Real McCoy, originally known as M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy, is a German band, best known for their 1994/1995 singles "Another Night" and "Run Away", which were both #1 singles in Australia and reached the Top 10 hits in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Real McCoy is the brainchild of German rapper and producer Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza. After having released a few limited edition 12" singles in Germany under various project names (e.g. The Alliance, The Admirers on his own label "Freshline Records" (founded 1988 by Frank "Quickmix" Hassas & O-Jay), their first major breakthrough came in December 1989 when a cover of the Technotronic hit "Pump Up The Jam" went to #16 on the German singles chart.
At this point, the act was faceless so for the second single, the original track "It's On You", singer Patsy Petersen and 'rapper' Shampro were enlisted to join the group. O-Jay felt uncomfortable being the frontman, so Shampro mimed O-Jay's raps. The single, on its release in 1990, climbed to #11 in Germany. An album On The Move was also released.
ICE MC aka Ian Campbell (born 22 March 1965 in Nottingham, England) His parents are from Jamaica. Ian grew up in the area of Nottingham called Hyson Green. When he was in high school his initials IC quickly got him a nickname ICE (lately he interpreted it as Ian Campbell Esquire). After leaving school he hung around Nottingham for a couple of years until in 1983 he joined a group of breakdancers and started touring Europe with them.
In 1989 in Italy he met Roberto Zanetti - singer, composer (as Savage), and producer (as Robyx). Their first single called "Easy", made in a hip-house style, came out in 1989.
It became successful all over Europe, reaching the top 5 in Italy and the top 3 in Germany. The two next singles, "Cinema" and "Scream", and the subsequent debut album, "Cinema" (released later in 1990), were also very successful. In 1992 his second LP, "My World", came out but failed to achieve the success of its predecessor due to the fact that hip-house had ceased to be popular. His third album, Ice'n'Green, was released in 1994 and featured Alexia on vocals. Three of his most successful songs, "Think about the Way", "It's a Rainy Day" and "Take Away the Colour", made the charts all over the world.
Ian now got a new look and new style: raggamuffin. The album was also released in the U.S. where the two biggest singles saw substantial club play and moderate dance music radio airplay, thus becoming hits.[citation needed] In 1995 "Ice'n'Green - The Remix Album" was released. This contained various remixes of previous hit singles. Discography: Singles 1989 - "Easy" 1989 - "Easy (Attack Remix)" 1990 - "Scream" 1990 - "Scream (The U.S. Remix)" 1990 - "Cinema" 1990 - "OK Corral!" 1990 - "OK Corral! (The Cotton Remixes)" 1990 - "The Megamix" 1991 - "People" 1991 - "People (Remix)" 1991 - "Happy Weekend" 1991 - "Happy Weekend (Remix)" 1992 - "Rainy Days" 1993 - "Take Away the Colour" 1993 - "Take Away the Colour (Remixes)" 1994 - "Think about the Way" (UK release was named "Bom Digi Bom") 1994 - "Think about the Way (Boom Di Di Boom Remixes)" 1994 - "It's a Rainy Day" 1994 - "It's a Rainy Day (Remixes)" 1994 - "It's A Rainy Day (The Christmas Remix)" 1995 - "Take Away the Colour ('95 Reconstruction)" 1995 - "Ice'n' Mix" (Triple set remixes) (Italy Only) 1995 - "Megamix" (France only) 1995 - "Run Fa Cover" (US only) 1996 - "Russian Roulette" (Sweden only) 1996 - "Funkin' With You" (France only) 1996 - "Give Me the Light" 1996 - "Give Me the Light (Remixes)" 1996 - "Music for Money" 1997 - "Let's Take It Easy" 2004 - "It's a Miracle" 2004 - "My World" Albums 1990 - Cinema 1991 - My World - The Early Songs 1994 - Ice'n'Green 1995 - Ice'n'Green - The Remix Album 1996 - Greatest Hits and Remixes 1996 - Dreadatour 2004 - Cold Skool
