Biography
Ottawan's French vocal dance duet, working in the genre of pop rock and Evroodisco, became famous in the 1980s due to the Charism of the participants, whose name was Patrick Jean-Batist and Annette Elta. After writing out two soupeless studio albums, the team refused to issue new products, but the songs of "You're Ok", "Shalalala Song", "Crazy Music" and "Top Secret" fans of retrometers with pleasure listening to and now.The history of creation and composition
The History of the Creating Duet Ottawan began with the fact that the future vocalist Pat, the full name of which sounds like Patrick Jean-Baptiste, after graduating from the university, settled in Paris, intending to associate life with music. By serving the National Airlines, the young man founded the Black Underground team and achieved some success, speaking in restaurants and bars.
Once during a concert on an African American performer, French composers and producers Daniel Vangar and Jean Cliver, who became famous for work with the singer Dalida and the Sheila B. & Devotion team, as well as a disco-salsa group known as the Gibson Brothers.
After negotiations, Pat agreed to leave his own team and to become part of the new dance project Ottawan, together with a talented vocalist Annette Eltta, which in 1979, the duet was replaced by Tamara, and then Christina, Carolina and Isabelle Yapi.
Music
In the fall of 1979, a group of 2 participants recorded a debut single D.I.S.C.O. And with the help of Jean Krugers and Daniel Wangara released him at the Studio Carrere. This release contained two options for the same composition performed in English and French. The song turned out to be so incendiary, which he entrenched in the national tap-10 for 16 weeks, and at the end of the year reached the 3rd line of popular hit parade and conquered the hearts of European listeners.In addition, the Ottawan composition, subsequently becoming a business card, acquired popularity in the sophisticated Great Britain and along with the songssey songs, Detroit Spinners and Barbras Streisand settled in the top ten leaders of sales.
In 1980, Patrick Jean-Batist with the new partner Tamara released the same name with the single Longplay D.S.c.O.O., in which, except for the famous hit, Comme Aux U.S.A., D.S.c., Help, GET Me Some Help entered! and TANT QUE DURERA LA NUIT. They immediately fell into the rating of the most commercially successful musical products in France and overtook the popularity of the National Star composition Jean-Jacques Goldman and famous worldwide teams Opus, Century, Baltimora and Gold.
The composition of You're OK, translated into the language of the central region of India, called Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja entered the discography of Parvati Khan - singer, winners of the Golden Disc, and sounded in the battleship of Babbar Subhash "Dancer Disco", which appeared at the box office in 1983 .
Another creative victory Ottawan is considered to be a release of Haut Les Mains (Donne Moi Ton Coeur), released in the winter of 1980 and in the Top 10 for 8 weeks. And after the output of the English-speaking version called Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart), he reached the leading position in Germany, Great Britain, Austria and Switzerland, and in Norway and New Zealand was recognized by song number 1.
In 1981, this masterpiece along with Schubidube Love songs, Crazy Music, Qui Va Garder Mon Crocodile Cet été? And others entered the second and the latter published in the 20th century, which fell into the twenty of popular European charts, and in the USSR was published on the company "Melody".
In 1982, after a series of enchanting performances, Patrick Jean-Batist left the group for a while and organized his own project called Pam 'N Pat. In the middle of the decade, at the initiative of Solist Ottawan, she gathered in a new composition and continued to work in genres known as pop rock and Evroodisco, and since then has been removed a number of improvised video clips and has given not one successful concert before the public.
Ottawan now
In 2019, along with other well-known representatives of the popular European and American music, Ottawan continued concert activities within the Retro-FM events.
Judging by the photos published on the sites, the last soloist Isabel Yapi remained the scenic partner of Patrick Jean-Batista, and Jean Clomeger is still carried out by the French duet.
Discography
- 1980 - "D.I.S.C.O."
- 1981 - "Ottawan 2"
Clips
- "D.I.S.C.O."