DJ Sammy
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Samuel Bouriah professionally known as DJ Sammy Is a DJ
and producer. He has released five album
s and has had five Top 10 hits
with "Heaven" reaching number one in the UK
in 2002. His career started with former spouse Marie José
in the making of his first singles
, under the stage name of DJ Sammy feat. Carisma. He has one daughter, Saphira María (born 10 February 2005) from his marriage with José.
, playing gigs at clubs such as Alexandra's (rebuilt around 1998/99 and renamed to Boomerang's), Banana's and Zorba's. During this time he completed training as a sound technician at the Majorca Music College. He was also a DJ at the Cadena Top radio station
. In 1991, he met dancer, Marie José
, and they performed at Zorba's Club in Palma. In 1992, DJ Sammy became resident DJ at the Joy Palace Club in Arenal and Marie Jose was a resident dancer there.
In November 1995, DJ Sammy released his first single "Life Is Just a Game" with Marie José who started singing. The track became a Top 10 hit in the Spanish
record chart
. Other singles, such as "You're My Angel
" and "Prince of Love
", have been popular in the German
record chart. In June 1998, DJ Sammy released his debut album, Life Is Just a Game
.
DJ Sammy founded his own dance music label
, Super M Records, as well as the Gamba Music Company. In 2002, Sammy released the album, Heaven with charting singles released such as "Sunlight" and cover version
s of Bryan Adams
, "Heaven
" with Dutch
vocalist Do and Don Henley
's "The Boys of Summer
".
In 2005, his next album was The Rise, with charting singles such as "Rise Again
" which was featured on the 2004 movie soundtrack, It's All Gone Pete Tong
, and a cover of Annie Lennox
's "Why
".
In 2007 Sammy collaborated with Enrique Iglesias
, remixing his song "Tired of Being Sorry", the second track from his hit album, Insomniac. Following this success, in April 2007, Marta Sanchez
released the song "Superstar", produced and co-written by Sammy. The song was her biggest hit since "Soy Yo". On David Bisbal
's album Premonición
, Sammy wrote and produced the track "Aqui Ahora". He also worked on the Soraya Arnelas
album, Sin Miedo
.
He toured the world with the Balearic Masters tour, which commenced at the end of 2007. He took his protégé, writer and singer, Nyah, who featured on the tracks "Everybody Hurts", and "Feel the Love".
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and producer. He has released five album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s and has had five Top 10 hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
with "Heaven" reaching number one in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 2002. His career started with former spouse Marie José
Loona
Marie-Jose van der Kolk also known by her stage names Loona and Carisma, is a Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer. She is most noted for her collaboration with DJ Sammy, and performing as a duo under the stage name of DJ Sammy feat. Carisma...
in the making of his first singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, under the stage name of DJ Sammy feat. Carisma. He has one daughter, Saphira María (born 10 February 2005) from his marriage with José.
Career
DJ Sammy started his music career in 1984 in the dance clubs of MallorcaMallorca
Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca...
, playing gigs at clubs such as Alexandra's (rebuilt around 1998/99 and renamed to Boomerang's), Banana's and Zorba's. During this time he completed training as a sound technician at the Majorca Music College. He was also a DJ at the Cadena Top radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
. In 1991, he met dancer, Marie José
Loona
Marie-Jose van der Kolk also known by her stage names Loona and Carisma, is a Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer. She is most noted for her collaboration with DJ Sammy, and performing as a duo under the stage name of DJ Sammy feat. Carisma...
, and they performed at Zorba's Club in Palma. In 1992, DJ Sammy became resident DJ at the Joy Palace Club in Arenal and Marie Jose was a resident dancer there.
In November 1995, DJ Sammy released his first single "Life Is Just a Game" with Marie José who started singing. The track became a Top 10 hit in the Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
record chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
. Other singles, such as "You're My Angel
You're My Angel
You're My Angel is a single by DJ Sammy with vocals by Loona. It was the second single of the album Life Is Just A Game....
" and "Prince of Love
Prince of Love
Prince Of Love is a single by DJ Sammy with vocals by Carisma. It was the third single of the album Life Is Just A Game.-Music video:The video for the single features DJ Sammy on a yacht playing vinyl records with Carisma and other women dancing....
", have been popular in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
record chart. In June 1998, DJ Sammy released his debut album, Life Is Just a Game
Life Is Just a Game
Life Is Just A Game is the debut studio album by DJ Sammy. It was released on June 29, 1998.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "Prince of Love"# "Golden Child"# "Sueno Complido"# "Magic Moment"# "Find a Way"# "Allegria"# "You Can Run"# "Wait"...
.
DJ Sammy founded his own dance music label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, Super M Records, as well as the Gamba Music Company. In 2002, Sammy released the album, Heaven with charting singles released such as "Sunlight" and cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s of Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
, "Heaven
Heaven (Bryan Adams song)
"Heaven" is a power ballad written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and performed by Bryan Adams. The song first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in 1983 and was later included on Adams' album Reckless in 1984...
" with Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
vocalist Do and Don Henley
Don Henley
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...
's "The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer (song)
"The Boys of Summer" is a song by Don Henley, with lyrics written by Henley and music composed by Henley and Mike Campbell, longtime guitarist for Tom Petty. It is the lead track and first single from Henley's 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast. The song's music video won many awards...
".
In 2005, his next album was The Rise, with charting singles such as "Rise Again
Rise Again (DJ Sammy)
Rise Again is the first single that was released of the album The Rise by DJ Sammy with vocals by Loona. The beginning of Rise Again samples the beginning of Where the Streets Have No Name by U2. The song was featured in the soundtrack for the film It's All Gone Pete Tong.-Music video:The video...
" which was featured on the 2004 movie soundtrack, It's All Gone Pete Tong
It's All Gone Pete Tong
-CD 1:#"Pacific State" - 808 State #"Cloud Watch" - Lol Hammond#"Dry Pool Suicide" - Graham Massey#"Moonlight Sonata" - Graham Massey#"Baby Piano" - Lol Hammond#"Ku Da Ta" - Pete Tong...
, and a cover of Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
's "Why
Why (Annie Lennox song)
"Why" is the first solo single by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in 1992. It was taken from her debut solo album Diva and reached no.5 in the United Kingdom and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The single also reached no.6 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart...
".
In 2007 Sammy collaborated with Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...
, remixing his song "Tired of Being Sorry", the second track from his hit album, Insomniac. Following this success, in April 2007, Marta Sanchez
Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez López is a Spanish female vocalist. She was born on 8 May 1966 in Madrid. Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was a Galician opera singer.- Biography :...
released the song "Superstar", produced and co-written by Sammy. The song was her biggest hit since "Soy Yo". On David Bisbal
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....
's album Premonición
Premonición
Premonición is an album by David Bisbal that was released on October 3, 2006. By October 9, it was certified 5× platinum for shipping 400,000 copies in Spain.-Notable events:The following took place in 2006:...
, Sammy wrote and produced the track "Aqui Ahora". He also worked on the Soraya Arnelas
Soraya Arnelas
Soraya Arnelas Rubiales , better known by her stage name Soraya, is a popular Spanish singer...
album, Sin Miedo
Sin Miedo
Sin Miedo is the fourth studio album by Spanish singer Soraya.-Album information:It is the album in which she has been more involved with, and the one which defines more her personal style, after two albums of covers...
.
He toured the world with the Balearic Masters tour, which commenced at the end of 2007. He took his protégé, writer and singer, Nyah, who featured on the tracks "Everybody Hurts", and "Feel the Love".
Albums
- Life Is Just a GameLife Is Just a GameLife Is Just A Game is the debut studio album by DJ Sammy. It was released on June 29, 1998.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "Prince of Love"# "Golden Child"# "Sueno Complido"# "Magic Moment"# "Find a Way"# "Allegria"# "You Can Run"# "Wait"...
(1998) - DJ Sammy at WorkDJ Sammy at Work (In the Mix)DJ Sammy At Work is the first remix album by DJ Sammy. It was released in 1998.-Tracklisting:CD 1#Mellow Trax — "Phuture Vibes" #Pulsedriver — "Something For Your Mind"...
(1998) - Heaven (1999) (#14 UK, #25 on re-entry of Top 40) #67 U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- The Rise (2005)
Singles
- "Life Is Just a Game" 1995
- "You're My AngelYou're My AngelYou're My Angel is a single by DJ Sammy with vocals by Loona. It was the second single of the album Life Is Just A Game....
" 1996 - "Prince of LovePrince of LovePrince Of Love is a single by DJ Sammy with vocals by Carisma. It was the third single of the album Life Is Just A Game.-Music video:The video for the single features DJ Sammy on a yacht playing vinyl records with Carisma and other women dancing....
" 1997 - "Golden ChildGolden Child (song)"Golden Child" is a single by DJ Sammy with vocals by Loona. It was the fourth single of the album Life Is Just A Game....
" 1997 - "Magic Moment" 1998
- "In 2 EternityIn 2 Eternity-Track listing:#In 2 Eternity #In 2 Eternity #In 2 Eternity...
" 1999 - "Heaven" 2002 (#1 UK, #4 AUSAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, #5 FRNFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, #8 U.S. - cover of Bryan AdamsBryan AdamsBryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
' "HeavenHeaven (Bryan Adams song)"Heaven" is a power ballad written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and performed by Bryan Adams. The song first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in 1983 and was later included on Adams' album Reckless in 1984...
"), #10 Germany, #12 Netherlands, #14 Belgium (Flanders), #16 Spain, #16 Austria - "The Boys of Summer" 2002 (#2 UK, #10 AUS - cover of Don HenleyDon HenleyDonald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...
's "The Boys of SummerThe Boys of Summer (song)"The Boys of Summer" is a song by Don Henley, with lyrics written by Henley and music composed by Henley and Mike Campbell, longtime guitarist for Tom Petty. It is the lead track and first single from Henley's 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast. The song's music video won many awards...
"), #9 Australia, #20 Belgium (Flanders), #25 Germany, #31 Netherlands, #36 Sweden - "SunlightSunlight (song)Sunlight is a song done by DJ Sammy with vocals done by Loona. It was the first single off the album Heaven.-Music video:There were two videos made for the single...
" 2002 (#8 UK, #40 AUS), #50 Germany - "Rise AgainRise Again (DJ Sammy)Rise Again is the first single that was released of the album The Rise by DJ Sammy with vocals by Loona. The beginning of Rise Again samples the beginning of Where the Streets Have No Name by U2. The song was featured in the soundtrack for the film It's All Gone Pete Tong.-Music video:The video...
" 2004 (#7 CANCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) - "Why" 2005 (#7 UK, #29 AUS - cover of Annie LennoxAnnie LennoxAnnie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
's "WhyWhy (Annie Lennox song)"Why" is the first solo single by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in 1992. It was taken from her debut solo album Diva and reached no.5 in the United Kingdom and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The single also reached no.6 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart...
") - "L'bby HabaL'bby HabaL'bby Haba is a song by DJ Sammy and was the third and last single of the album The Rise. The single was released exclusively on vinyl. The music video for the single features live footage of DJ Sammy and Loona performing at dance clubs in Ibiza....
" 2005 - "Everybody Hurts" 2007 (cover of R.E.M.R.E.M.R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
's "Everybody HurtsEverybody Hurts"Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the French Singles Chart.-History:Much of the song was written by...
") - "Feel the Love" 2009
- "DJ Sammy – D.O.N.S. Earth Song (Remix), 2009
- "DJ Sammy – DJ Sammy and Majorkings - 4 Love (Single), 2009
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "Prince Of Love" | |
| "Golden Child" | ||
| 1998 | "Magic Moment" | |
| 2002 | "Heaven" | |
| "Boys Of Summer" | ||
| "Sunlight" | ||
| 2004 | "Rise Again" | |
| 2005 | "Why" | |
| "L'bby Haba" | ||