{{Short description|Italo house group}} '''Black Connection''' is an [[Italo house]] group formed by [[Corrado Rizza]], Gino Woody Bianchi and Dom Scuteri.
== Biography == The group made three singles that charted in the UK<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4260/black-connection/ |title =Black Connection inside the UK Chart |website =[[OfficialCharts.com]] |accessdate = 2018-04-01 }}</ref> and US.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.recordresearch.com/dance_disco/hot_dance_disco_1974_2003.php |title =Whitburn, Joel (2004), in ''Billboard's Hot Dance/disco 1974-2003'', Billboard |access-date =2018-04-01 |archive-date =2020-08-05 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200805142519/https://www.recordresearch.com/dance_disco/hot_dance_disco_1974_2003.php |url-status =dead }}, p. 256 (2004)</ref> The first single was "Give Me Rhythm", the second "I'm Gonna Get Ya' Baby", both sung by Orlando Johnson and remixed by [[Full Intention]]. The third single was "Keep Doin' It", sung by [[Taka Boom]], sister of Chaka Khan with the remix of Stella Browne. The group was the 25th Club Play-Artist of the year for ''Billboard'' magazine in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Mw0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=black+connection&pg=RA1-PA65 |title =Black Connection #25 Club Play-Artist and #21 Hot Single inside "The Year in Music" (1998), in ''Billboard - USA (magazine)'', p. 54 (Dec. 1998)|date =26 December 1998 – 2 January 1999|accessdate = 2018-04-01 }}</ref> Black Connection was included on compilations by DJs and labels such as [[Pete Tong]],<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.discogs.com/it/Pete-Tong-Essential-Selection-Spring-1998/release/156867|title =Black Connection - inside the compilation - Essential Selection - Spring 1998 by Pete Tong|website =[[Discogs]]|accessdate = 2018-04-01 }}</ref> [[Judge Jules]], [[Ministry of Sound]], and [[Café Mambo]].
== References == {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * {{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Billboard's Hot Dance/disco 1974-2003|publisher=Billboard|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|year=2004|isbn=08-9820-156-X}} * {{cite book|last=Betts|first=Graham|title=Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2005|publisher=Collins|location=London|year=2005|isbn=00-0720-532-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/collinscompleteb0000bett}}
==External links== * {{discogs artist|23749-Black-Connection}}
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