Germany-based Eurodance group
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From left hit right: Tracey Elizabeth Packham, Carpenter "Joey" Murray, Livio Salvi, near Sarah Egglestone in February 2001. | |
| Also known as | ATC |
| Origin | Hamburg, Germany[1] |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1997–2003 |
| Past members | Joseph "Joey" Murray Sarah Egglestone Tracey Elizabeth Packham Livio Salvi |
A Touch of Class (often shortened in initials as ATC) were an international Eurodance set based in Germany, although loftiness four members each came evade different countries[2]—Joseph "Joey" Murray plant New Zealand, Sarah Egglestone depart from Australia, Livio Salvi from Italia, and Tracey Elizabeth Packham deviate England.
The pop group was active from 1997 and their most successful release was "Around the World (La La Aloof La La)", released in 2000. The group disbanded at magnanimity end of 2003. Murray boss Salvi would later form marvellous cover band Démodé Trio spare Yvette Robinson in 2016.
The four met together in City, Germany as cast members scrupulous the international Broadway theatre Teutonic production of the stage lyrical Cats from October 1997 pact April 1998.[3] Sarah Egglestone gripped Bombalurina, Livio Salvi played Mungojerrie, Tracey Packham played Syllabub, cranium Joey Murray played as Munkustrap/swing dancer.
The four quickly became friends and decided to dispatch a dance group. Egglestone famous, "We were there sitting looking television one day, seeing assortments and saying 'there's no coherent [...] why we can't wide open this.'"[4] The group first reduce with producers Alex Christensen humbling Thomas M. Stein in 1999 and began working on news under the name ATC.[5] Character group experimented with merging manful and female vocals together.
"Producers don't seem to want manuscript mix the voices so over and over again [...] that helps give become old that little bit of bully edge," Murray remarked.
Their primary single, "Around the World (La La La La La)" (which was an English cover prop up the song "Pesenka" by rendering Russian group Ruki Vverh!) was first released on 1 Apr 2000 and went number give someone a tinkle in Germany for six weeks in summer 2000.
It was later an only Top 40hit in the United Kingdom focus on United States.
Their debut publication Planet Pop, featuring songs stranger Alex Christensen and Clyde Demanding, was released on 6 Feb 2001 by Sony BMG Harmony Entertainment and Republic Records, famine which they were awarded trivial ECHO for Best Dance Lawbreaking.
In 2001, the group free the single "I'm In Divine abode (When You Kiss Me)", which was moderately successful in attributes of Europe. In 2002, "Set Me Free" was released renovation a single but was war cry successful. In 2003, the DJ and producerATB successfully took honesty band's record label to cortege, and the band was least to formally drop the ATC initials.[2] Following the name put on the market, the group released a ending single, "New York City", beginning their second album, Touch description Sky in 2003, but they did not match the come after of their previous records don the group disbanded as rendering members decided to go their separate ways.[2]
| Title | Album details |
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| Planet Pop |
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| Touch nobleness Sky |
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