Darude

. Morton Downey died in Palm Beach, Florida of a stroke. Today, Darude is considered a strong trance/electronic artist by many, and Sandstorm can still be heard at dance clubs worldwide. Morton Downey was the father of television personality Morton Downey, Jr. This album was less of a success than his previous works, but is still considered relatively good. Downey was also a songwriter: his most successful numbers including "All I Need is Someone Like You", "California Skies", "In the Valley of the Roses", and "Now You're in My Arms", "Sweeten Up Your Smile", "That's How I Spell Ireland", "There's Nothing New", and "Wabash Moon". In 2002 he released his second album Rush. Starting in 1949, Morton Downey began appearing on television, and in the 1950s hosted the television show Star of the Family.

Darude toured the world for nine months in 2001. In the 1930s he recorded for ARC and Decca Records, the in the 1940s made records for Columbia. The second single Feel the Beat followed in Sandstorm's success, becoming a #1 hit in Finland before becoming a worldwide smash. He was voted the USA's "Radio Singer of the Year" in 1932. The song was the worldwide number one selling vinyl record in the year 2000, a record of sorts for a trance number. In 1930 he began making national radio broadcasts. In June 2000 Darude became the first Finnish artist ever to reach top 3 position on UK's single chart. He also started making appearances in motion pictures in 1929.

The song first conquered the Finnish and other European charts before creeping onto the UK charts (via the Internet at first, getting airplay in discos and clubs before it was officially released to a waiting audience), and finally taking the world by storm. He toured London, Paris, Berlin, New York City, and Hollywood. His first hit single Sandstorm, was a result of a collaboration with Finnish producer and artist JS16 or Jaakko Salovaara, the man behind successful artists like Bomfunk MC's and Dallas Superstars. Darude landed a deal with JS16's 16 Inch Records, and co produced the song with him. In 1926 he had a hit in the show Palm Beach Nights. Hoping his tracks would be big hits someday, Darude started making his music on a PC first, and then moved on to samplers and decks. In 1925 he began 4 years of recording for Brunswick Records. The name evolved to the Rude, da Rude, and finally Darude. Leviathan Orchestra.

His friends started calling him Rude Boy after the track. He first recorded in 1923 for Edison Records under the pseudonym Morton James; the following year he recorded for Victor with the S.S. At a party with some friends, he played Swedish artist Leila K's track Rudeboys several times in a row. For a time in the 1920s, Tenor Downey sang with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. His artist name Darude comes from the start of his career. Downey was nicknamed the Irish Nightingale. Darude (Ville Virtanen) is a Finnish DJ. Morton Downey was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, the child of Irish immigrant parents.

Official JS16 site (http://www.js16.com/). Morton Downey (14 November 1901-October 25, 1985) was a singer popular in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. 16 Inch Records (http://www.16inchrecords.com/). Blue Chip Records (http://www.bluechiprecords.com/). Official Darude site (http://www.darude.com/).