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CoronaBaby BabyRhythm of the NightTry Me Out
The project's debut single was "The Rhythm Of The Night". It was released in Italy in December 1993 on the DWA record label, and became an instant hit. It stayed at number 1 on the Italian music chart for thirteen consecutive weeks. However, the song was not released elsewhere until the following year. A remixed version of the song became a number 2 hit in the United Kingdom in September 1994.[1] It contained samples from Bizarre Inc's song "Playing With Knives", and Say When!'s "Save Me".[2] Like other 1990s Eurodance/Hi-NRG songs that eventually became American hits as well, such as "Get Ready For This", "Twilight Zone" and "Tribal Dance" by 2 Unlimited and "Strike It Up", "I Don't Know Anybody Else" and "Everybody Everybody" by Black Box, "The Rhythm of The Night" did not catch on in the United States until well after its success had peaked in Europe. By spring 1995, however, the song was all over American radio and clubs, eventually reaching #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Corona followed up its hit with the 1995 singles "Baby Baby"
and "Try Me Out", which saw similar success. The single
"I Don't Wanna Be a Star" was a moderate hit. A fifth
single, "Do You Want Me", became a regional hit in discotheques
in the Eastern U.S. The album, The Rhythm Of The Night sold modestly,
peaking at #2 on the US Top Heatseekers chart and #154 on the Billboard
200. Corona's second album, Walking On Music was released in 1998 on
the independent record label of Francesco Bontempi. The album did
not produce any major hits in Europe or North America. However,
the album did yield two minor Stateside dancehall hits with "Walking
On Music" and "The Power Of Love". In 2000, Olga
Souza released the third Corona album, this time on the Abril Music
label in Brazil. Francesco Bontempi co-wrote some of the songs on
the album, but he did not participate in the album's production.
The album was called And Me U and Corona's name was changed to Corona
X. Towards the end of 2005, Corona re-emerged onto the European music scene with "Back In Time", peaking at #36 in the Italian sales chart. In late 2006, Olga De Souza returned with a new single under the Corona moniker entitled "I'll Be Your Lady", which she sang and had co-written herself. In 2007, Swedish dance group Sunblock did a cover version of "Baby
Baby" featuring the original singer, Sandy Chambers. Recognition
came late for Chambers, whose name is credited on the 2007 Sunblock
version of "Baby Baby", whereas she goes completely unmentioned
on Corona's album, Rhythm of the Night, which included the same
song. Corona returned in 2010, with the album Y Generation (it reached
#1 on the Italian iTunes dance album chart). The first single release
was "Angel". The videoclip of "Angel" was recorded
in Italy, with "Saturday" becoming the second single release
from the album, followed by "My Song" in 2011. Many people participated in the Corona project, including: Francesco
Bontempi (songwriting, arrangement, producing, mixing), Francesco
Alberti (engineering), Graziano Fanelli (engineering), Olga Souza
singer (vocals), Jenny B (real name Giovanna Bersola) singer for
the first single "The Rhythm of the Night", (vocals) songwriters
- Antonia Bottari, Ivana Spagna, G. Spagna, Annerley Gordon, Fred
Di Bonaventura, Gaffurini, V. Marcolin, M. Marcolin, M. Anthony,
Michael Gaffey, Pete Glenister, F. Martinelli, A. Puntillo, Marco
Baroni, A. Bellucci, L. Ratti, S. Tonelli, N. Heathen, I.G. Off,
A. Martin, E. Bertolini, Claudio Silvestri, M. Cimoli, A. Puthli
and D. Zimmermann. Release date: April 4, 1995 10 30 35 18 154 2 Release date: June 26, 1998 — — — — — — Release date: June 2001 — — — — — — Release date: July 2010 — — — — — — FRA: Silver[8] The Rhythm of the Night UK: Silver[11] "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" — 25 18 69 — 2 — — — 1 37 —
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