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John Rocca

John Rocca

John Rocca has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 30 March 2014. John Rocca's music has been featured on 12 episodes.

John Rocca was born 23 September 1960 in London, England and first became known/famous as a dance music/disco performer, remixer and record producer. In the early eighties, John Rocca formed, played with, wrote for, produced and managed his first musical vehicle Freeez to various successes. After his first self funded and self released effort; Keep in Touch hit number 1 in the UK Blues & Soul Magazine Dance Charts and 49 in the United Kingdom Gallup charts - partly via sales from the back of a van - his next effort, Southern Freeez by Freeez - now a Jazz Funk Classic - was not only a UK Blues & Soul Dance Chart number 1 but a pop chart hit in various other countries around Europe topping the United Kingdom Gallup Charts at number 8. In 1983 John’s Falsetto voice and one of the first records to use digital sampling - IOU by Freeez - became one of the dance anthems of the eighties electro music dance scene. It reached number one in dance charts in Europe and the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play and had pop chart success across the world spending 3 weeks at number 2 in the a United Kingdom Gallup Charts. As a solo artist John Rocca hit the number one spot yet again, this time with I Want It To Be Real, number 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1984. After these and various other successes John went on to engineer, produce and mix for various other artists as well as recording under his own name and many other pseudo names. John Rocca retired from the music business in 1993. His last recording under the pseudo name Midi Rain saw John write, play all instruments, record, engineer, produce and mix all the songs. Midi Rain topped the Billboard US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with Shine, number 1 in 1993.

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John Rocca

John Rocca has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 30 March 2014. John Rocca's music has been featured on 12 episodes.

John Rocca was born 23 September 1960 in London, England and first became known/famous as a dance music/disco performer, remixer and record producer. In the early eighties, John Rocca formed, played with, wrote for, produced and managed his first musical vehicle Freeez to various successes. After his first self funded and self released effort; Keep in Touch hit number 1 in the UK Blues & Soul Magazine Dance Charts and 49 in the United Kingdom Gallup charts - partly via sales from the back of a van - his next effort, Southern Freeez by Freeez - now a Jazz Funk Classic - was not only a UK Blues & Soul Dance Chart number 1 but a pop chart hit in various other countries around Europe topping the United Kingdom Gallup Charts at number 8. In 1983 John’s Falsetto voice and one of the first records to use digital sampling - IOU by Freeez - became one of the dance anthems of the eighties electro music dance scene. It reached number one in dance charts in Europe and the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play and had pop chart success across the world spending 3 weeks at number 2 in the a United Kingdom Gallup Charts. As a solo artist John Rocca hit the number one spot yet again, this time with I Want It To Be Real, number 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1984. After these and various other successes John went on to engineer, produce and mix for various other artists as well as recording under his own name and many other pseudo names. John Rocca retired from the music business in 1993. His last recording under the pseudo name Midi Rain saw John write, play all instruments, record, engineer, produce and mix all the songs. Midi Rain topped the Billboard US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with Shine, number 1 in 1993.

Original source: Last.fm

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I Want It To Be Real
John Rocca
Beggars Banquet1984
Move (Farley's House Piano Mix)
John Rocca (Farley "Jackmaster" Funk mix)
Criminal Records1987
Once Upon A Time
John Rocca
Beggars Banquet1984
Te Quiero Mi Amor (Can You Dig It) (Vocal)
John Rocca
Who'd She Coo...1989
Reflections Of The Sun
John Rocca
Pink Rythm Records2023
Groovin
John Rocca
Cobra Records1989
Once Upon A Dub
John Rocca
Beggars Banquet1984
The River Must Flow (Zulu Dub)
John Rocca
Cobra Records1989
Englishman In New York
John Rocca
Beggars Banquet1984
I Want It To Be Real (Farley´s Hot House Piano Mix)
John Rocca
City Beat1987