Cerrone
Sign in to saveMarc Cerrone (; born 24 May 1952) is a French disco drummer, composer, record producer and creator of concerts. Cerrone is a producer of 1970s and 1980s disco songs. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, including over four million copies in France, and eight million copies of Supernature. The single "Love in C Minor" (1976) reached No. 3 and was in the charts for two months, selling three million copies. With "Supernature" (1977), Cerrone merged symphonic orchestration with synthesisers. At the 1978 Billboard Disco Forum, Cerrone received six awards, including Disco Artist of the Year
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Cerrone (full name: Jean-Marc Cerrone) (born 24 May 1952, Vitry-sur-Seine, near Paris, France) is an iconic and influential French European disco and dance pop drummer, singer, and music producer. Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums. He claims, and it is often credited by others, that he was "the first" to put the kick drum (or bass drum) into the foreground of modern eurodance music. At the age of 12, he started playing drums and listening to Otis Redding's songs. <a href="https:/
Key facts
- Musical artist.genre
- Euro disco, post-disco, funk, electronic, French house
- Musical artist.occupation
- Musician, record producer, songwriter
- Musical artist.instrument
- Drums, keyboards, synthesiser
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1972–present
- Musical artist.label
- Malligator Productions
- Musical artist.name
- Cerrone
- Musical artist.image
- CERRONE Marc 02-24x30-2009.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Cerrone in 2011
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Marc Cerrone
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Vitry-sur-Seine, France
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Career
- Kongas
- ''Love in C Minor''
- Recording
- ''Cerrone's Paradise''
- ''Supernature''
- ''The Golden Touch''
- ''Cerrone V''–''XIII''
- 1980s–1990s
- 21st Century
- Select Performances
- Discography
- See also
- References
- External links
Marc Cerrone (; born 24 May 1952) is a French disco drummer, composer, record producer and creator of concerts. Cerrone is a producer of 1970s and 1980s disco songs. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, including over four million copies in France, and eight million copies of Supernature. The single "Love in C Minor" (1976) reached No. 3 and was in the charts for two months, selling three million copies. With "Supernature" (1977), Cerrone merged symphonic orchestration with synthesisers. At the 1978 Billboard Disco Forum, Cerrone received six awards, including Disco Artist of the Year.
In addition to Love in C Minor, ''Cerrone's Paradise and Supernature, Marc Cerrone enjoyed success in Europe with albums such as Cerrone IV: The Golden Touch (1978), Where Are You Now (1983), The Collector (1985), Human Nature (1994) and more recently with the dance albums Hysteria (2002) and Celebrate (2007). Cerrone is also known for live performances. In 1991, he played on the show Harmony'' to celebrate the launch of Japan's first high-definition TV satellite. The rock opera was played to over 800,000 spectators at Tokyo harbour. Cerrone adapted "Harmony" for the theatre. In 1992, the musical Dreamtime, which was based on an original story by Cerrone, ran for 140 shows on Broadway at New York's Ed Sullivan Theater.