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| .<ref name="Mediaset">{{cite web|title= Harrow: "E' vero negli anni 80 non cantavo io" |trans-title= It's true that I wasn't singing in the 80s |publisher= ] |date= 15 May 2012 |accessdate= 16 July 2012 |url= http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/articoli/1046179/harrow-e-vero-negli-anni-80-non-cantavo-io.shtml |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131112085726/http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/articoli/1046179/harrow-e-vero-negli-anni-80-non-cantavo-io.shtml |archivedate= 12 November 2013 |url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="VanityFair">{{cite magazine|title= Den Harrow: "Non ero io a cantare le mie canzoni" |trans-title= Den Harrow: «It wasn't me singing my songs» |magazine= ] |accessdate= 15 July 2012 |url= http://www.vanityfair.it/show/musica/2012/05/14/den-harrow-rivelazione-non-cantavo-io-mie-canzoni}}</ref> | .<ref name="Mediaset">{{cite web|title= Harrow: "E' vero negli anni 80 non cantavo io" |trans-title= It's true that I wasn't singing in the 80s |publisher= ] |date= 15 May 2012 |accessdate= 16 July 2012 |url= http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/articoli/1046179/harrow-e-vero-negli-anni-80-non-cantavo-io.shtml |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131112085726/http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/articoli/1046179/harrow-e-vero-negli-anni-80-non-cantavo-io.shtml |archivedate= 12 November 2013 |url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="VanityFair">{{cite magazine|title= Den Harrow: "Non ero io a cantare le mie canzoni" |trans-title= Den Harrow: «It wasn't me singing my songs» |magazine= ] |accessdate= 15 July 2012 |url= http://www.vanityfair.it/show/musica/2012/05/14/den-harrow-rivelazione-non-cantavo-io-mie-canzoni}}</ref> | ||
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| In 1997, Zandri moved to California to take part in the TV series '']''. In 2005, he hosted the Italian-language TV show ''Radio Harrow'' on the satellite TV channel Match Music. In 2006 and in 2012, he took part in a reality show, the Italian version of '']'' which broadcast on ]. In 2007, via his website, Zandri released a new song, "FEDEN - Lo so", written and sung by Zandri and his wife. | In 1997, Zandri moved to California to take part in the TV series '']''. In 2005, he hosted the Italian-language TV show ''Radio Harrow'' on the satellite TV channel Match Music. In 2006 and in 2012, he took part in a reality show, the Italian version of '']'' which broadcast on ]. In 2007, via his website, Zandri released a new song, "FEDEN - Lo so", written and sung by Zandri and his wife. | ||
| ==Dispute with Tom Hooker== | |||
| In 2010, Tom Hooker recorded and published on YouTube a press conference-style video in which Hooker, flanked by the co-producer/composer Miki Chieregato, states and demonstrates that he was the vocalist on most of the Den Harrow records, and in which he accuses Zandri of continuing to publicly lip synch to those recordings.<ref name="Hooker">{{cite web|title= Tom Hooker responds to Den Harrow's threats |publisher= ] |date= 25 October 2010 |accessdate= 17 November 2010 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNHcEbJ8qqk}}</ref> He also states that Zandri made threats and insults against Hooker and his family on ] for exposing the vocal inauthenticity of the Den Harrow recordings. Hooker asserts that Zandri no longer has permission to publicly lip sync to Den Harrow recordings that use Hooker's voice.<ref name="Hooker"/> | |||
| ==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
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| Den Harrow | |
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.jpg) Den Harrow in 2006 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stefano Zandri |
| Born | (1962-06-04) 4 June 1962 (age 62) Nova Milanese, Italy |
| Genres | Italo disco |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | |
.
CARRER
ALBUM
1985 Overpower
1987 Day by Day
1988 Lies
1996 I, Den
2000 Back from the Future
RACCOLTE
1989 Best of Den Harrow
1999 I successi
1999 The Best
2008 The Legend
SINGOLI
1983 To Meet Me
1983 A Taste of Love
1984 Mad Desire
1985 Future Brain
1985 Bad Boy
1986 Overpower
1986 Charleston
1986 Catch the Fox
1987 Don't Break My Heart
1987 Tell Me Why
1987 Energy Rain
1987 Day by Day
1988 Born to Love
1988 You Have a Way|Lies
1989 Holiday Night
1989 Take Me Back
1991 Ocean
1992 Real Big Love
1992 All I Want Is You
1993 Take Me
1994 The Universe of Love
1994 You and the Sunshine
1995 Tomorrow Is Another Day
1995 I Need a Lover
1996 I Feel You
1998 Future Brain
2000 Future Brain
2001 Don't Break My Heart
2006 Push Push
2012 Den Harrow & Hitfinders
Revelation
After years of fame and popularity, it was revealed by frontman Stefano Zandri and his producers that Zandri did not actually sing any of the songs credited to Den Harrow; he was essentially a character who lip-synched to vocals recorded by a number of other singers. Furthermore, since they did not consider Zandri's name and origin to be "trendy" enough, producers Turatti and Chieregato concealed Zandri's Italian origin, marketing him as having been born Manuel Stefano Curry in Boston, Massachusetts. This was done so that Polydor Records could market him more easily in the English-speaking world, where Italian-produced music was, at the time, viewed with skepticism.
American vocalist Tom Hooker, also known as Thomas Barbey, who was residing in Italy during the Italo disco era, sang most of the songs for the Den Harrow project, including the 1985–1986 European hit singles "Don't Break My Heart", "Bad Boy", "Catch the Fox", and "Future Brain". Another vocalist, Anthony James from England, was contracted to sing the lead vocals on the Lies album (1988), and also provided the lead vocals on songs like "Holiday Night", "My Time", "You Have a Way". During an interview, Tom Hooker explains why it was decided to be done this way:
There was a small problem, however. He couldn't sing. So the solution was to never let him sing, or to put his voice so low in the mix that it was non-existent. He started as an image. He would work on his costumes and clothes and someone else would sing on the records. The truth is, vision is far more developed in humans than hearing. People tend to buy and listen to what they like to see.
Also according to Tom Hooker, Chuck Rolando's voice was used in the early singles "To Meet Me" and "A Taste of Love". Later on, Silver Pozzoli was chosen to do the single "Mad Desire"; however, Hooker provided the vocals for the album releases of "Mad Desire". Although Hooker continued co-writing tracks for Den Harrow project, the producers wanted to use a higher-voiced vocalist for the 1988 album Lies. Hooker says that Zandri did sing on the 1991 Den Harrow single "Ocean".
Den Harrow in the 1990s and 2000s
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In 1997, Zandri moved to California to take part in the TV series Sunset Beach. In 2005, he hosted the Italian-language TV show Radio Harrow on the satellite TV channel Match Music. In 2006 and in 2012, he took part in a reality show, the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor which broadcast on Rai 2. In 2007, via his website, Zandri released a new song, "FEDEN - Lo so", written and sung by Zandri and his wife.
Dispute with Tom Hooker
In 2010, Tom Hooker recorded and published on YouTube a press conference-style video in which Hooker, flanked by the co-producer/composer Miki Chieregato, states and demonstrates that he was the vocalist on most of the Den Harrow records, and in which he accuses Zandri of continuing to publicly lip synch to those recordings. He also states that Zandri made threats and insults against Hooker and his family on Facebook for exposing the vocal inauthenticity of the Den Harrow recordings. Hooker asserts that Zandri no longer has permission to publicly lip sync to Den Harrow recordings that use Hooker's voice.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER |
SWE |
SWI | |||||||
| Overpower |
|
— | 29 | 20 | |||||
| Day by Day |
|
13 | 25 | 4 | |||||
| Lies |
|
63 | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | |||||||||
| The Best Of |
|
18 | |||||||
| I Successi |
|
— | |||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||
Re-worked compilation albums with new songs
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| I, Den |
|
| Back from the Future |
|
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA |
FRA |
GER |
SPA |
SWE |
SWI | ||||||||||||
| "To Meet Me" | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||
| "A Taste of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Mad Desire" | 1984 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | Overpower | |||||||||
| "Bad Boy" | 1985 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 10 | — | 11 | ||||||||||
| "Future Brain" | 9 | 17 | — | 6 | — | 6 | |||||||||||
| "Overpower" / "Broken Radio" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Charleston" | 1986 | 8 | 27 | 18 | — | — | 17 | ||||||||||
| "Catch the Fox (Caccia Alla Volpe)" | 7 | — | 27 | 12 | 16 | 8 | Day by Day | ||||||||||
| "Day by Day Remix" | 1987 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Don't Break My Heart" | 8 | — | 4 | — | — | 6 | |||||||||||
| "Tell Me Why" | 15 | — | 22 | — | — | 12 | |||||||||||
| "Energy Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "You Have a Way" | 1988 | 10 | — | 56 | — | — | — | Lies | |||||||||
| "Born to Love" | 13 | — | 45 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Lies" / "I Wanna Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "My Time" / "You Have a Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Holiday Night" | 1989 | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | The Best Of | |||||||||
| "Take Me Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Ocean" | 1991 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "All I Want Is You" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Real Big Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "You and the Sunshine" | 1993 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Take Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | I, Den | ||||||||||
| "The Universe of Love" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "I Need a Lover" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Tomorrow Is Another Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | I, Den | ||||||||||
| "I Feel You" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Future Brain '98" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back from the Future | |||||||||
| "Go Away" | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Don't Break My Heart (2001 Remixes)" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Push Push" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory, or chart-peaks are not available. | |||||||||||||||||
See also
- Milli Vanilli, a German-based musical group who achieved fame before also revealing that the "lead singers" also lip-synced.
References
- Fabbri, Franco; Plastino, Goffredo (2013). "Italo Disco". Made in Italy: Studies in Popular Music. Routledge. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-415-89976-5.
- Jones, Alan; Kantonen, Jussi (2000). Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco. A Cappella Books. p. 229. ISBN 1-55652-411-0.
- ^ "Harrow: "E' vero negli anni 80 non cantavo io"" [It's true that I wasn't singing in the 80s]. Mediaset. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- "Den Harrow: "Non ero io a cantare le mie canzoni"" [Den Harrow: «It wasn't me singing my songs»]. Vanity Fair. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- "Revealing the truth". Striscialanotizia.mediaset.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Tom Hooker". Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2014.. Euro-Flash.net. 2004.
- ^ "Tom Hooker responds to Den Harrow's threats". YouTube. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ "Discographie von Den Harrow". Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Discography Den Harrow". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Discography Den Harrow". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- For Italian peaks:
- For all except those indicated below: Salvatori, Dario (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese. ISBN 8876054391.
- For "Bad Boy": "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 8. 22 February 1986. p. 65. ISSN 0006-2510.
- For "Charleston": "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 20. 17 May 1986. p. 70. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "Den Harrow (Singles)" (in French). Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
External links
- Den Harrow at Eurodancehits.com
- Den Harrow publicly declines his generalities on Italian TV and tells the story of the name Den Harrow (Italian)