Paul Oakenfold is an English born (Aug 30) DJ, mixer and producer. He has had a numerous projects under monkiers such as Grace, Movement 98 and Perfecto (Allstarz and Planet). In 1990, Oakenfold went under the pseudonym of "Movement 98" and had UK Top hit with "Joy and Heartbreak" featuring Caroll Thompson. In 1995, he produced the UK Dance #1 track "Reach up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag)" as the Perfecto Allstarz" and later that year, he put together the group Grace with Dominique Atkins on vocals and co-producer Steve Osborne and they had a UK and US Dance #1 with "Not over yet". Oakenfold returned had another Perfecto UK Dance #1 with "Bullet in the Gun" in 1999.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song May 1990 27 Joy And Heartbreak (as Movement 98) Feb 1995 6 Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag) (as Perfecto Allstarz) Apr 1995 6 Not Over Yet Sep 1995 30 I Want To Live Feb 1996 21 Skin On Skin Jun 1996 20 Down To Earth Sep 1996 29 If I Could Fly May 1997 38 Hand In Hand Jul 1997 29 Down To Earth (remix) Aug 1999 16 Not over yet (as Planet Perfecto featuring Grace) Nov 1999 15 Bullet in the gun (as Planet Perfecto)
What happened next?
Paul Oakenfold produced the track used for the tv show "Big Brother" under the name Element 4, which coincidently made #4 on the UK chart. Oakenfold continued success with the Planet Perfecto with "Bullet in the Gun" when it made #7 on remix.
Oakenfold had a few hits in 2002 and 2003 under his name including "Starry eyed surprise" (UK#7) with Crazy Town's Shifty on vocals and "Faster Kill Pussycat" (UK#6) with the late Brittany Murphy on vocals.
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