D Mob
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- This article is about the music producer. For the unrelated video game character also called "D-Mob", see Def Jam Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight for NY.
- D-Mob is also an up-and-coming music producer from St. Louis, MO. (http://www.myspace.com/dmobstl)
D Mob (or D-Mob) is one of the stage names used by British house music producer Dancin' Danny D (born Daniel Kojo Poku)[1].
The 1988 UK hit "We Call It Acieed" hit #3 in the UK Singles Chart, and was one of a wave of acid house singles to enjoy success that year. D Mob went on to have a further three Top Twenty singles in the UK during 1989 and 1990.
"We call it Acieed" http://youtube.com/watch?v=FEdiOBz4zeM
In the late 1980s and early 1990s D Mob charted five songs on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, four of which went to #1. In the U.S. they are best known for the hit "C'mon and Get My Love," a song featuring vocalist Cathy Dennis, that crossed over to pop radio and hit #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.
"C'mon and get my love" video http://youtube.com/watch?v=pD8BM1clvH8
Aside from Dennis, Danny D has collaborated with vocalists Gary Haisman and LRS.
- 1989 "We Call It Acieed" / "Trance Dance" (D Mob featuring Gary Haismann) #1
- 1989 "It's Time To Get Funky" (D Mob featuring LRS) #1
- 1990 "C'mon and Get My Love" (D Mob introducing Cathy Dennis) #1
- 1990 "That's the Way Of the World" (D Mob with Cathy Dennis) #1
- 1990 "Put Your Hands Together" / "All I Do" #13 (D Mob featuring Nuff Juice)
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart