Daisy Dee
Encyclopedia
Desiree Rollocks is a singer, actress and TV host, especially well known in the German-speaking
world.
, Netherlands Antilles
, on September 4, 1970, she came to Europe
at the age of 8. Her mother is from the Netherlands
and her father is half African, half Spanish
. Apart from her mother tongue Dutch
, she learned to speak English
, German
and Spanish
fluently. She used to live in Roermond
, the Netherlands
, where she has a small boutique with street wear clothes. Today, she still loves to design clothes.
Having finished school, she considered studying interior decoration. Jobbing at a discotheque known for live
events, one evening a band broke off their performance after a single song. When the audience angrily demanded more, Daisy grabbed the microphone and gave her best. Her performance not only impressed the audience, but also executives of a record company who happened to be there. So she started working with a number of different projects, which made it high into the Billboard dance charts, like "This Beat is Technotronic" and "Crazy" (six weeks number 1 in the U.S. dance charts).
In 1998, together with Toni Cottura
she founded her own production company Booya Music, featuring artists like Nana
, the Backstreet Boys
, *NSYNC and her brother Pappa Bear.
In 2005, together with her team she founded the television production company D.D.Productions, making Fashion and Music Programs for Belgium, France and The Netherlands.
, together with the German singer Oli P.. From 1996 to 2004 she hosted "Club Rotation", a weekly show on Saturday evening on the German television channel VIVA. She also hosted The Dome (From N°1 to N°8) for RTL II. In 2006, Daisy started hosting Fashion Trix, an international Fashion Program in which she visits the Fashion Weeks globally, broadcasted among other by VIVA and RTL 5.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
world.
History of Daisy Dee's career
Born on CuraçaoCuraçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
, Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
, on September 4, 1970, she came to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
at the age of 8. Her mother is from the Netherlands
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...
and her father is half African, half Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
. Apart from her mother tongue Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
, she learned to speak English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
fluently. She used to live in Roermond
Roermond
Roermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.The city of Roermond is a historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received city rights in 1231...
, the Netherlands
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...
, where she has a small boutique with street wear clothes. Today, she still loves to design clothes.
Having finished school, she considered studying interior decoration. Jobbing at a discotheque known for live
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
events, one evening a band broke off their performance after a single song. When the audience angrily demanded more, Daisy grabbed the microphone and gave her best. Her performance not only impressed the audience, but also executives of a record company who happened to be there. So she started working with a number of different projects, which made it high into the Billboard dance charts, like "This Beat is Technotronic" and "Crazy" (six weeks number 1 in the U.S. dance charts).
In 1998, together with Toni Cottura
Toni Cottura
Toni Cottura is a eurodance and hip-hop producer and rapper from Germany. He started his career in 1988 as a hip-hop producer with David Fascher and later worked with DJ Shahin....
she founded her own production company Booya Music, featuring artists like Nana
Nana (rapper)
Nana Kwame Abrokwa is a German rapper and DJ, performing under the pseudonyms Nana or Darkman / Nana. Nana is not an actual first name, but a Ghanaian title of nobility...
, the Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...
, *NSYNC and her brother Pappa Bear.
In 2005, together with her team she founded the television production company D.D.Productions, making Fashion and Music Programs for Belgium, France and The Netherlands.
Discography
- 2003:
- Starsplash feat. Daisy Dee "Fly Away (Owner Of Your Heart)", including a special feat. with her best friend Anthony Segundo aka Tonny Schouten
- 2001:
- Daisy Dee "This Beat Is Technotronic / Walking On That Side"
- Daisy Dee "Crazy"
- Lovestern Galaktika meets Daisy CIO "Galaktika - Are You Ready?"
- 2000
- Daisy Dee "Love Is The Answer"
- Daisy Dee "Open SesameOpen Sesame (Leila K song)"Open Sesame" is a single released by Leila K in 1992 with vocals by Leila K. and Deep Fried.- Versions :# Radio Edit 3:50# Extended 8:51# Felix Remix 5:22# Bouncing Baby Remix 3:39# Karaoke Remix 3:50# Radio Edit 3:28# Album Version 8:51...
"
- 1997
- Daisy Dee "Hey You (Open Up Your Mind)"
- 1996
- Daisy Dee "Crazy 96"
- Daisy Dee "Just Jump"
- Daisy Dee "Angel"
- Daisy Dee "I Am (Who I Am)" (Promo album)
- Daisy Dee "Go Bazurk" (Promo album)
- 1995
- TechnotronicTechnotronicTechnotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
feat. Daisy Dee & Ya Kid K. "Recall-The Album" - Daisy Dee "The Best Of"
- TechnotronicTechnotronicTechnotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
feat. Daisy Dee & Black Diamond "I Want You By My Side"
- Technotronic
- 1994
- Alter Ego feat. Daisy Dee "Dance (If You Cannot)"
- Black Male feat. Daisy Dee "Yeah Yeah (Influence)"
- Bit Machine feat. Daisy Dee & Karen Jones "Somebody Real"
- Daisy Dee "Headbone Connected"
- U96U96U96 is a dance music project formed by the German DJ and producer Alex Christensen and a team of producers called Matiz , known for a number of 1990s Eurodance hits.-Biography:...
feat. Daisy Dee "Love Religion" - TechnotronicTechnotronicTechnotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
feat. Daisy Dee & Ya Kid K. "Move It To the Rhythm"
- 1993
- Cosmo Crew feat. Daisy Dee "Back It Up"
- 1992
- Daisy Dee "Pump It Up All The Way"
- Daisy Dee "It's Gonna Be Alright"
- Daisy Dee "I Got U"
- Daisy Dee "Walking On That Side"
- Daisy Dee "The Album"
- Daisy Dee "This Beat Is Technotronic '92"
- 1991
- Daisy Dee "Crazy"
- 1990
- M.C.B. featuring Daisy Dee "This Beat Is Technotronic"
- M.C.B. feat. Daisy Dee "Crazy"
- Daisy Dee "It's Gonna Be Alright"
Acting and Television
Daisy Dee played in the soap opera "Alle Zusammen" on German television channel RTL IIRTL II
RTL II is a privately owned, commercial, general-interest German television channel.It was founded as a second-generation commercial broadcaster in 1993. It quickly became infamous for its perceived "trash programming", comprising lots of soft porn as well as shows such as Peep and many...
, together with the German singer Oli P.. From 1996 to 2004 she hosted "Club Rotation", a weekly show on Saturday evening on the German television channel VIVA. She also hosted The Dome (From N°1 to N°8) for RTL II. In 2006, Daisy started hosting Fashion Trix, an international Fashion Program in which she visits the Fashion Weeks globally, broadcasted among other by VIVA and RTL 5.