This page will contain blogs about Sarah Connor, as they become available.Sarah Connor (musician)Sarah Connor (born June 13, 1980) is a German pop music singer who has enjoyed a great deal of success on European pop charts in the early 2000s. Pop singerSarah Connor was born in Delmenhorst (Lower Saxony) near Bremen in Germany as Sarah Lewe. Early yearsConnor grew up listening to soul music under the influence of her grandfather who was born in New Orleans. She also sang gospel music in a church choir at an early age and started appearing in school musicals. Her first big break came at 17 when she was picked from her school to sing at a Michael Jackson concert in Germany. Inspired, she quit school in 11th grade and started sending off demo tapes to record labels and producers under the name "Sarah Grey". In 2001 she was finally signed to Sony Music under her new pseudonym Sarah Connor. Chart SuccessProducer TQ produced her first single "Let's Get Back To Bed, Boy" in 2001 which went top 5 in Germany and Austria, top 10 in Switzerland and top 20 in the UK. The follow up single "From Sarah With Love" went to number 1 in Germany selling 750,000 copies and Switzerland and top 10 in Austria. A third single "French Kissing" went top 20 in Germany and top 40 in Austria. The singles all came from her Green Eyed Soul Album which reached number 2 on the German album charts selling 450,000 records in that country and also selling well in other parts of Europe going top 10 in Finland, Greece, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal. In the middle of 2002, Connor won an Echo Award for "Female National Rock/Pop Artist". A second album Unbelievable was released in 2002 in Europe. Wyclef Jean wrote, produced and sang on the first single from the album "One Nite Stand (Of Wolves And Sheep)" which was another top 5 German hit and reached the Top 40 in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Austria. Unbelievable was another smash achieving gold record status in Germany within 48 hours. The album has featured a number of other European hits including:
In November 2003, Sarah Connor released her third album in Europe called Key To My Soul which debuted in the top ten in Germany. So far, it has had a couple of hit singles from it including
A self-titled album was released in 2004 in an attempt to establish Connor in English-speaking countries. "Bounce" was selected as the first single from this album and has been a top 40 hit in the UK, Australia and even the United States. Sarah Connor had a baby boy called Tyler with Natural's Singer Marc Terenzi on 2 February 2004. Discography
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Sarah Connor had a baby boy called Tyler with Natural's Singer Marc Terenzi on 2 February 2004. "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)" served as the basis of two hit hip hop singles: Lauryn Hill integrates the chorus into the chorus for The Fugees' 1996 hit "Ready or Not", and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and Timbaland sampled the ominous string/horn intro for Elliott's hit 1997 "Sock It to Me". "Bounce" was selected as the first single from this album and has been a top 40 hit in the UK, Australia and even the United States. Their music enjoyed a mild renaissance in the mid-1990s when Quentin Tarantino used "La La Means I Love You" and "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" in a pivotal role in the film Jackie Brown. A self-titled album was released in 2004 in an attempt to establish Connor in English-speaking countries. However, in the absence of Thom Bell, the Delfonics' career declined sharply, and the band was effectively over by 1975. So far, it has had a couple of hit singles from it including. The Delfonics swiftly produced another album, Alive and Kicking, produced by Stan Watson. In November 2003, Sarah Connor released her third album in Europe called Key To My Soul which debuted in the top ten in Germany. Randy Cain left the group in 1971, to be replaced by Major Harris; by then, however, Thom Bell had moved on to produce the first album for The Stylistics. The album has featured a number of other European hits including:. Philadelphia soul was smoother than traditional soul, strongly influenced by Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" production, but solidly based in the doo-wop sounds of the 1950s. Unbelievable was another smash achieving gold record status in Germany within 48 hours. Four more Bell-produced albums appeared in the next few years: The Sexy Sound of Soul, The Delfonics Super Hits, The Delfonics and Tell Me This is a Dream. Among the Delfonics' popular hits were "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)", "Lying to Myself", and "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)". Wyclef Jean wrote, produced and sang on the first single from the album "One Nite Stand (Of Wolves And Sheep)" which was another top 5 German hit and reached the Top 40 in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Austria. Bell dreamed of creating a Phildelphia version of Motown and struck gold with the Delfonics, whose first album, released on Watson's own Philly Groove label, featured the hit "La La Means I Love You", in 1968. A second album Unbelievable was released in 2002 in Europe. At Cameo, Stan Watson introduced them to the man who made them famous, producer Thom Bell, then working with Chubby Checker. In the middle of 2002, Connor won an Echo Award for "Female National Rock/Pop Artist". Soon, they became known throughout the Philadelphia area, signing with Cameo Records. The singles all came from her Green Eyed Soul Album which reached number 2 on the German album charts selling 450,000 records in that country and also selling well in other parts of Europe going top 10 in Finland, Greece, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal. Brothers William and Wilbert Hart formed the group with Randy Cain in high school in the early 1960s. A third single "French Kissing" went top 20 in Germany and top 40 in Austria. The Delfonics were a quintessential Philadelphia soul singing group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The follow up single "From Sarah With Love" went to number 1 in Germany selling 750,000 copies and Switzerland and top 10 in Austria. Download sample "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)". Producer TQ produced her first single "Let's Get Back To Bed, Boy" in 2001 which went top 5 in Germany and Austria, top 10 in Switzerland and top 20 in the UK. In 2001 she was finally signed to Sony Music under her new pseudonym Sarah Connor. Inspired, she quit school in 11th grade and started sending off demo tapes to record labels and producers under the name "Sarah Grey". Her first big break came at 17 when she was picked from her school to sing at a Michael Jackson concert in Germany. She also sang gospel music in a church choir at an early age and started appearing in school musicals. Connor grew up listening to soul music under the influence of her grandfather who was born in New Orleans. Sarah Connor was born in Delmenhorst (Lower Saxony) near Bremen in Germany as Sarah Lewe. Sarah Connor (born June 13, 1980) is a German pop music singer who has enjoyed a great deal of success on European pop charts in the early 2000s. All Music Guide Sarah Connor page (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Bqlf4zff2eh2k/). Sarah Connor Sony page (http://www.sarahconnorusa.com/). Sarah Connor page (http://www.sarah-connor.com/indexeng.php/). Sarah Connor (2004). Key To My Soul (2003). Unbelievable (2002). Green Eyed Soul (2001). boyband Natural. It features the U.S. "Just One Last Dance" has reached number 1 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and reached top 40 on a composite World Top 40. "Music Is The Key" featuring New York a capella singers Naturally 7 went to number 1 in Germany, number 2 in Switzerland, top ten in Austria and top 40 on composite European and world dance/trance charts; and. "Bounce" went top 20 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. "He's Unbelievable" went top 20 in Germany and Austria; and. "Skin To Skin" went top 10 on a composite European top 10 chart, as well as Germany, Austria and Portugal;. |