Baby D (group)

{{Short description|English music group}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Baby D | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = United Kingdom | genre = Breakbeat hardcore, house | years_active = 1989-present | label = Production House Records | website =  | current_members = * Dorothy "Dee" Fearon * Claudio Galdez * Terry "MC Juice" Jones | past_members = Floyd Dyce }} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} '''Baby D''' are a British breakbeat hardcore and house music group, best known for their hit single "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" which reached number 1 on the UK chart in 1994.

==Career== The group was formed by Production House Records, a record label set up in 1987 by former recording artist Phil Fearon, whose group Galaxy had had a number of hits in the 1980s. Involved with the rave scene, Production House's in-house record producer, Floyd Dyce, wrote and performed under several different names, including the House Crew, DMS and Xstatic.

Baby D were originally another outlet for his compositions, consisting of his wife, lead vocalist Dee Galdes-Fearon (a former member of Galaxy), Claudio Galdez on keyboards and windsynth and Terry Jones (rap name: MC Juice / stage name: MC Nino) on vocals and keyboards.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=23}}</ref> Their debut track "Casanova" with Jazz & The Brothers Grimm was released in 1989.

"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1994. The success continued with "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving" (a 1995 cover of the Korgis classic), "So Pure" and "Take Me to Heaven", all included in the album ''Deliverance'' (1996).<ref name="LarkinDM"/> At the first MOBO Awards show in 1996 Baby D won in the category "Best Dance Act".<ref>[https://www.mobo.com/history/1996 1996 MOBO Awards], MOBO website.</ref>

In 2000, a UK garage remix of "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (courtesy of the Trick or Treat production team) made the UK top 20. In 2004, the track was also covered by Ashley Jade but, although it made number 19 on the US Hot Dance Singles Sales chart, it did not make the main listing.

In the summer of 2008, the band performed at the UK dance music festival Global Gathering. They continue to perform on the club and festival circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/baby-d-mn0000061644/biography |title=Baby D Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-11-08}}</ref> Dyce now runs his own record label, Redmaster, and still writes and produces, while Fearon still performs in the UK and Continental Europe. Jones also co-wrote "I Feel You" for Peter Andre, which peaked at number 1 on the UK charts, and remixed and produced for Eternal and the Backstreet Boys, as well as St. Etienne vocalist Sarah Cracknell.

==Members== * Dorothy "Dee" Fearon – vocals (1989–present) * Claudio Galdez – keyboards, drum programming, windsynth (1989–present) * Terry "Nino" Jones – vocals, keyboards, live drums (1989–present)

===Former members=== * Floyd Dyce – keyboards, live drums (1989–1993)

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions |-

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK <ref name="UK positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29641/baby%20d/ |title=Official Charts > Baby D |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=2015-10-12}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI <ref name="Swiss album positions">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=baby+d&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Hitparade.ch: Baby D |publisher=Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|language=German |accessdate=2013-11-07}}</ref>

|- ! scope="row" | ''Deliverance''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Baby-D-Deliverance/release/45082 |title=Deliverance Album |publisher=Discogs |date= |accessdate=2013-11-08}}</ref> | * Released: 8 February 1996 * Label: Systematic |align="center"| 5 |align="center"| 47 |- |}

===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Single !colspan="9"| Chart Position ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |-

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|UK Singles <ref name="UK positions"/><ref>1992 UK singles chart peak for "Let Me Be Your Fantasy": {{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012110247/http://i.imgur.com/Xcu4dTG.jpg|title=The 76–100 pos. UK-Charts-Thread > 14 November 1992|url=http://i.imgur.com/Xcu4dTG.jpg|archivedate=2015-10-12|accessdate=2015-10-12|publisher=Imgur}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|UK Dance <ref>1991 UK Dance Singles chart peak for "Day Dreaming": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-01-12.pdf|title=Top 60 Dance Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=12 January 1991|page=xii|access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref><ref>1992 UK Dance Singles chart peak for "Let Me Be Your Fantasy": {{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-11-07.pdf|title=Top 60 Dance Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=20|date=7 November 1992|access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|UK Club <ref>1994 UK Club Chart peak for "Let Me Be Your Fantasy": {{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-29.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=29 October 1994|page=6|accessdate=13 September 2025}}</ref><ref>1995 UK Club Chart peak for "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving": {{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-05-20.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=20 May 1995|page=6|accessdate=13 September 2025}}</ref><ref>1996 UK Club Chart peak for "So Pure": {{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-12-23.pdf|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=23 December 1995|page=8|accessdate=13 September 2025}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|AUS <ref name=aus>Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks: *Top 100 peaks: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} *"Let Me Be Your Fantasy": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/yAr1aC4.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 07 May 1995|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=2017-04-25}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. *"(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/oAbaxzg.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 18 August 2017|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=2017-08-18}} *"So Pure": {{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605213523/http://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg|url=https://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg|archivedate=2015-06-05|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015|accessdate=2015-10-12|publisher=Imgur.com}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|BEL <ref name="Belgium's positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=baby+d&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Ultratop Belgian Charts|work=Ultratop.be |publisher=ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch|accessdate=2013-11-08}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|GER <ref name="German singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Baby+D&country=de |title=Charts.de: Baby D (singles) |publisher=Charts.de Media Control|language=German |accessdate=2013-11-08}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|IRE <ref name="Irish singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Irish Charts |publisher=Irish Charts |accessdate=2013-11-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124728/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archivedate=21 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|NDL <ref name="Dutch singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&artist=baby+d&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Nederlandse Top 100: Baby D (singles) |publisher=Dutch Top 100 |accessdate=2013-11-08}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%"|SWI <ref name="Swiss singles positions">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=baby+d&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Hitparade.ch: Baby D (singles) |publisher=Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|language=German |accessdate=2013-11-08}}</ref>

|- |rowspan="2"| 1990 | "Behind the Groove" |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |rowspan="1"| ''Non-Album Single'' |- | "Day Dreaming" |align="center"| – |align="center"| 27 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |rowspan="8"| ''Deliverance'' |- | 1992 | "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" |align="center"| 76 |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |- | 1993 | "Destiny" |align="center"| 69 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |- |rowspan="2"| 1994 | "Casanova" |align="center"| 67 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |- | "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" (re-release) |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| 54 |align="center"| 27 |align="center"| 31 |align="center"| 6 |align="center"| 14 |align="center"| 12 |- | 1995 | "(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving" |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| 5 |align="center"| 18 |align="center"| 124 |align="center"| – |align="center"| 55 |align="center"| 13 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |- |rowspan="2"| 1996 | "So Pure" |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| 9 |align="center"| 2 |align="center"| 242 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| 18 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |- | "Take Me to Heaven" |align="center"| 15 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |- | 2000 | "Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Trick or Treat Remix)" |align="center"| 16 |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| 90 |align="center"| – |align="center"| – |align="center"| 96 |rowspan="1"| Non-album single |- |align="center" colspan="13" style="font-size:8pt"| "-" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * https://www.facebook.com/BabyDofficial

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