Jaydee

Not to be confused with the American hip-hop producer Jay Dee (J Dilla) or the Canadian country singer Jaydee (Jaydee Bixby).
For other uses, see Jaydee (disambiguation).
JayDee
Birth nameRobin Albers
OriginNetherlands
Genres
Occupation(s)DJ, music producer
Labels

Robin Albers (born 1956), who uses the stage name Jaydee, is a Dutch house music producer and DJ.

Biography

After a degree in commercial studies, Albers played in the Dutch national baseball team and was triple Dutch arm-wrestling champion.[1] Then, he started his career as DJ, and was a radio host on Dutch music and sport programs for eleven years.

His original stage name was Jei D. In 1992 (R&S Records),[2] under the stage name JayDee, he released "Plastic Dreams",[1] which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song, an instrumental, featured a prominent Hammond organ-style synthesizer melody,[1] played in a jazzy, improvised manner. "Plastic Dreams" continues to be remixed and re-released today, mostly on unsolicited white labels. The track made the UK Singles Chart on two occasions; firstly in September 1997 when it reached number 18, and again in January 2004, when it reached number 35.[3]

Albers created his own record label, First Impression.

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[4] 		BEL
[4] 		FRA
[4] 		ITA
[5] 		NLD
[4] 		SWI
[4] 		UK
[3] 		US
Dance
1992/1993 "Plastic Dreams" 20 8 25 — 34 4 — 1 Singles only
1994 "Music Is So Special" — — — — 32 25 — —
1995 "I Want You" — — — — — — — — House Nation
1996 "The Lounge" — — — — — — — —
1997 "Plastic Dreams" (Revisited) — 38 — 16 — 49 18 — Singles only
"U Got It" — — — — — — — —
1998 "Reste Chez Moi" — — — — — — — —
"Spank! Spank!" — — — — — — — —
2003 "Plastic Dreams 2003" — 25 — — 64 — 35 —
2013 "Pulsate" — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 169. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
  2. ^ https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/143132-Jay-Dee-Plastic-Dreams [bare URL]
  3. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 280. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ a b c d e "lescharts.com – Les charts français". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 25 October 1997. p. 62. Retrieved 22 June 2021 – via Google Books.