Black Box

Italian House Music band founded in the late 1980's by studio musicians [a=Daniele Davoli], [a=Mirko Limoni] and [a=Valerio Semplici], collectively known as [a=Groove Groove Melody].

The band was sued in the early 1990's for the use of copyright infringement and unauthorised sampled vocals on [m117300] by [a=Loleatta Holloway] and [a=Dan Hartman]. [a=Katrin Quinol] had been hired to lip-sync the track on TV performances and stage and featured on the cover art. The band re-recorded the track with [a=Heather Small]. On [m113697] the all other vocals were sung by [a=Martha Wash], but Katrin Quinol continued to be shown as the lead singer, lip-synching to the recorded vocals of Wash on stage and in music videos. Wash also sued, won the case and was properly credited for her vocal contributions.

Katrin Quinol left In 1993 and on [m129024] was replaced by [a=Charvoni] who in turn was later replaced by [a=Celestine Walcott-Gordon].