where it was #1 for five weeks. In France, the song reached #1 for two weeks, selling over a million copies and becoming the 86th best-selling single of all time according to a list released in 2004 by the Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique[4]
Subsequent singles "Break Dance Party" and "Are You Ready?" both reached the UKchart, peaking at number 9 and number 27 respectively.[5] Their album, Break Machine, reached number 17 in the UK Albums Chart.[5]
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break, machine, american, fronted, keith, rodgers, produced, jacques, morali, henri, belolo, team, behind, village, people, originnew, york, citygenreship, hopyears, active1983, presentpast, memberscortez, jordan, keith, rodgers, lindell, blake, contents, care. Break Machine was an American rap act fronted by Keith Rodgers and produced by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo the team behind the Village People Break MachineOriginNew York CityGenresHip hopYears active1983 presentPast membersCortez Jordan Keith Rodgers Lindell Blake Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2 1 Album 2 2 Singles 3 References 4 External linksCareer editKeith Rodgers was a musician and presenter of a rap radio show on the New York station WHBI 105 9 In 1981 he recorded a single Searching Rap under the name Bon Rock This brought him to the attention of Morali and Belolo the French producers who were looking for new styles after the decline of disco In 1983 together with Fred Zarr they released Street Dance which was an international hit and one of the earliest mainstream breakthroughs for hip hop Street Dance peaked at 3 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1984 1 and was the 39th best selling single of that year It hit 1 in Sweden and Norway 2 In Germany it was the 78th best selling single of 1984 3 It charted 11 in Italy Street Dance saw its strongest chart performance in Norway where it was 1 for five weeks In France the song reached 1 for two weeks selling over a million copies and becoming the 86th best selling single of all time according to a list released in 2004 by the Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique 4 Subsequent singles Break Dance Party and Are You Ready both reached the UK chart peaking at number 9 and number 27 respectively 5 Their album Break Machine reached number 17 in the UK Albums Chart 5 Discography editAlbum edit Year Album Label UK 1 1984 Break Machine Record Shack Records 17 Singles edit Year Song Peak chart positions AUS 6 DEN 7 FIN 8 GER 9 IRE 10 NL 11 NOR 12 SWE 13 UK 1 US 14 1983 Street Dance 21 3 6 12 11 7 1 1 3 105 1984 Break Dance Party 73 4 11 13 3 6 9 Are You Ready 27 1988 Tomorrow 1993 Now I Want You Back 1998 Sounds to Me 2006 A New Beginning 2008 I Want to Thank You 2011 Young Love I ll Be Standing Here 2013 Realize denotes releases that did not chart References edit a b c BREAK MACHINE full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved September 14 2019 Break Machine Street Dance swedishcharts com Top 100 Single Charts 1984 France s best sellers of all time Archive Moopy a b Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 77 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 45 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Danish Chart Archive Singles 1979 B T IFPI DK UKMIX Forums Retrieved October 1 2020 Timo August 13 2015 Sisaltaa hitin Levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960 Artistit BRA BAG Sisaltaa hitin Archived from the original on March 9 2016 Retrieved October 1 2020 Offizielle Deutsche Charts Offizielle Deutsche Charts www offiziellecharts de Retrieved October 1 2020 The Irish Charts All there is to know irishcharts ie Retrieved October 1 2020 Dutch Charts dutchcharts nl dutchcharts nl Retrieved October 1 2020 norwegiancharts com Norwegian charts portal norwegiancharts com Retrieved October 1 2020 swedishcharts com Swedish Charts Portal swedishcharts com Retrieved October 1 2020 Break Machine Top Songs Chart Singles Discography Music VF Retrieved September 23 2020 External links editDiscography at Discogs nbsp This article on a United States hip hop music group or collective is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Break Machine amp oldid 1177369984, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
