Harrow (Den)  (Italy) HiNRG group Added : 29/10/2000 Viewed 3698 times                                                                                 82 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Den Harrow albums

	Overpower	1985
	Day By day	1987
	Lies	1988
	The Best of Den Harrow	1989
	Maxi Greatest Hits	1991
	I, Den	1996
	Back From The Future	1999

Den Harrow singles

	To Meet Me	1983
	A Taste Of Love	1984	LISTEN
	Mad Desire	1985	LISTEN
	Future Brain	1985	LISTEN
	Bad Boy	1985
	Overpower	1986
	Charleston	1986
	Catch The Fox	1986
	Energy Rain	1987
	Don't Break My Heart	1987	LISTEN
	Tell Me Why	1987
	Day By Day	1988
	Born To Love	1988
	You Have A Way	1988
	Lies	1988
	My Time	1988
	Holiday Night	1989
	Take Me Back	1989
	Ocean	1991
	All I Want Is You	1992
	Real Big Love	1992
	Take Me	1994
	The Universe Of Love	1994
	You And The Sunshine	1994
	Tomorrow Is Another Day	1995	LISTEN
	I Need A Lover	1995
	I Feel You	1996	LISTEN
	Future Brain´98	1998
	Go Away	1999
	Don't Break My Heart 2000	2000
	Push Push	2006
	FEDEN - Lo so	2007
	2 Meet Me 2012 (with Hitfinders)	10th Apr 2012

Den Harrow biography

Composers : Roberto Turatti, Miki Chieregato, H.T.Beecher, M.Natale, S.Melloni, M.Farina, F.Serra, A.Bindella...

According to his official biography, Manuel Stefano Carry was born on June 4th, 1962 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) but he moved to Italy when he was 4 or 5, therefore he spoke better Italian than English. He was actually born Stefano Zandri in Nova Milanese, but in the 80s, being born in the US was more trendy in the English-speaking music business. His father worked as an architect. When his parents divorced, he (as well as his sister and brother) stayed with his mother. As a 7 year old child he learnt how to play piano and guitar, then during his high school years in Milan he was further developing interest in music. Also at that time he started practicing judo, bodybuilding and breakdance.

Since his early age he knew that he wanted to be a part of showbusiness. Thanks to his good look and very well defined body he was discovered as a photomodel. Soon after he met Roberto Turatti who at that time was a DJ in a discoteque in Milan, the American Disaster. Turatti and Miki Chieregato became his producers with mission to make Manuel become a star. He chose his artistic pseudonym of Den Harrow (based on the Italian word "denaro" which means money) and took extensive vocal lessons. Actually he never had a very strong voice, and some of his singles were actually sung by Tom Hooker (Don't Break My Heart, Bad Boy, Catch the Fox, Future Brain) and some others by Anthony James (Holiday Night, My Time, You Have A Way), Chuck Rolando (To Meet Me, A Taste of Love) and even Silver Pozzoli (Mad Desire).

The two first songs he released were To Meet Me and A Taste Of Love. They became quite popular in South European countries, but Den had to wait until 1984 for a real success. This year he released his first official single, Mad Desire, that sold more than 1 million copies and won 3 golden records. In 1985 he released Future Brain that made him win the 'Festivalbar' and 'Vota La Voce' contests. With his first album Overpower and the next singles released in 1986 Bad Boy, Charleston and Catch The Fox he became one of the most famous disco stars in Europe. These singles sold a total 1,5 million copies, received a Golden record in France, entered three times in 'Top 5' singles in Italy and a Silver Otto (a grammy award from the German music magazine Bravo).

In 1987 he released two singles from his second album Day By Day. Born To Love made him win his second 'Festivalbar'. Don't Break My Heart, his biggest hit ever, became n°1 in Germany and reached the 'Top 5' in Italy, Spain, Greece and Benelux. It received a Gold status in France and Platinum status in Canada. When he sung that song in Peters Popshow concert in Westfalenhalle (Dortmund, Germany) it caused a massive hysteria. This time Bravo magazine gave him a Golden Otto.Don't Break My Heart is now a part of Classic Italo-Disco sound. 1987 was also the year when his gave his first real live tournee.

In 1988, in Germany and in England, he stayed at the top of the charts during one whole year and received his second grammy award, even overtaking Michael Jackson in the charts and obtaining a Golden Record. Bravo ranked him on 4th place, and in 1989 on 9th. In 1989 he released his third album Lies that attracted attention of BMG/Ariola, earning more than 19 millions German Marks. Adidas and Coca Cola even hired him for their commercials.

In 1992 he signed a new contract with the German Polydor label and released his fourth album All I Want Is You produced by Jennifer Rush and Natalie Cole. It reached N°4 in the German charts and sold 800 000 copies.  In 1993 he released his fifth album Real Big Love, once again produced by Natalie Cole

In 1996 he started working with Mauro Farina of SAIFAM . He recorded several new tracks such as Take Me, The Universe of Love, Taste Of Love, I Feel You, Future Brain 2000 and Don't Break My Heart 2000. Farina's Factory Team remixed some of his old productions (for instance To Meet Me). Under the One Way Records label he also released his sixth album I Den. On ths album, one could hear the 2 singers who also contributed to Orlando.

In 1997 he moved to California to take part in the TV series Sunset Beach

In 1999 he left SAIFAM and recorded his 7th album Back From The Future that was released on Niteline Records.

2005 : he hosted the Italian-language TV show Radio Harrow on the satellite TV channel Match Music.

2006 : he took part in reality show L'isola dei famosi (the Italian version of "Celebrity Survivor") on Rai Due.

2007 : he released a new song, entitled FEDEN - Lo so, written and sung with his wife.

2010 : Tom Hooker and Miki Chierigato recorded and published on YouTube a press conference-style video in several languages in which Hooker stated and demonstrated that he was the vocalist on most of the Den Harrow records.

2001 : in February, Tom Hooker re-recorded and released Future Brain, along with a videoclip.

2012 : with other competitors of the previous seasons, he was back on L'isola dei famosi, still on Rai Due, but he had to quit the show because of health problems. He recorded 2 Meet Me 2012 with Hitfinders.

Thanks to Olga Sviridova, Klems and Sascha Busch
Eurodancehits

The biography was last updated Thu, July 12th 2012

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Latest Den Harrow news

12/03/2012 : Den Harrow recorded a single with Hitfinders entitled 2 Meet Me 2012, to be soon released. He presented it on Rai due on February 28th. Den just took part to 9th season of Isola dei Famosi (Italian equivalent of Celebrity Survivor).