Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar as he appears in the "Rock this Party (Everybody Dance Now)" music video
Background information
Birth name	Christophe Le Friant
Also known as	The Mighty Bop, Reminiscence Quartet, Yellow Productions
Born	May 10, 1967 (1967-05-10) (age 40) Douarnenez, France
Genre(s)	House
Occupation(s)	Producer, DJ
Years active	1986-present
Label(s)	Yellow Productions
Associated acts	Africanism All Stars
Website	www.bobsinclar.com

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Career history

Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 18 years old, specializing in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape. The Bob Sinclar persona was based on a character from Philippe de Broca's film Le Magnifique. Thomas Bangalter (born 3 January 1975) is a French electronic musician and founding member (along with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) of the French house music duo Daft Punk. ... Daft Punk is the collective name of Paris house musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974)[1] and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). ... Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. ... Phillipe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (March 15, 1933 in Paris, France - November 26, 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a film director, best known for his comedies with Jean-Paul Belmondo. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Le Friant is famous for popularizing the "French touch" of house music, with heavy use of sampled and filtered disco saSDSADSDASASDADASDASSDtrings. His track "I Feel For You", a tribute to French musician Cerrone, from his second album Champs Elysées, hit #9 in the UK Top 40. On track "Darlin'", he worked with vocalist James "D-Train" Williams. In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. ... Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that was popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s, and which dominated mainstream pop until the late 1970s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. ... D. Train (sometimes written as D Train, D-Train or D Train) was actually James Williams R&B/dance music from Brooklyn New York. ...

Le Friant has also worked under other pseudonyms. Under the aliases The Mighty Bop and Reminiscence Quartet, he has dabbled in hip-hop and acid jazz. He also created the Africanism project, where an ensemble of artists produce house music with a combination of Latin, jazz, African and tribal flavors. A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Acid jazz (sometimes groove jazz) is a musical genre that combines jazz influences with elements of soul music, funk, disco and hip hop. ... Africanism All Stars is a French based project consisting of the most well known DJs and mixers in France, who collaborate with African-based artists and acts. ...

In 2005 he scored a hit with the single "Love Generation", that reached #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts and the German Media Control Single Charts in 2006. The song was a huge success throughout Europe, also peaking at no. 2 in the Dutch Top 40 and it stood 39 weeks in the Ultratop 50 in Belgium. It also became one of the official anthems for the World Cup 2006 held in Germany. The follow-up hit was "World, Hold On", that features Steve Edwards and also managed to chart in the top ten in most of the European countries. "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" followed on August 22, 2006. This article is about the Bob Sinclar song. ... The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. ... The Dutch Top 40 (Dutch: Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart, which started as the Veronica Top 40, because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. ... World, Hold On (Children of the Sky) is a song by Bob Sinclar, featuring Steve Edwards. ... Steve Edwards is a male House/Electronica singer/songwriter from Sheffield, England who is well known for appearing as guest vocalist on several club classics. ... Alternate cover Promotional single cover Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) is a song by Bob Sinclar, co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman and Big Ali on vocals. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The remix of "World, Hold on" by E-Smoove is nominated for a Grammy 2007 in the category "Remixed Recording". Also, "World Hold on" topped in Billboard Magazine as Number One Hot Dance Club Play Single of 2006, beating Madonna and Christina Aguilera.

The fourth single of the album 'Western Dream' called 'Tennessee' was supposed to be released in April 2007, but has been canceled due to the rumour of a new album being released.

His latest album is Soundz of Freedom. It came out in France on May 21st, 2007. The song "Rock this party" reached number 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts.

Discography

Singles

as The Mighty Bop

• 1994 "Les Jazz Electroniques EP"
• 1995 "Messe Pour Les Temps"
• 1996 "Ult Violett Sounds EP"
• 1998 "Feelin' Good"
• 2002 "I Go Crazy"
• 2003 "Lady", with Duncan Roy

as Africanism

• 2000 "Bisou Sucré"
• 2000 "Do It", with Eddie Amador
• 2001 "Kazet"
• 2002 "Viel Ou La"
• 2004 "Amour Kéfé"
• 2004 "Kalimbo"
• 2004 "Steel Storm", with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• 2005 "Summer Moon", with David Guetta
• 2006 "Hard", with The Hard Boys

as Bob Sinclar

• 1996 "A Space Funk Project"
• 1996 "A Space Funk Project II"
• 1997 "Eu Só Quero um Xodó", with Salomé de Bahia
• 1998 "Gym Tonic", with Thomas Bangalter
• 1998 "My Only Love", with Lee Genesis
• 1998 "Super Funky Brake's Vol. I"
• 1998 "The Ghetto"
• 1998 "Ultimate Funk
• 2000 "I Feel For You", with Cerrone's Angels ITA #33
• 2000 "Darlin'", with James "D-Train" Williams
• 2000 "Greetings From Champs Elysées EP"
• 2001 "Freedom" , with Gene Van Buren
• 2001 "Ich Rocke"
• 2001 "Save Our Soul"
• 2002 "The Beat Goes On", with Linda Lee Hopkins
• 2003 "Kiss My Eyes", with Camille Lefort #22 US Hot Dance Music/Club Play.
• 2003 "Prego", with Eddie Amador
• 2003 "Slave Nation"
• 2004 "Sexy Dancer", with Cerrone's Angels
• 2004 "Wonderful World", with Ron Carroll
• 2004 "You Could Be My Lover", with Linda Lee Hopkins
• 2005 "Love Generation", with Gary Pine — #2 ([[1]])EURO 200 #2 (NL), #3 FR, #3 ITA, #1 AUS, #1 GER, #12 UK, #8 RU, #1 CZ,#1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #11 US Hot Dance Airplay.
• 2006 "Generación Del Amor" (Spanish Version) — #1 SPN
• 2006 "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)", with Steve Edwards — #5 (NL), #2 FR, #8 CZ #1 SPN, #19 AUS, #9 UK, #4 RU, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #10 US Hot Dance Airplay. #48 US Pop Airplay
• 2006 "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)", with Cutee B Feat. Dollarman & Big Ali — #3 FR, #11 CZ, #3 UK, #7 AUS, #2 US Hot Dance Club Play.
• 2007 "Tennessee", with Farell Lennon — January 2007 #21 ITA,#27 CZ
• 2007 "Everybody", with Ron Carroll — #3 GER, #1 SPN
• 2007 "Give A Lil' Love" — #10 ITA , #19 POL, #27 SPN
• 2007 "Sound of Freedom", with Cutee B, Gari Nesta Pine & Dollarman — #14 UK #24 CZ
• 2007 "What I Want", presents Fireball — July 2007

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Singles Hit

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Albums

as Bob Sinclar

• 1998 Paradise
• 2000 Champs Elysées
• 2003 III
• 2004 Enjoy
• 2005 In The House (Various Artists Mix CD)
• 2006 Western Dream
• 2007 Soundz of Freedom

as The Mighty Bop (with Alain Ho)

• 1995 La Vague Sensorielle
• 1995 The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam & La Funk Mob, with DJ Cam and La Funk Mob
• 1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues
• 1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues
• 2000 Spin My Hits
• 2002 The Mighty Bop

as Reminiscence Quartet (with Alain Ho and Sebastien Jallier)

• 1994 Ritmo Brasileiro
• 1995 Psycodelico
• 1999 More Psycodelico

as Yellow Productions (with Alain Ho and Cutee B.)

• 1994 A Finest Fusion Of Black Tempo

as Africanism (see all members on discogs.com)

• 2001 Africanism Allstars Vol. I, as Africanism
• 2004 Africanism Allstars Vol. II, as Africanism
• 2005 Africanism Allstars Vol. III, as Africanism
• 2006 Africanism Allstars Vol. IV, as Africanism

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See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. ... This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazines Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. ...

External links

• Official site
• Interview with Bob Sinclar

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