C.O.D. (musician)

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C.O.D. was an American electro musician (real name was Raul A. Rodriguez), [1] who had a hit with In the Bottle which was released on Emergency Records in 1983 and written by Gil Scott-Heron in 1974. The track reached #54 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1983. [2]

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Rodriguez was a DJ, notable for a residency at the nightclub New York-New York, and a remixer in the New York disco scene. As well as working his own projects he produced the Man Parrish hit "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)." [3]

In 1985, his electro version of Frederick Knights's "Uphill (Peace of Mind)" was featured in the climactic dance-club scene in Michael Cimino's Year of the Dragon .

One of Raul's biggest remixes was of ABBA's "Lay All Your Love On Me" in 1980. [4] Due to its popularity on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, ABBA decided to release their album version as a 12-inch single. Raul died on 4 January 2012 as the result of a severe stroke.

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Singles

References

  1. ↑ Discogs.com
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 89. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ Discomusic.com Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today
  4. ↑ "Discomusic.com profile of Raul Rodriguez". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.


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