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Robert Clivillés

 
Artist: Robert Clivillés
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Cindy Mizelle, Acar S. Key, Ricky Crespo, Deborah Cooper, David Cole, Mariah Carey
  • Active: '90s
  • Genres: Rhythm & Blues
  • Instrument: Producer, Arranger

Biography

Like the allied powers of dance music, alone Robert Clivilles and David Cole enjoyed moderate success producing and remixing tracks for various artists, but together they were a dynamic force that deeply affected the sound of late '80s and early '90s dance music. After meeting on the Manhattan club scene in the late '70s, the young pair (Clivilles a DJ, Cole a keyboard player) began collaborating on tracks and testing them out on unsuspecting clubgoers. One such clubgoer was A&M big wig Larry Yasgar who, at the time, was scouting talent for his new subsidiary Vendetta. After hearing their improvised tracks the two were promptly signed and released "A Cuban, A Black Man & A Drum Machine," which was a smash in clubland circa 1981. Although the remainder of the '80s was a successful time for the duo (they produced albums by Chaka Khan and Grace Jones, among others), it wasn't until the early '90s that the pair became household names. Realizing that they wanted to perform as well as produce, Clivilles and Cole, along with rapper Freedom Williams and singer Zelma Davis, created C&C Music Factory in 1990. Their debut album, fueled by the hit singles "Gonna Make You Sweat" and "Here We Go" became a smash hit and for the next few years the group ruled the dance pop airwaves and MTV. Their sound, a hybrid of slickly produced pop coupled with hard beats, was widely imitated at the time by groups such as Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. With the success of C&C the pair were also a hot commodity in the studio and subsequently produced hits for Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Sadly, their partnership ended in 1994 when David Cole died of complications from Spinal Meningitis. ~ Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide
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Robert Clivillés
Birth name Rober Manuel Clivillés
Born July 30, 1964 (1964-07-30) (age 45)
Origin New York, New York, United States
Genre(s) Dance
Occupation(s) Producer
Years active 1980 - present
Associated acts C+C Music Factory, Martha Wash, Deborah Cooper, David Cole, Mariah Carey, Freedom Williams

Robert Manuel Clivillés (born July 30, 1964[1]) is a record producer most noted for his work with C+C Music Factory, a group he founded with musical partner David Cole. He is of Puerto Rican ancestry.[2][3]

Clivillés and Cole also produced various hits for other artists such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Deborah Cooper, and many others.

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Production and remix work

Mariah Carey worked extensively with Clivillés + Cole,[4] who hired the duo to produce songs for her albums and remix her singles. Clivillés + Cole produced and co-wrote the album versions and remixes of her hit singles "Emotions" and "Make It Happen." Additionally, they produced the album tracks "You're So Cold" and "To be around You" (which all are from the album Emotions). They also produced the original and the remixes of her hit "Anytime You Need A Friend" and "Now That I Know" (from the album Music Box) and "Joy to the World" (from the album Merry Christmas). The single "One Sweet Day" was written in memory of David Cole.

The duo were also responsible for the formation of pop group Seduction, for which they wrote and produced a string of Top-10 hits, and the duo also resuscitated the career of former Weather Girls vocalist Martha Wash.

Remixes by C+C Music Factory were credited to Clivillés & Cole. Among the hits remixed by the duo were Natalie Cole's cover of "Pink Cadillac," Taylor Dayne's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love," Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam’s "Let the Beat Hit ’Em," The Cover Girls’ "My Heart Skips a Beat" and "All That Glitters Isn't Gold,” Pajama Party’s "Hide and Seek," Sandée’s "Notice Me," and Michael Jackson’s "Black or White." The group Seduction was one of Clivilles + Cole's most successful side projects.[5] In the summer of 1991, Clivillés + Cole produced several tracks for a New Kids on the Block remix album titled No More Games: The Remix Album.[6]

In 1994, the duo produced a radio version of Jim Carrey's performance of "Cuban Pete" from the movie The Mask.[7] Also in 1994 Aretha Franklin covered the 1992 Clivillés + Cole single "Deeper Love"[8] from the film Sister Act 2.[9] Franklin actually hired Clivillés + Cole to produce the album version as well as the remixes. Thus, the song was a hit for the duo twice in two different incarnations within a 3-year time span.

Solo work

After the death of his partner David Cole in 1995, Robert Clivillés continued to keep the C+C's legacy alive through his own production work.

In 1995, he released a solo single under the name C+C Music Factory, called "I'll Always Be Around" (#1 Billboard Dance/Club Play), on MCA Records. This was the final #1 Dance/Club Play hit for C+C Music Factory. An album titled C+C Music Factory was released by MCA in 1995 in Europe, but it was not released in the US. This was the final studio album of new material to be released under the C+C Music Factory name.

The same year, Columbia/SME Records released Ultimate, a greatest hits collection featuring a mixture of remixes and album versions of C+C Music Factory's Sony Music Entertainment singles. Two singles were released in conjunction with the album "I Found Love" (#13 Dance/Club Play) and "Robi Rob's Boriqua Anthem" (#29 Dance/Club Play), which featured Spanish-language reggae artist El General.

In October 1996, Robert Clivillés released an album of new material under the name Robi-Rob's Clubworld. The first single from the project, "Shake That Body," featured emcee Ya Kid K, formerly of Technotronic. The second single, "Reach," was a collaboration with Hex Hector and featured vocals from longtime C+C vocalist Deborah Cooper, which was the final recording to have piano tracks recorded by the late David Cole, his C+C partner. Most recently, Clivillés has worked with the group MVP.

See also

References

  1. ^ Robert Clivilles Interview from About.com
  2. ^ Robert Clivilles Interview from About.com
  3. ^ Most Valuable Players from [[[MySpace]]
  4. ^ In addition, C+C vocalist Deborah Cooper is a frequent background vocalist on Mariah Carey's singles, albums, and tours internationally with her as a live background vocalist
  5. ^ Seduction was a vocal trio that included among its members Michelle Visage (now known as a radio personality in the New York City area), Idalis DeLeon (who later became an actress and MTV VJ), and April Harris (who now owns the rights to the band's name and continues to release material). Seduction scored a long string of hits in the early 1990s including "Two to Make it Right" (#2 Hot 100, #1 Dance/Club Play), "Heartbeat" (#13 Hot 100, #2 Dance/Club Play, #21 R&B Singles), "You're My One and Only True Love" (#23 Hot 100, #3 Dance/Club Play, #56 R&B Singles), "Could this be Love" (#11 Hot 100, #38 R&B, #21 Adult Contemporary), "Breakdown" (#82 Hot 100, #4 Dance/Club Play), and "Seduction" (#17 Dance/Club Play).
  6. ^ Among the tracks the hit title remixed by Clivillés + Cole, titled "Games," which hit #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The album peaked at #10 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, selling more than 500,000 albums and was certified Gold by the RIAA.
  7. ^ The single included a C+C club mix
  8. ^ The single "Deeper Love" by Aretha Franklin featuring a backing vocal by Lisa Fischer
  9. ^ The single was later released as the lead single of her Greatest Hits (1980-1994) collection

External links

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C+C Music Factory
Robert Clivillés · David Cole · Freedom Williams · Martha Wash · Zelma Davis · Deborah Cooper
Trilogy  · Paul Pesco · Q-Unique
Albums
Singles
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" · "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" · "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." · "Just a Touch of Love" · "Keep It Comin' (Dance Till You Can't Dance No More)" · "Do You Wanna Get Funky" · "Take a Toke" · "I'll Always Be Around"
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