AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Corona

Artist:Corona

Song:The Rhythm of the Night

Album:Unstoppable 90s

The 1993 single Rhythm of the Night was a worldwide dance hit. Here in North America it was a top ten dance hit and a top 20 pop hit. It was Corona's only big hit but they are not a one hit wonder. I guess they are a one album wonder which is not unusual for this kind of music. The guy behind Corona was Italian DJ and producer Francesco "Checco" Bontempi. He sometimes recorded as Lee Marrow. In those days, it was not unusual for dance music producers to use studio singers on the records and models in the videos. That is what C+C Music Factory and Black Box did. Seeing this, Bontempi decided to do the same thing. So the girl in the video is not the singer. She is Brazilian model Olga Souza. She moved to Italy in 1990. She was spotted performing in a club and brought in to be the face of Corona. The singing on The Rhythm of the Night was by Italian singer Giovanna Bersola AKA Jenny B. At the time, she was a studio singer. Supposedly, Giovanna suffered from stage fright and she didn't want to be a public figure. The funny part is Olga could sing but Bontempi wanted her for her looks. The Rhythm of the Night was on the local label DWA (Dance World Attack) and distributed in Europe by the German label XYZ. When the song became a big hit in Europe, Warner Bros. picked up the North American rights and released it on EastWest. In the US, the song reached #7 on the Dance chart and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bontempi wrote and produced but it's based on the 1987 song Save Me by the German pop duo Say When!. British musicians Pete Glenister and Mike Gaffney wrote that song and got a songwriting credit. After the song was a hit, Bontempi recorded the rest of the album with British singer Sandy Chambers. You can get The Rhythm of the Night on this various artists budget comp. The Corona name is still around. But Bontempi left and two other guys are in charge. Most folks are only going to be interested in The Rhythm of the Night. Here's the video for The Rhythm of the Night by Corona.