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Phunky Phantom is electronic and dance music producer Laurence Nelson-Boudville, who was born in Brooklyn, New York.

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His one U.S. chart entry came in 1997, when he hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with the song "Get Up, Stand Up". [1] The same track reached #27 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1998. [2]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 203.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 426. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.