Daisy Dee
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Daisy Dee | |
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| Birth name | Desiree Rollocks |
| Born | 4 September 1970[1] Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles |
| Origin | Roermond, Netherlands |
| Genres | Eurodance, hip house, electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, television host |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1990–2003 |
Desiree Rollocks (born 4 September 1970), known by her stage name Daisy Dee, is a Dutch singer, actress and TV host, especially well known in the German-speaking world.
Biography
Early life
Born on Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, she came to Europe at the age of 8. Her parents are from Trinidad & Curacao. Apart from her mother tongue Dutch, she learned to speak English, German and Spanish fluently.
Musical career
Having finished school, she considered studying interior decoration. Jobbing at a discotheque known for live events, one evening a band broke off their performance after a single song. When the audience angrily demanded more, Daisy grabbed the microphone and gave her best. Her performance not only impressed the audience, but also executives of a record company who happened to be there. So she started working with a number of different projects, which made it high into the Billboard dance charts, like "This Beat is Technotronic" and "Crazy" (six weeks number 1 in the US dance charts). In 1998, together with Toni Cottura she founded her own production company Booya Music, featuring artists like Nana, the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC and her brother Pappa Bear. In 2005, together with her team she founded the television production company D.D. Productions, making Fashion and Music Programs for Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Since 2019 she's back with Technotronic touring the world.
Acting career
Daisy Dee played in the soap opera "Alle Zusammen" on German television channel RTL II, together with the German singer Oli P.. From 1996 to 2004 she hosted "Club Rotation", a weekly show on Saturday evening on the German television channel VIVA. She also hosted The Dome (From N°1 to N°8) for RTL II. In 2006, Daisy started hosting Fashion Trix, an international Fashion Program in which she visits the Fashion Weeks globally, broadcast among other by VIVA and RTL 5.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Details |
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| 1991 | Daisy Dee |
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| 1994 | Destination of Love (The Daisy Project featuring Daisy Dee) |
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| Lover's Reggae (Reggae Roots featuring Daisy Dee) |
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| 1996 | I Am (Who I Am) |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| AUS [2] |
AUT [2] |
CAN Dance [3] |
GER [4] |
NLD [2] |
SWI [2] |
US [5] |
US Dance [5] | |||||||
| 1990 | "It's Gonna Be Alright" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Daisy Dee | ||||
| "Crazy" (featuring MC B.) | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 73 | 10 | ||||||
| 1991 | "I Got U" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1992 | "Walking On That Side" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Pump It Up All the Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1994 | "Headbone Connected (Try Me)" | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| 1996 | "Angel" | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | I Am (Who I Am) | ||||
| "Just Jump" | — | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Crazy ('96 Mix)" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |||||
| 1997 | "Hey You (Open Up Your Mind)" (feat. Toni Cottura) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2000 | "Open Sesame" | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| AUS [2] |
AUT [2] |
CAN Dance [3] |
GER [4] |
NLD [2] |
SWI [2] | |||||||||
| 1990 | "This Beat Is Technotronic" (MC B. featuring Daisy Dee) | — | 11 | — | 14 | 18 | — | non-album singles | ||||||
| 1992 | "This Beat Is Technotronic ('92 Mix)" (MC B. featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1993 | "Do It Better" (The Daisy Project featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Destination of Love | ||||||
| "Back It Up" (Cosmo Crew featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |||||||
| 1994 | "Yeah Yeah (Influence)" (Black Male featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Dance (If You Cannot)" (Alter Ego featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Love Religion" (U96 featuring Daisy Dee) | — | 7 | — | 5 | 10 | 10 | Club Bizarre | |||||||
| 1995 | "Somebody Real" (Bit Machine featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | non-album singles | ||||||
| 1996 | "Vamonos (Hey Chico Are You Ready)" (Garcia featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | |||||||
| "Te Quiero, Latina" (Garcia featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2000 | "Love is the Answer" (Mark 'Oh featuring Daisy Dee) | — | — | — | 51 | — | 88 | |||||||
| 2003 | "Fly Away (Owner of Your Heart)" (Starsplash featuring Daisy Dee) | — | 43 | — | 24 | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Music Stars. Record Research, Inc. p. 67. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lescharts.com International peaks
- ^ a b "Canadian dance peaks". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ a b "German peaks". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ a b Billboard peaks
External links
- D.D.Productions Official Website
- Daisy Dee's Official Website
- Daisy Dee's VJ page at VIVA TV
- Daisy Dee at IMDb
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Curaçao people of Dutch descent
- Curaçao people of Spanish descent
- Dutch dance musicians
- Dutch record producers
- Dutch female singers
- Dutch people of Curaçao descent
- Dutch people of Spanish descent
- English-language singers from the Netherlands
- 21st-century Dutch singers
- 21st-century women singers
- Women record producers