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MEMBERS C+C Music Factory consisted of two Record Producers :
plus a number of guest Vocalists and Rappers . BIOGRAPHY They brought a hybrid form of House Music to America 's heartland, with the chart-topping title track of the album ''Gonna Make You Sweat'' ( 1990 ), and a follow-up hit "Here We Go" from the same album in 1991 . Clivillés and Cole had recorded dance music under other names, and had showcased different vocalists prior to starting their C+C Music Factory project. Their production work for the group Seduction is the most well-known of these earlier endeavours. The group disbanded when Cole died of an illness in early 1995 . VIDEOS The stylish visuals and production for C+C Music Factory's first videos helped to distinguish the group's first releases from previous mainstream dance hits like Technotronic 's "Pump Up The Jam". Controversy erupted when vocalist Zelma Davis , appeared instead of vocalist Martha Wash in the video for the group's first single, " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) ." Davis, the vocalist (aside from rapper Freedom Williams ) on the next three singles, Lip-synched to Wash's vocals in that video. Speculation about bad blood between Wash and the group were laid to rest when Wash and Davis both appeared in the video for 1994 's Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1 single, "Do You Wanna Get Funky", on which they both share lead vocals. PRODUCTIONS AS C+C MUSIC FACTORY C+C Music Factory's first single was "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", released on [[C OTHER PRODUCTIONS After scoring a hit in dance clubs with 1987 's "Do It Properly" as 2 Puerto Ricans, A Black Man And A Dominican , Clivillés and Cole progressed from upfront Dance to nouveau Disco , epitomized by Whitney Houston 's C+C-helmed "I'm Every Woman". A long string of productions and remixes for other artists followed, such as Whitney Houston ("I'm Every Woman"), Michael Jackson ("Black Or White"), Arizona feat. Zeitia ("Slide On The Rhythm"), or Jodeci ("Cry For You"). Also a lot of releases followed under the pseudonyms The Brat Pack and '''The Crew'''. In 1991 , as Clivillés and Cole they covered a rock song by U2 called Pride in the Name of Love which featured the vocals of Deborah Cooper but it was Cooper's vocals on the track's B-side,"A Deeper Love", that proved to be an instant club anthem. The song was later reworked and rearranged for the film Sister Act II by Aretha Franklin but was not as big a success in the clubs. To this day, the original version is favoured in Club Compliation CDs Robert Clivillés continued to keep C+C's legacy alive through his own production work, most notably with Mariah Carey . In 1995 , he created ''World Beat Madness'', an eclectic array of club music, techno and ERA oriented songs. This work, released in Japan and Mexico , was not a commercial success. In October 1996 , Robert Clivillés continued his club DJ work with a solo house music project, Robirob's Clubworld, which spawned two singles, one of which featured Ya Kid K , formerly of Technotronic. TRIVIA C+C Music Factory were spoofed in the Mockumentary " Fear Of A Black Hat ".
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