Cherry Laine
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Cherry Laine is female disco
star. Her father was a clergyman, her mother a nurse. At the age of six she is said to have been singing in her father’s church choir accompanied by her mother playing the organ
. The family moved to England
. The mother wanted her daughter to become a nurse and a midwife, but Cherry’s plans were totally different. She would often go to studios and stages in London
in preparation for the career of a singer. After the deaths of her parents, she moved to West Germany
. She started her career there with the help of her producer and composer
Bernt Moehrle, who composed the hits for her. Her first single was Everybody Knows It, but the big breakthrough came with 1977’s Night In Chicago, which became a popular hit throughout Europe
. The next hit came in 1978 entitled Catch the Cat. This song became so successful in Spain
that it had 8 different remix
versions in Spanish
and it reached a double gold record. Naturally, her first album was not to be waited for too long either and it came out in 1979 with the title I’m Hot. The album features, among many others, Michael Cretu
and Kurt Hauenstein from Supermax
. Surprisingly, the first single hit, Everybody Knows It was not included in the album, unlike the above mentioned Catch the Cat, The Sea-Fare Folk and Speed Freak Sam that became very popular.
The Sea-Fare Folk includes a quotation of the well-known Shanty, hat Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?| Cherry’s single of 1979’s Danny’s Disco was also often played by several radio station
s as well as in music clubs. However, her career was also badly affected by the decline of disco music. The contract with Bernt Moehrle expired and her husband Karl Heinz Merkel took over. Her later singles did not sell well anymore, that is why no more albums were recorded. In 1986 she released Jungle Lover Boy to come back to pop music
. The song was popular in discos but this was not enough to put her back to the charts. Cherry disappeared from the world of pop. According to some internet sources, she participated in the albums of the band Chilly
, who were also a Baby from Bernt Möhrle; after then in the 1980s she joined the less known formation Pappy’ion. [3] In 1993 her three most popular hits Catch The Cat, Night In Chicago and The Seafare Folk were released on a maxi CD
in the Golden-Dance-Classics series, which makes the greatest hits of disco music that are real rarities of today available for the fans longing for her songs.
Austrian Chart List Results
Catch the Cat: 10 weeks beginning 15 November 1978. Highest position: 9. place
The Sea-Fare Folk: 8 weeks beginning15 July 1979. Highest position: 13. place
Cherry’s short interviews on herself
Video: Night In Chicago
Video: Catch the Cat
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
star. Her father was a clergyman, her mother a nurse. At the age of six she is said to have been singing in her father’s church choir accompanied by her mother playing the organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
. The family moved to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The mother wanted her daughter to become a nurse and a midwife, but Cherry’s plans were totally different. She would often go to studios and stages in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in preparation for the career of a singer. After the deaths of her parents, she moved to West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. She started her career there with the help of her producer and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Bernt Moehrle, who composed the hits for her. Her first single was Everybody Knows It, but the big breakthrough came with 1977’s Night In Chicago, which became a popular hit throughout 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...
. The next hit came in 1978 entitled Catch the Cat. This song became so successful in Spain
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...
that it had 8 different remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
versions in 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...
and it reached a double gold record. Naturally, her first album was not to be waited for too long either and it came out in 1979 with the title I’m Hot. The album features, among many others, Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu is a Romanian musician. He is known also as Curly, MC or Curly M.C. because of his fair curled hair . His peak musical activity was with the Enigma project, which was mainly based in Germany....
and Kurt Hauenstein from Supermax
Supermax (band)
Supermax was a project of the Austrian musician and producer, Kurt Hauenstein, best known for "Love Machine", a 1977 German #4 single, that peaked at #6 in Switzerland, #9 in Austria and #96 in US....
. Surprisingly, the first single hit, Everybody Knows It was not included in the album, unlike the above mentioned Catch the Cat, The Sea-Fare Folk and Speed Freak Sam that became very popular.
The Sea-Fare Folk includes a quotation of the well-known Shanty, hat Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?| Cherry’s single of 1979’s Danny’s Disco was also often played by several 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...
s as well as in music clubs. However, her career was also badly affected by the decline of disco music. The contract with Bernt Moehrle expired and her husband Karl Heinz Merkel took over. Her later singles did not sell well anymore, that is why no more albums were recorded. In 1986 she released Jungle Lover Boy to come back to pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
. The song was popular in discos but this was not enough to put her back to the charts. Cherry disappeared from the world of pop. According to some internet sources, she participated in the albums of the band Chilly
Chilly (band)
Chilly was a popular German eurodisco/rock band at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. Their most famous songs include hits like "Friday On My Mind",'Johnny Loves Jenny', 'Come to L.A.', 'Simply a Love Song', 'For Your Love' and 'Get Up And Move'.The Song "For Your Love" was...
, who were also a Baby from Bernt Möhrle; after then in the 1980s she joined the less known formation Pappy’ion. [3] In 1993 her three most popular hits Catch The Cat, Night In Chicago and The Seafare Folk were released on a maxi CD
Maxi single
A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...
in the Golden-Dance-Classics series, which makes the greatest hits of disco music that are real rarities of today available for the fans longing for her songs.
Albums
1979 I’m HotAustrian Chart List Results
Catch the Cat: 10 weeks beginning 15 November 1978. Highest position: 9. place
The Sea-Fare Folk: 8 weeks beginning15 July 1979. Highest position: 13. place
External links
About Cherry on the web page of Bernt MoehrleCherry’s short interviews on herself
Video: Night In Chicago
Video: Catch the Cat
- http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Laine
- http://www.rovaniemi.fi/?showmodul=149&deptid=27434&newsid=8a8c2efd-8aa0-42c2-a80f-db1142c16930