Jake Williams
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| Jake Williams | |
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| Also known as | JX, Oblik, Rex the Dog, Mekka |
| Born | 1974 |
| Origin | Brighton England |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | Planet Perfecto |
| Members | |
| Jake Williams | |
Jake Williams (born 1974) is a British dance DJ and remixer, who has recorded as JX and Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label.
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[edit] Chart success
JX was a successful project, selling in excess of 500,000 copies of popular and anthemic dance tracks.[citation needed] Chart entry tracks included "Son Of A Gun" (1994), which gave him his first Top 20 entry at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart, "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (1996), which was his biggest hit, reaching number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, "You Belong To Me" (1995) (number 17) and most recently "Restless", which charted at number 22 in 2004.[1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| UK Dance [2] |
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| The Rex the Dog Show |
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38 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
[edit] Singles
[edit] As JX
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
IRE [4] |
NED [3] |
SPA [5] |
UK [1] |
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| 1994 | "Son of a Gun" | 6 | 15 | 38 | — | 6 | Singles only | |||||||
| 1995 | "You Belong to Me" (featuring Shena) | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||
| 1996 | "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (featuring Shena) | 26 | 14 | — | — | 4 | ||||||||
| 1997 | "Close to Your Heart" | — | — | — | — | 18 | ||||||||
| 2002 | "You Belong to Me 2002" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2004 | "Restless" | — | — | 68 | — | 22 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
[edit] As Rex the Dog
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Prototype" | Singles only |
| "Frequency" | ||
| 2006 | "Maximize" | |
| 2007 | "Circulate" | The Rex the Dog Show |
| 2008 | "Bubblicious" | |
| "I Can See You, Can You See Me?" |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 273. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "The Official UK Dance Charts for the week ending 20 September 2008". ChartsPlus (Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd) (369): 12.
- ^ a b International peaks
- ^ Search for Irish peaks
- ^ Billboard: Hits of the World, May 6, 1995
