# Deskee

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{{Short description|German-American house music artist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Deskee
| image           =
| caption         =
| image_size      = 250px
| birth_name      = Derrick Crumpley
| birth_date      =
| death_date      =
| origin          = [Queens](/source/Queens%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_State), U.S.
| instrument      =
| genre           = [House](/source/House_music)
| occupation      = [DJ](/source/DJ), [producer](/source/Record_producer), [remixer](/source/remixer)
| years_active    = 1989-present
| label           = Black Out
| associated_acts =
| website         = 
}}
'''Deskee''' is the stage name for '''Derrick Crumpley''', a German-American [house music](/source/house_music) artist.

==Biography==
===Early life===
He moved to [Germany](/source/Germany) in 1984 with his mother, who was a member of the Armed Forces.

===Musical career===
Deskee became the main [DJ](/source/Disc_jockey) for the road show called The Body Snatchers Road Show (members: Tillman, Williams, and Crumpley), and they played in several [night club](/source/night_club)s throughout Germany. Deskee shopped at the [Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt) [record shop](/source/record_shop), Boy Records, during the late 1980s to mid 1990s, and was approached by the shop owners A. Shepanski and N. Jordan, who informed him of a [compilation album](/source/compilation_album) they were about to release on their new [independent record label](/source/independent_record_label), Black-Out. Deskee teamed up with local DJ and [record producer](/source/record_producer) H. Felber and [engineer](/source/audio_engineering) M. Rodiger, producing "Let There Be House". [Maximillian Lenz](/source/Maximillian_Lenz) (aka [WestBam](/source/WestBam)) and [Klaus Jankuhn](/source/Klaus_Jankuhn) added further work to the record.  The lyrics for the song were co-written by Deskee and fellow rapper Tony Walton (aka True), who went on to work sign with Black-Out also.

Deskee scored three hits on the [US](/source/United_States) ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot Dance Music/Club Play](/source/Hot_Dance_Music%2FClub_Play) [chart](/source/record_chart): two number-ones from 1990 ("Let There Be House" and "Dance Dance") and a top 20 hit in 1991 ("Kid Get Hyped", peaking at number 11). Deskee's singles also charted in the [UK](/source/United_Kingdom), where "Let There Be House" peaked at number 52, and "Dance, Dance" reached number 74 in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart),<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 151}}</ref> as well as Spain, Italy and Japan.

==Discography==
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| [UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart)<br><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
! width="35"| [U.S.<br>Dance](/source/Hot_Dance_Club_Play)<br><ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=deskee|chart=all}} Billboard charts]</ref>
|-
| 1989
| align="left"| "Let There Be House" 
| 52
| 1
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''Dancetracks''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1990
| align="left"| "Dance, Dance" 
| 74
| 1
|-
| align="left"| "Kid Get Hyped" 
| 81
| 11
|-
| 1991
| align="left"| "Lost in Groove" 
| —
| —
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|-
|}

{{s-start}}
{{succession box
  | before = "[Touch Me](/source/Touch_Me_(49ers_song))" by [49ers](/source/49ers_(band))
  | title  = "Let There Be House" <br> ''Billboard'' [Hot Dance Club Play](/source/Hot_Dance_Club_Play) [number-one single](/source/Number-one_dance_hits_of_1990_(USA)) 
  | years  = April 21, 1990 one week
  | after  = "[Heaven](/source/Heaven_(The_Chimes_song))"  by [The Chimes](/source/The_Chimes)
}}
{{succession box
  | before = "[Let's Get Busy](/source/Let's_Get_Busy)" by [Clubland](/source/Clubland_(band)) featuring [Quartz](/source/Quartz_(duo))
  | title  = "Dance, Dance" <br> ''Billboard'' [Hot Dance Club Play](/source/Hot_Dance_Club_Play) [number-one single](/source/Number-one_dance_hits_of_1990_(USA)) 
  | years  = September 29, 1990-October 6, 1990 (two weeks)
  | after  = "[This Is the Right Time](/source/This_Is_the_Right_Time)"  by [Lisa Stansfield](/source/Lisa_Stansfield)
}}
{{s-end}}

==See also==
*[List of number-one dance hits (United States)](/source/List_of_number-one_dance_hits_(United_States))
*[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart](/source/List_of_artists_who_reached_number_one_on_the_US_Dance_chart)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:German house musicians
Category:German dance musicians
Category:Hip house musicians
Category:Club DJs
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Living people
Category:Electronic dance music DJs

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