Dutch house music producer and DJ (born 1956) Not to be confused with the American hip-hop producer Jay Dee (J Dilla) or the Canadian country singer Jaydee (Jaydee Bixby). For other uses, see Jaydee (disambiguation).
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| Birth name | Robin Albers |
| Origin | Netherlands |
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| Occupation(s) | DJ, music producer |
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Robin Albers (born 1956), who uses the stage name Jaydee, is a Dutch house music producer and DJ.
Biography
After a degree in commercial studies, Albers played in the Dutch national baseball team and was triple Dutch arm-wrestling champion. Then, he started his career as DJ, and was a radio host on Dutch music and sport programs for eleven years.
His original stage name was Jei D. In 1992 (R&S Records), under the stage name JayDee, he released "Plastic Dreams", which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song, an instrumental, featured a prominent Hammond organ-style synthesizer melody, played in a jazzy, improvised manner. "Plastic Dreams" continues to be remixed and re-released today, mostly on unsolicited white labels. The track made the UK Singles Chart on two occasions; firstly in September 1997 when it reached number 18, and again in January 2004, when it reached number 35.
Albers created his own record label, First Impression.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT |
BEL |
FRA |
ITA |
NLD |
SWI |
UK |
US Dance | |||||||
| 1992/1993 | "Plastic Dreams" | 20 | 8 | 25 | — | 34 | 4 | — | 1 | Singles only | ||||
| 1994 | "Music Is So Special" | — | — | — | — | 32 | 25 | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | "I Want You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | House Nation | ||||
| 1996 | "The Lounge" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1997 | "Plastic Dreams" (Revisited) | — | 38 | — | 16 | — | 49 | 18 | — | Singles only | ||||
| "U Got It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1998 | "Reste Chez Moi" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Spank! Spank!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2003 | "Plastic Dreams 2003" | — | 25 | — | — | 64 | — | 35 | — | |||||
| 2013 | "Pulsate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 169. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/143132-Jay-Dee-Plastic-Dreams
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 280. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "lescharts.com – Les charts français". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 25 October 1997. p. 62. Retrieved 22 June 2021 – via Google Books.