Saturday 13 March 2021

C + C Music Factory

C+C Music Factory was the best incarnation of Robert Clivilles and David Cole. Their 1990 album "Gonna Make You Sweat" featured successful dance singles "Here We Go", "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm..." and the dance anthem "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", which featured vocals by Martha Wash and Freedom Williams with Zelma Davis featuring on their music videos. All the forementioned had substancial runs at the top of both the US and Canada Dance charts. "Do you wanna get funky" was another track that made #1 on both dance charts. Furthermore "Just a touch of love" (from the movie Sister Act 2), "A deeper love", "Keep it comin'" (featuring Q-Unique and Deborah Cooper), "I'll always be around" made US Dance #1. Whilst "Pride (In the name of love)" was also a Canada Dance #1.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1990    3	Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
Mar 1991   20	Here We Go
Jul 1991    4	Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
Nov 1991   31	Just A Touch Of Love Everyday
Jan 1992   15	Pride (In The Name of Love) (as Clivilles and Cole)
Mar 1992   15	A Deeper Love (as Clivilles and Cole)
Oct 1992   34	Keep It Comin' (Dance Till You Can't Dance No More)
Aug 1994   27	Do You Wanna Get Funky
Feb 1995   26	I Found Love / Take A Toke

What happened next?
Sadly the project ended when David Cole passed away in 1995. Robert Clivilles released "Set me free" in May 2015 with Kimberly Davis of Chic on vocals. As of 2014, Freedom Williams has owned the trademark rights to the C+C Music Factory name for all related efforts, not just live performances. Martha Wash Wash released a single "Like Fire"in August 2019. The song served as the lead single from her third album Love and Conflict. Love and Conflict was released on January 6, 2020. In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed C+C among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as the 44th).

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