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Latest O'Jay news
18/02/2006 : O'jay was featured by the project Ich Troje for the single Follow My Heart, that will represent Poland at the Eurovision contest (thanks to Andrei Dinu)
18/05/2000 : O'Jay (former Real McCoy rapper) released his first solo single, entitled Nite To Remember
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Masterplan - We Wanna Be Stars | 1987 |
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The Alliance - Action | 1988 |
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The Alliance - It's Time (album) | 1989 |
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The Alliance - Sweat | 1989 |
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Hype-A-Delics - So What? | 1991 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Make A Move | 17th May 1991 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Another Night | 16th Jul 1993 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Automatic Lover | 1994 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Run Away | 7th Jul 1994 |
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Real McCoy - Love And Devotion | 3rd Apr 1995 |
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Real McCoy - Come And Get Your Love | 29th Jun 1995 |
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Real McCoy - One More Time | 29th Jan 1997 |
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Ich Troje - Follow My Heart | 2006 |
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Real McCoy - Magnify | 19th Dec 2023 |
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Real McCoy - Magnify (Eurosoul mix) | 15th Feb 2024 |
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Productions, co-production, executive production
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Patsy - Dreamin' | 1990 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Make A Move | 17th May 1991 |
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Construction - Sex Is Like Fire | 1992 |
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Maxx - Get-A-Way | 1st Nov 1993 |
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Maxx - No More (I Can't Stand It) | 1st Mar 1994 |
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Maxx - You Can Get It | 12th Sep 1994 |
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Real McCoy - Love And Devotion | 3rd Apr 1995 |
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Real McCoy - One More Time | 29th Jan 1997 |
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Construction - Sex Is Like Fire | 1992 |
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Patsy - Dreamin' | 1990 |
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Maxx - Get-A-Way | 1st Nov 1993 |
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Maxx - No More (I Can't Stand It) | 1st Mar 1994 |
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Maxx - You Can Get It | 12th Sep 1994 |
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Real McCoy - Magnify | 19th Dec 2023 |
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Real McCoy - Magnify (Eurosoul mix) | 15th Feb 2024 |
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Captain Hollywood - Jaybee / Tribute | 1986 |
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Patsy - Dreamin' | 1990 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Another Night | 16th Jul 1993 |
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Maxx - Get-A-Way | 1st Nov 1993 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Automatic Lover | 1994 |
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Maxx - No More (I Can't Stand It) | 1st Mar 1994 |
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MC Sar & the Real McCoy - Run Away | 7th Jul 1994 |
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Maxx - You Can Get It | 12th Sep 1994 |
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Real McCoy - Love And Devotion | 3rd Apr 1995 |
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Real McCoy - One More Time | 29th Jan 1997 |
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Real McCoy - Magnify | 19th Dec 2023 |
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Real McCoy - Magnify (Eurosoul mix) | 15th Feb 2024 |
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Jay Rapper - Wake Up | 1991 |
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O-Jay.com - Nite To Remember | 15th May 2000 |
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O'Jay biography
Born in Berlin in February 15th, 1965. He studied photography starting at the age of 16 in Lette -Verein design school in Schöneberg. At 18, the hip-hop movement caught his attention and he made his first trip to New York. He learned how to do 'pop-locking' from street-dancers and began to write, produce and of course rap. In 1983, he became a member of the breakdance formation The Mighty Crash. In 1986, he founded the fanzine Freshbeat Magazine and produced the radio show Freshline. In 1987, he formed the hip-hop trio Masterplan with Frank "Quickmix" Hassas and Aram "The A" Mouchegh and released the single We Wanna Be Stars. In 1988, he founded the label Freshline Records with Frank and with Jürgen Wind, who owned the small studio were they recorded the Masterplan single. Then Quickmix et O-Jay founded the electro hip hop project The Alliance and released their first single Action!.
In 1990 he became the rapper et co-producer of Real McCoy. When the success faded in 1992, Olaf started working part-time as a photographer and took part to other projects as writer and composer (such as Salz Und Pfeffer Der Da - Der Ist Ja Furchtbar !). Then next year, Real McCoy was back with a new style : eurodance. Bruce Hammond Earlam helped O-Jay improve his rap and writer technique.
He was also credited as co-producer and co-writer for Maxx' album To The Maxximum under the alias Dawhite, but he actually did not contributed a lot to the project. In 1999 he left the group because he had different opinions about Real McCoy's new musical trends. He said he was very disappointed with the orientation they took.
He began to play tennis when he was 14 and has practiced kendo for the past few years. He loves all kind of sports and loves to watch the championships. Currently, he enjoys working on his computer and playing computer games. He has 3 cats called Calico, Cindy and O'Malley. Most importantly, O-Jay wants to stay healthy and and keep in good spirits. Eventually, he wants to be able to spend more time with his family and to make a family on his own.
2000 : he came back on the Eurodance scene as a solo artist, with a single he wrote and composed in memory of his father. Entitled Nite To Remember, it was released on April 2000 and 'it brought back the sound of one of the pioneers in dance music' as O'Jay describes it. The female vocalist featured on this track is called Franziska. O'Jay also decided to slightly modify his name : now he is O-Jay.com, becoming the first artist in the world with an internet URL as a artistname. For therealization of his first album, he collaborated with many other well-known personalities of the Eurodance world : he'd been working for about 2 years with Gary B (ex-rapper of Maxx), and Vanessa Mason (his former partner of Real McCoy) appears as guest vocalist.
2005 : O-jay has been producing many very succesful artists under his label Blue PM. They also did a lot of remixes, for instance for ATC, Rollergirl, Right Said Fred, Jeanette, etc. He still collaborates with Boris Köhler (Gary B). He is currently working on 3 new projects for this year, and 2 Dance oriented groups are in the making. Results will be on the market in March/April this year.
2006 : O-jay was featured by the project Ich Troje (their name means The Three of Them in Polish) for the single Follow My Heart, that will represent Poland at the Eurovision contest. Ich Troje had already represented Poland back in 2003. In March, 2006 Follow My Heart was released as one-track single under the label EMI Poland. Ich Troje presented their song on the 18th of May, but were not selected for the final.
Project produced by O-Jay
B3 - You Win Again (2002 - top 20 Single Germany), I.O.I.O.
(2002 - Top 03 Single Germany, Gold), First (2002 - Top 20 Album Germany - Gold),
Buddy - Ab In Den Süden (2004 - Top 01 Single in Austria and 3 times Platinum, Top 02 Single in Germany - Gold)
Yvonne Catterfeld - Meine Welt (2003 - Top 01 Album Germany - Platinum)
Daniel K. - The Lions Sleep Tonite (2004 - Top 10 Single German)
Oli P. - Girl you know it´s true (2001 - Top 20 Single Germany)
Right Said Fred - Mojive (2001 - Top 20 Single Germany)
Thanks to Olaf Jeglitza himself for the latest informations
Thanks to Andrei Dinu and Anton "MC Kasper" Skaletsky
O'Jay biography was last updated Wed, October 23rd 2024
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