Real McCoy (musical group)

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Real McCoy, originally known as MC Sar & The Real McCoy, was a German Eurodance group, who had a string of international hits in the 1990s.

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Early music

Real McCoy was the brainchild of German rapper and producer Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza. After having released a few limited edition 12" singles in Germany under the name "The Alliance" with friends Frank "Quickmix" Hassas and Jay Wind, their first major breakthrough came in December 1989 when a cover of the Technotronic hit Pump Up The Jam got to #16 on the German singles chart.

At this point, the act was faceless so for the second single, the original track It's On You, singer Patsy Petersen and 'rapper' Shampro were enlisted to join the group. O-Jay felt uncomfortable being the frontman so Shampro mimed O-Jay's raps. The single, on its release in 1990, climbed to #11 in Germany. An album On The Move was also released.

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Another Night

Image:Realmc.jpg After this things went a little quiet for a while until they hooked up with David "The Hitman" Brunner, Head of A&R at Hansa Records. He was impressed by a song O-Jay had written called Another Night (according to O-Jay, inspired by both the Coca-Cola theme tune and More And More by Captain Hollywood Project) but was dissatisfied with Patsy's vocals. He took the song to be re-recorded by another singer, Karin Kasar and the production was re-worked by The Berman Brothers.

Convinced he had a hit on his hand, Brunner persuaded O-Jay to let him release the new version of Another Night with Patsy (miming Karin's vocals) and O-Jay to replace Shampro as the new "M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy". It was a respectable #18 hit in Germany in 1993 and all over continental Europe, followed by the album Space Invaders but then Clive Davis at Arista Records in the USA showed some interest. He had already had success taking Ace Of Base to the States and now wanted to do the same with a re-branded Real McCoy.

A new video was made, another 'singer' Vanessa Mason was roped in to form a trio and the single shot to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1994. It also climbed to #2 in the UK. Follow-up Run Away also got to #3 in the USA in early 1995 (and #6 in the UK). A freshened-up US album called Another Night was released, with some new tracks, also with vocals by Karin Kasar, and Real McCoy were awarded Best New Act at the American Music Awards in 1995.

Love And Devotion was a #11 hit in the UK in April of that year, and Come And Get Your Love peaked at #19 on both sides of the Atlantic ending a great year for the act. Shortly afterwards, Patsy left the act and was replaced by Lisa Cork.

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One More Time

In 1997, Real McCoy returned with a new single and album called One More Time, this time with Vanessa Mason and Lisa Cork actually performing on the record. However, by this time Eurodance was quickly going out of fashion in the UK and USA so was less of a success. A few more singles were released but in 1998 the group disbanded. Another re-launch in 1999 with new members Ginger, Jason and Gebi and a new recording of It's On You proved shortlived.

At the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, O-Jay will be representing Poland with the band Ich Troje and the song Follow My Heart.

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Discography

Albums:

  • 1990: "On The Move"
  • 1994: "Space Invaders"
  • 1995: "Another Night"
  • 1997: "One More Time"
  • 2003: "Platinum & Gold Collection"

Singles:

  • 1989: "Pump Up The Jam Rap" (# 16 DE)
  • 1990: "Don't Stop" (# 41 DE)
  • 1990: "It's On You" (# 11 DE)
  • 1993: "Another Night" (# 18 DE / # 61 UK)
  • 1994: "Another Night" (# 3 US / # 2 UK re-release)
  • 1994: "Automatic Lover (Call For Love)" (# 20 DE)
  • 1995: "Run Away" (# 3 US / # 6 UK / # 22 DE)
  • 1995: "Love And Devotion" (# 11 UK / # 37 DE)
  • 1995: "Come And Get Your Love" (# 19 US / # 19 UK / # 53 DE)
  • 1995: "Automatic Lover (Call For Love)" (# 58 UK)
  • 1997: "One More Time" (# 27 US / # 81 UK / # 85 DE)
  • 1997: "I Wanna (Come With You)"
  • 1997: "If You're Not In It For Love (I'm Outta Here)"
  • 1999: "It's On You"
  • 2000: "Hey Now"
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See also

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External links

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