Jaydee
Robin Albers (born 1956), who uses the stage name Jaydee, is a Dutch house music producer and DJ.
JayDee | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robin Albers |
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | DJs |
| Labels | |
Biography
After a degree in commercial studies, Albers played in the Dutch national baseball team and was triple Dutch arm-wrestling champion.[1] Then, he started his career as DJ, and was a radio host on Dutch music and sport programs for eleven years.
His original stage name was Jei D. In 1992, under the stage name JayDee, he released "Plastic Dreams",[1] which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song, an instrumental, featured a prominent Hammond organ-style synthesizer melody,[1] played in a jazzy, improvised manner. "Plastic Dreams" continues to be remixed and re-released today, mostly on unsolicited white labels. The track made the UK Singles Chart on two occasions; firstly in September 1997 when it reached number 18, and again in January 2004, when it reached number 35.[2]
Albers created his own record label, First Impression.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [3] |
BEL [3] |
FRA [3] |
ITA [4] |
NLD [3] |
SWI [3] |
UK [2] |
US Dance | |||||||
| 1993 | "Plastic Dreams" | 20 | 8 | 25 | — | 34 | 4 | — | 1 | Singles only | ||||
| 1994 | "Music Is So Special" | — | — | — | — | 32 | 25 | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | "I Want You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | House Nation | ||||
| 1996 | "The Lounge" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1997 | "Plastic Dreams" (Revisited) | — | 38 | — | 16 | — | 49 | 18 | — | Singles only | ||||
| "U Got It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1998 | "Reste Chez Moi" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Spank! Spank!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2003 | "Plastic Dreams 2003" | — | 25 | — | — | 64 | — | 35 | — | |||||
| 2013 | "Pulsate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 169. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 280. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- "lescharts.com - Les charts français". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 25 October 1997. p. 62. Retrieved 22 June 2021 – via Google Books.