Doug Lazy is an American

United States

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 hip hop

Hip hop music

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 and dance music

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 producer

Record producer

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 and DJ

Disc jockey

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 from Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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  Lazy scored a number of hip house

Hip house

Hip house, also known as house rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip-hop. The style rose to prominence during the 1980s in New York and Chicago...

 hits

Hit record

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 in the late 1980s and early 1990s on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart

Record chart

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, including three #1s

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....

: "Let It Roll", "Let the Rhythm Pump", and "H.O.U.S.E." In 1990, Ben E. King

Ben E. King

Benjamin Earl King , better known as Ben E. King, is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a U.S...

 and Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

 featuring Lazy recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 a rap

Rapping

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 version

Cover version

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 of the Monotones' 1958 hit song

Song

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 "Book of Love" for the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 of the movie

Film

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, Book of Love

Book of Love (1990 film)

Book of Love is a 1990 romantic comedy film directed by New Line Cinema producer Robert Shaye. It is based on the autobiographical novel Jack in the Box by William Kotzwinkle .The film was originally PG-13, but subsequent DVD releases have been the R-rated Director's Cut Book of Love is a 1990...

.

Singles

• "Let It Roll
  Let It Roll (song)
  "Let It Roll" is a 1989 single by DJ/producer, Doug Lazy. The single was the first of three number-one dance singles for Lazy. "Let It Roll" went to number one for one week in August 1989....
  
  " (1989) Atlantic Records
  Atlantic Records
  Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
  
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• "Let The Rhythm Pump" (1989) Atlantic Records
• "Can't Hold Back (U No)" (1990) Atlantic Records
• "Can't Get Enough" (1990) ZYX Records
• "H.O.U.S.E." (1990) Atlantic Records
• "Din Daa Daa's Doin It" (1991) Cardiac Records

^Credited to Raze

Raze (house music group)

Raze was an American electronic dance music group, assembled by the multi-instrumentalist and producer, Vaughan Mason. Mason had previously released the hit single, "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll", for Brunswick Records in 1979. Raze also contained the vocalist, Keith Thompson...

 presents Doug Lazy

See also

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