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Captain Hollywood Project was a Germany-based Eurodance Artist, founded by former Twenty 4 Seven rapper Tony Dawson-Harrison, back in 1989 until 1991. He also was the Creater and Head of the Holland Based Project Twenty Four Seven, Featuring his close friends and partners Hanks/Jacks and the Dutch singer Nancy Coolen together they tour with MTV EUROPE for 3 months being supported by MTV and sponsored by the watch company SWATCH Nancy was only 16 years old with a voice of a 25 year old singer,,Hanks and Jacks were with Tony for many years in Germany,they both help him to learn the German language and he therefore train them to become professional artist in music industry

Origins

Tony Dawson Harrison: After taking the group Twenty 4 Seven to top 5 chart positions all over Europe including Great Britain, Tony then left the Dutch group Twenty 4 Seven to start his own future solo projects, just after the release of their debut album Street Moves in late 1990. He released a solo album titled Love Is Not Sex soon after. The album, went top 10 all over the world including the United States. It was followed by two singles, the title track 'More and More' and 'All I Want'. In 1992 he hired German producers Adler, Eisele and Keil, to produce some of tracks for the up coming album Captain Hollywood Project. Tony wanted to work with many different vocalists. Petra Speigal was his main singer in the studio and on stage. Another vocalist he worked with was Nina Gerhard and she was chosen to be the singer of the chorus of the first released single 'More and More.

Albums

Tony Harrison's Captain Hollywood Project released four Eurodance singles, 'More and More', 'Only With You', 'All I Want' and 'IMPOSSIBLE' from the end of 1993 to 1994. All four singles were huge hits all over the world.

The first single charted at number 1 for 8 weeks on the Germany national media control charts. The debut album, Love Is Not Sex, sold 400,000 copies in Germany alone, and over 7 Million copies world wide. It included More and More and Only With You, plus the later singles All I Want and Impossible — both released in early 1994.

In the U.S.A In late May 1994, the song Rhythm Of Life was requested from many radio D J's, but it was never officially released. In 1995, after almost a year of silence, the Captain released his second album, Animals Or Human. it sold over 200,000 copies in Germany alone and another 350,000 copies in France. After many years of touring and living on the road, Tony Dawson-Harrison decided then to establish his own production studio and called it Hollywood Productions. He began producing American artists and preparing them for the European market, so they could also get experience on the European market.

Three singles followed the release of the album: Flying High, Find Another Way and The Way Love Is. Those singles were again huge hits but The Way Love Is did not chart as high as some of the other singles in comparison. In mid-1996, Tony decided to team up with Alex Belcher, Force, Miles Gordon and Rico Sparx for the production of his third album. Over and Over, the first single for their forthcoming album, was a very popular hit during the summer. The album included two more singles, Love and Pain and The Afterparty, both in their original form. Both singles were also huge hits in the European territories, however Tony Harrison decided in early 1997 to relocate and return back to his own country, which was the United States, just to come back in 2001 to produce the Band "Otown" with N. Mass, his Coproducer and Engineer. In 2002 he brought the Band 3rdwish to Germany. They had several Hits in Europe and Germany, but Tony Harrison had 2 Major Problems. 1st: defraudation of tax in Germany 2nd: financial fraud (most of his coproducers) In 2006 he escaped to the US because of Tax Reasons and lawsuits. He maried his 25 year younger Girlfriend (who?) in 2007. Now he lives in Florida.

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