Richard Melville Hall other known as Moby is an American born (Sep 11) electronic producer and remixer. He is best known for the such tracks as "Go" and "Move" and the turn of the century UK#1 album "Play", which spawned so many hit singles.
Moby's debut hit was UK Top 10 hit, "Go" which sampled the theme tune to Twin Peaks. The follow-up was "Next is the E", which renamed for the UK release to "I feel it" due to the drug connection to ectasy. Carole Sylvan and Rozz Morehead provided vocals for the US Dance #1, "Move". Moby released the album, "Everything is wrong" which included the songs "Hymn" and "Everytime you touch me". He was remixed the James Bond theme tune, which was used for the 1997 bond movie, "Tomorrow never dies" and was biggest UK hit in the 90s.
The next released the album, "Play", with so many samples including "Honey" sampling Bessie Jones and Group's "Sometimes" and "Bodyrock" sampling Spoonie G and the Treacherous 3's "Love Rap". Whilst the vocals for "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" was supplied by a soloist from the Shining Light Gospel choir circa 1950.
Date UK USDance Song Oct 1991 10 18 Go May 1992 - 6 Drop a beat Jul 1993 38 8 I Feel It / Thousand Sep 1993 21 1 Move May 1994 31 10 Hymn Oct 1994 30 9 Feeling So Real Feb 1995 28 17 Everytime You Touch Me Jul 1995 34 - Into The Blue Sep 1995 - 10 Bring Back My Happiness Nov 1997 8 1 James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version) Sep 1998 33 - Honey May 1999 33 - Run On Jul 1999 38 6 Bodyrock Oct 1999 16 - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad
What happened next?
Moby would have his biggest UK hit to date in July 2000, when Porcelain also from the album "Play" made #5. "Play" spawned 6 UK top 40 hits in total. Interestingly, Moby never had a top 100 hit in States until "South Side" featuring Gwen Stefani also from the album "Play" made #14. His only other top 100 hit in USA was with A$AP Rocky in 2018 with "A$AP Forever" (#63). Moby's most recent albums have been "All visible objects" in 2020 and "Reprise" in 2021, which was his 19th studio album and featured orchestral and acoustic reworking of songs in his career.
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