First Base (group) explained

First Base
Origin:Frankfurt, Germany
Genre:Eurodance
Years Active:1995-1999
Label:Beam, BMG Canada
Past Members:Kristina Safrani
Michael Williams
Michael Gleim

First Base was a German Eurodance group formed in 1995. It was created by producer Michael Gleim DJ Wondermike and featured vocalist Kristina (Tina) Safrany a.k.a. Viktoria and rapper Michael Williams a.k.a. MC Flash.[1] They released three singles, "Love is Paradise", "Can You Keep a Secret", and "Follow Me".[2] The group was highly successful in Canada, with their first two singles reaching number-one on the Canadian RPM Dance Chart and the latter peaking at number 6.[3] [4] [5]

Discography

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
CAN
CAN
Dance

[6]
1995"Love is Paradise" 1Single only
1996"Can You Keep a Secret" 51 [7] 1
1999"Follow Me" 6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes and References

  1. http://www.discogs.com/artist/First+Base Discogs biography
  2. http://www.eurokdj.com/search/eurodb.php?name=First_Base First Base biography
  3. Web site: RPM: issue date March 11, 1996 . January 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023230629/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2908&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=gf37do9dpok7c47tm31hb62fk2 . October 23, 2014 . dead .
  4. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3311&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=s8kb47g6avekvbaptfmh2ur9e6 RPM: issue date September 1, 1997
  5. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8120&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=gf37do9dpok7c47tm31hb62fk2 RPM: issue date May 10, 1999
  6. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=uift1ea7pno9r22sn8p28fim56&q1=first+base&q2=Dance%2FUrban&interval=20 First Base Canadian dance peaks
  7. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3321&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3321.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3321 First Base Canadian Chart Peaks