Captain Hollywood Project
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Captain Hollywood Project
Birth name	Tony Dawson-Harrison
Origin
Genre(s)	Eurodance
Years active	1982–present

Captain Hollywood Project is a pioneer of Eurodance. Tony Dawson Harrison an American formerly based in Germany, the Twenty 4 Seven rapper ( born Tony Harrison) has been referred to as "Captain Hollywood" since 1982. The name was given to him by his military friends, because he danced even when in uniform. Captain Hollywood Started the beginning of Break Dance in Europe as he performed on a national TV show in 1983 by the name of Formel Eins. He was featured in German cult movies with famous boxers and represented Germany in Cannes for the break dance movie premier of Beat Street. From 1985 to 1987 Tony released 3 singles and an album as Captain Hollywood.

Twenty 4 Seven

He has also worked with a Dutch producer Ruud van Rijen and rapper Recardo-MC Fixx IT. Together they created the Holland based project Twenty 4 Seven. Tony was the head and leader of the band featuring his close friends and partners Hanks/Jacks and the Dutch singer Nance Coolen. Together they toured with MTV Europe for 3 months, being supported by MTV and sponsored by the watch company SWATCH. Hanks and Jacks were with Tony for many years in Germany before Twenty 4 Seven, they both helped him to learn the German language and he trained them to become professional artists in the music industry.

Origins

After the release of Twenty 4 Seven's debut album Street Moves in late 1990 and having taking it to top 5 chart positions in Europe and Great Britain, Tony left the group to return to his own solo project in Germany. He released a solo album titled Love Is Not Sex soon after which charted in the Top 10 all over the world including the United States. It was followed by two singles, the title track 'More and More' and 'All I Want'. In 1992 he worked with production team DMP, consisting (amongst others) of Manfred Eisele (stage name: Attack II), Jürgen "Nosie" Katzmann, Thorsten Adler, and Tom Keil to produce tracks for the next album Captain Hollywood Project. Tony worked with many different vocalists including his main singer Petra Speigal, and Nina Gerhard, the singer of the chorus of the first released single 'More and More'. Tony then dedicated the name suffix "Project" to his dancers. His new style was given the name "The Crew Lock", a mix out of military movement and locking. Cihat was given the name Jelly Jell and continued to keep The Crew Lock alive with a new generation of dancers. MTV Europe has been supporting Captain Hollywood from the beginning of his career, allowing him to tour with MTV London.

Discography

Albums

Animals or Human was sold over 300,000 copies in Germany alone and another 350,000 copies in France.

Singles

Other productions

After many years of touring and living on the road, Harrison decided then to establish his own production studio called Hollywood Productions. He began producing American artists and preparing them for the European market.

In mid-1996, Tony decided to team up with Force, Miles Gordon, Alex Belcher and Klaus Peras for the production of his third album. "Over and Over", the first single for their forthcoming album, was a very popular hit during the summer. The album included two more singles, "Love and Pain" and "The Afterparty", both in their original form.

In early 1997 Harrison returned home to the United States. Then in the year 2001 he return to Germany as the producer of the Band "O-Town" for the very first "Making The Band" for MTV. In 2003 he brought the band "3rd Wish" to Germany and developed them for the European market. They had several Hits in England, France and Germany and tour successfully through out Europe. After the work with 3rd Wish Harrison was promoted to vice president of Skreem Records Corporation in 2004 and in 2007 promoted to President/CEO.

Harrison has toured and performed with artist such as Boyz II Men, Duran Duran, the original Temptations, the original Weather Girls, Take That, Elton John, Soul 2 Soul, Latoya Jackson, Eros Ramazotti, Snap featuring Turbo B, the original Culture Beat, Marky Mark, Haddaway, 2 Unlimited and many more.

He has received 1 Diamond Award, 12 Platinum records and 14 Gold records.

Harrison now works away from the spotlight in the background of the music scene as President/CEO of Skreem Records. He still lives on a small island in Florida and sometimes returns to his 2nd home in Germany.

External links

• Captain Hollywood Project at Discogs

References

• Captain Hollywood Project discography, and peak positions