David Cole (music producer)

For other people named David Cole, see David Cole (disambiguation).

David Cole
Born
David Byron Cole

(1962-06-03)June 3, 1962
Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJanuary 24, 1995(1995-01-24) (aged 32)
New York City, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • remixer
Years active1981–1995
Formerly of

David Byron Cole (June 3, 1962 – January 24, 1995) was an American record producer. He was one half of the dance music duo C+C Music Factory, which he founded with his musical partner Robert Clivillés.

Clivillés and Cole also produced various hits for other artists such as Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Deborah Cooper, Whitney Houston, and many others. After Cole's death in 1995, Robert Clivillés continued to keep C+C Music Factory going through his own production work.

Biography

Career

Cole was a keyboardist at a Tennessee church choir,[1] and in the 1980s, he performed at the New York City nightclub Better Days.[2] Robert Clivillés was a resident DJ there, and the two became friends.[2] At the end of the decade, the two were active in the dance music acts 2 Puerto Ricans, a Blackman and a Dominican and the 28th Street Crew,[3][4] and they produced the short-lived duo the Brat Pack.[5] Cole also released the solo single "You Take My Breath Away" in 1988.[6][2] Together with Clivillés, he was responsible for the formation of the pop group Seduction. They contributed to the career of former Weather Girls singer Martha Wash, who at the same time was one of the lead vocalists for the dance act Black Box. The duo's biggest success, however, was C+C Music Factory, founded in 1989.[7] Also in 1989, Clivillés and Cole released a single under the moniker the Crew, titled "Get Dumb! (Free Your Body)", featuring later C+C Music Factory rapper Freedom Williams.[8]

1990, Clivillés and Cole were sued for copyright infringement by Boyd Jarvis, who claimed that they illegally sampled portions of his song "The Music Got Me" in their track "Get Dumb! (Free Your Body)", for which he demanded $15 million in royalties.[9]

Four years later, Kevin McCord filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Mariah Carey, Cole, Clivillés, and Columbia Records, for allegedly using parts of his song "I Want to Thank You" in the track "Make It Happen" without his permission.[10] Although the allegations were proven false, McCord eventually accepted a settlement offer of about US$500,000.[10][11]

Death

Cole died on January 24, 1995, after a long illness.[12][13] The official cause was given as complications from spinal meningitis,[14] though some members of the music community speculated that he died of complications from AIDS; no proof exists of this.[15]

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men wrote the 1995 song "One Sweet Day" in Cole's memory.[16][17]

Discography

Solo

  • "You Take My Breath Away" (single) (1988)

with 2 Puerto Ricans, a Blackman and a Dominican

  • "Do It Properly" (single) (1987)
  • "Scandalous" (single) (1989)

with the 28th Street Crew

  • I Need a Rhythm (1989)
  • "O" (1994)

with the Crew

  • "Get Dumb! (Free Your Body) (feat. Freedom Williams)" (single) (1990)

with C+C Music Factory

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US US R&B AUS AUT NL NZ SWE SWI UK[18]
1990 Gonna Make You Sweat
  • First studio album
  • Release date: December 13, 1990
  • Label: Columbia
 2 11 7 26 59 3 30 13 8
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: 4× Platinum
1994 Anything Goes!
  • Second studio album
  • Release date: August 9, 1994
  • Label: Columbia
 106 39 36 — 63 25 — 46 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other releases

References

  1. ^ "Obituaries: David Cole; Record Producer Won Grammy". Los Angeles Times. January 27, 1995.
  2. ^ a b c Tantum, Bruce (November 2010). "Nightclubbing: New York City's Better Days". Red Bull Music Academy. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Chep Nuñez, Discogs
  4. ^ 28th Street Crew, The, Discogs
  5. ^ Brat Pack, The, Discogs
  6. ^ David Cole, Discogs
  7. ^ C+C Music Factory/Full Biography, MTV
  8. ^ Crew, the Featuring Freedom Williams – Get Dumb! (Free Your Body), Discogs
  9. ^ Jarvis v. A & M Records 827 F. Supp. 282 (D.N.J. 1993) UCLA Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ a b Atwood, Brett (July 23, 1994). "Carey and Sony Dispute C'right Infringement Claims". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 30. BPI Communications. pp. 12, 125. ISSN 0006-2510. OCLC 1532948.
  11. ^ Friedman, Roger (August 10, 2004). "Mariah Carey Accused of Plagiarism". FOXNews.com. News Corporation. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  12. ^ C+C Music Factory's David Cole Succumbs, Jet, February 13, 1995 (page 18)
  13. ^ C+C Music Factory's David Cole Dies At 32, Billboard, February 4, 1995 (page 9)
  14. ^ "C+C's David Cole dies at 32" Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback MachineNY Daily News, January 25, 1995
  15. ^ Robert Clivillés keeps on working, for David, Billboard (March 4, 1995) (page 31)
  16. ^ Nickson, Chris (1998). Mariah Carey revisited: her story. St. Martin's Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-312-19512-0.
  17. ^ The ultimate 90 Mariah Carey[permanent dead link], VIBE (November 2007)
  18. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 88. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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