Daisy Dee

Daisy Dee
Birth name Desiree Rollocks
Born (1970-09-04) 4 September 1970[1]
Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Origin Roermond, Netherlands
Genres Eurodance, hip house, electronica
Occupation(s) Singer, actress, television host
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1990–2003

Desiree Rollocks (born 4 September 1970), known by her stage name Daisy Dee, is a Dutch singer, actress and TV host, especially well known in the German-speaking world.

Biography

Early life

Born on Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, she came to Europe at the age of 8.her parents are African. Apart from her mother tongue Dutch, she learned to speak English, German and Spanish fluently.

Musical career

Having finished school, she considered studying interior decoration. Jobbing at a discotheque known for live events, one evening a band broke off their performance after a single song. When the audience angrily demanded more, Daisy grabbed the microphone and gave her best. Her performance not only impressed the audience, but also executives of a record company who happened to be there. So she started working with a number of different projects, which made it high into the Billboard dance charts, like "This Beat is Technotronic" and "Crazy" (six weeks number 1 in the US dance charts). In 1998, together with Toni Cottura she founded her own production company Booya Music, featuring artists like Nana, the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC and her brother Pappa Bear. In 2005, together with her team she founded the television production company D.D. Productions, making Fashion and Music Programs for Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

Acting career

Daisy Dee played in the soap opera "Alle Zusammen" on German television channel RTL II, together with the German singer Oli P.. From 1996 to 2004 she hosted "Club Rotation", a weekly show on Saturday evening on the German television channel VIVA. She also hosted The Dome (From N°1 to N°8) for RTL II. In 2006, Daisy started hosting Fashion Trix, an international Fashion Program in which she visits the Fashion Weeks globally, broadcast among other by VIVA and RTL 5.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Details
1991 Daisy Dee
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: LMR
  • Formats: CD
1994 Destination of Love (The Daisy Project featuring Daisy Dee)
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD
Lover's Reggae (Reggae Roots featuring Daisy Dee)
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
1996 I Am (Who I Am)
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Edel
  • Formats: CD

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2]		 AUT
[2]		 CAN
Dance
[3]		 GER
[4]		 NLD
[2]		 SWI
[2]		 US
[5]		 US
Dance
[5]
1990 "It's Gonna Be Alright" — — — — — — — — Daisy Dee
"Crazy" (featuring MC B.) — — — — 29 — 73 10
1991 "I Got U" — — — — — — — —
1992 "Walking On That Side" — — — — — — — —
"Pump It Up All the Way" — — — — — — — —
1994 "Headbone Connected (Try Me)" — — 1 — — — — — data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | non-album single
1996 "Angel" — — 4 — — — — — I Am (Who I Am)
"Just Jump" — — — 88 — — — —
"Crazy ('96 Mix)" 38 — — — — — — — non-album singles
1997 "Hey You (Open Up Your Mind)" (feat. Toni Cottura) — — — — — — — —
2000 "Open Sesame" — — — 78 — — — —
"—" denotes single that did not chart
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[2]		 AUT
[2]		 CAN
Dance
[3]		 GER
[4]		 NLD
[2]		 SWI
[2]
1990 "This Beat Is Technotronic" (MC B. featuring Daisy Dee) — 11 — 14 18 — non-album singles
1992 "This Beat Is Technotronic ('92 Mix)" (MC B. featuring Daisy Dee) — — — — — —
1993 "Do It Better" (The Daisy Project featuring Daisy Dee) — — — — — — Destination of Love
"Back It Up" (Cosmo Crew featuring Daisy Dee) — — — — — — non-album singles
1994 "Yeah Yeah (Influence)" (Black Male featuring Daisy Dee) — — — — — —
"Dance (If You Cannot)" (Alter Ego featuring Daisy Dee) — — 3 — — —
"Love Religion" (U96 featuring Daisy Dee) — 7 — 5 10 10 Club Bizarre
1995 "Somebody Real" (Bit Machine featuring Daisy Dee) — — — — 17 — non-album singles
1996 "Vamonos (Hey Chico Are You Ready)" (Garcia featuring Daisy Dee) — — — 4 — —
"Te Quiero, Latina" (Garcia featuring Daisy Dee) — — — — — —
2000 "Love is the Answer" (Mark 'Oh featuring Daisy Dee) — — — 51 — 88
2003 "Fly Away (Owner of Your Heart)" (Starsplash featuring Daisy Dee) — 43 — 24 — —
"—" denotes single that did not chart

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Joel Whitburn's Music Stars. Record Research, Inc. p. 67. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lescharts.com International peaks
  3. 1 2 Canadian dance peaks
  4. 1 2 German peaks
  5. 1 2 Billboard peaks

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