CB Milton   (Netherlands)

AKA : Clarence Bekker
EuroDance group
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Latest CB Milton news

25/09/2024 : From October 21st, CB Milton will take part to real-TV show called De Alleskunner VIPS on channel SBS

16/08/2024 : CB Milton and Roberto Luti recorded a cover of U2's One

24/04/2024 : Probably for the first time singe many years, CB Milton performed live his eurodance hit It's A Loving Thing on the stage of I Love The 90s in Hasselt

12/11/2020 : BleRos and Clarence Bekker (CB Milton) will drop 2 remixes package for their current single Sunshine Everyday : one in December, one in January. Then CB will re-release his song Beautiful Tomorrow, this time as a single (Thanks to Krasi)

27/07/2020 : CB Milton was featured by BleRòs on single Alla Day son o De (Sunshine Everyday), to be released on August 21st (Thanks to Krasi)

14/07/2020 : CB Milton recorded a new song entitled Sunshine Everyday with BleRos and he is currently shooting the videoclip in France (Thanks to Krasi)

19/02/2020 : CB Milton and his Clarence Bekker Band will soon release their first album Changes. Single These Ladies is planned for February 21st

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CB Milton albums

	It's My Loving Thing	5th Apr 1994	BUY X
	The Way To Wonderland	20th May 1996	BUY X
	From Here To There	19th Oct 1998	BUY X
	The Best of CB Milton	8th Oct 2010	BUY X

CB Milton singles

	Send Me An Angel	15th Mar 1993	BUY X
	No One Else	6th Sep 1993	BUY X
	It's A Loving Thing	17th Jan 1994	BUY X
	Hold On	29th Apr 1994	BUY X
	Open Your Heart	29th Aug 1994	BUY X
	A Real Love	4th Sep 1995	BUY X
	Show Me The Way	18th Feb 1996	BUY X
	Time Is Up	13th May 1996	BUY X
	If You Leave Me Now	21st Oct 1996	BUY X
	How Do I Know	19th Aug 1997	BUY X
	Get Into My Life	27th Apr 1998	BUY X
	What About Me	17th Sep 1998	BUY X
	Carry On	23rd Nov 1998	BUY X
	We Are The One	15th Feb 1999	BUY X
	Friendly Morning Sky	2002	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	Mark van Dale - Something Goin' On	Feb 2001	BUY X
	Tikaro J. Louis & Ferran - Shine On Me	2007	BUY X
	Taito Tikaro, J.Louis & Ferran Benavent - Today Is My Day	11th May 2009	BUY X
	Phil Wilde - It's A Loving Thing	2011	BUY X
	BleRòs - Alla Day son o De (Sunshine Everyday)	21st Aug 2020	BUY X
	BleRos - Alla Day Son O De (Sunshine Everyday) (Chris Odd & Rizle/The Klubbfreak Remixes)	11th Dec 2020	BUY X
	BleRos - Alla Day son o De (Sunshine Everyday) (Digital Kay & DJ Scott-E Remixes)	12th Jan 2021	BUY X
	BleRos - Alla Day Son O De (Sunshine Everyday) (New Rap Remixes)	4th Mar 2021	BUY X

Compositions

CB Milton - Send Me An Angel

15th Mar 1993

BUY X

Songwriting

CB Milton - Send Me An Angel

15th Mar 1993

BUY X

Aliases - Records released under other names

	Clarence Bekker - Old Soul (album)	28th Feb 2012	BUY X
	Clarence Bekker Band - Beautiful Tomorrow EP	2018	BUY X
	Clarence Bekker Band - These Ladies	21st Feb 2020	BUY X
	Clarence Bekker - Beautiful Tomorrow	11th Feb 2021	BUY X
	Clarence Bekker Band - Use Me	16th Feb 2024	BUY X

CB Milton biography

CB Milton was born in Surinam, but he has been living in The Netherlands since the age of 6. In 1985 he got his Visser MAVO in Rotterdam. In 1987 he graduated from VHBO. He did not have the money for a proper musical education, so he was forced to teach himself the difficult profession of a musician. The prizes CB Milton regularly won at talent competitions encouraged him to go on, and finally he had enough self-confidence to make a definitive move into a musical career.

He learned the tricks of the trade working with the group Swinging Soul Machine, and became in 1987 the youngest lead singer that the group had ever known in its 25 years of existence. CB also worked as a session musician for famous artists such as Madeline Bell and The Trammps. Through the bass player of The Trammps, CB Milton came into contact with the successful Belgian production duo Phil Wilde and Peter Bauwens. After seeing a performance, the spiritual father of 2 Unlimited, Jean-Paul De Coster, fell for CB Milton's talent. He got signed under Byte Records.

Their first period of work together resulted in the release of a debut single Send Me An Angel. This number was in the charts for many weeks, amid rapidly rising international interest which culminated in a worldwide release. During promotional performances on radio and television, CB Milton has consistently surprised friends and enemies alike by insisting on singing live, even though programme directors have often advised him against doing so.

The nine follow-up-singles (amongst them If You Leave Me Now, It's A Loving Thing and A Real Love) and two albums proved CB's talents. Most of them charted in his home-territory the Benelux and many of them became European airplay-hits (It's A Loving Thing, one of his best releases ever, reached # 3 in Israel and # 34 in UK). He now is a highly-respected natural talent, and takes to stage performances like a fish to water. CB had now sold over 500.000 records. It's A Loving Thing was covered by the Italian project Paul Barry. On stage, he came along with dancers Sylvana Simons and Iris Loppies.

Next single If You Leave Me Now featured backing vocals from Johnny Kelvin and Ingrid Simons.

In 1998 CB Milton completed his third album From Here To There and achieved massive airplay on all these tracks in his home territory the Benelux. Get Into My Life, What About Me, and his latest release Carry On gave CB Milton the chance to project himself as a pop artist where in the past he was considered as a dance artist.

The last and fourth single from CB Milton's most recent album From Here To There was released in Belgium on February 15th 1999. Clarence felt the need to take a year off and travel around the world.

2001 : CB Milton released a new single in The Netherlands. It's a collaboration with the dutch trance-DJ Mark van Dale : a Discohousetrack uing the vocals of CB Milton. The title is Something Going On under the name of Mark van Dale feat. CB Milton. Stanley Foort contributed to the lyrics.

2002 : CB Milton was said to have released a new single called Friendly Morning Sky, but it is nowhere to be found.

2007 : he took part to the multicultural project 08001 based Barcelona under his own name Clarence Bekker. On their album Voragine, he sung on the track Jungle, a combination of rock and world music.

2008 : he did vocals on Tikaro's single Shine On Me. He also contributed to a collective cover of Stand By Me by the Playing For Change foundation.

2011 : CB Milton's hit It's A Lovin Thing was remixed and re-released as Phil Wilde feat. CB Milton - Loving Thing

2012 : he released a new album under the name Clarence Bekker. Produced by Mark Johnson and Reggie McBride, this album was recorded in Groove Masters Studio in Santa Monica and in The Village Recording Studios in Los Angeles (California, USA).

2018 : he released with his Clarence Bekker Band an EP entitled Beautiful Tomorrow

2020 : Clarence was featured by BleRòs on single Alla Day son o De (Sunshine Everyday). He also dropped the song These Ladies from Clarence Bekker Band's debut album Changes.

2021 : he released Beautiful Tomorrow as a single.

2024 : after a 3 years pause, he released a new Clarence Bekker Band single : Use Me, a cover of a song originally recorded by Bill Withers.

He lives in Barcelona.

Byte Records
Thanks to Shimon O'Hana for the charts positions
Thanks to Rogier Verkroost, Denis Zakharov, Krasi and Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin for the latest informations

CB Milton biography was last updated Tue, March 16th 2021

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