Captain Hollywood Project Mini Biography

Captain Hollywood Project is a pioneer of Eurodance. Tony Dawson Harrison an American formerly based in Germany, the Twenty 4 Seven rapper ( born Tony Harrison) has been referred to as "Captain Hollywood" since 1982. The name was given to him by his military friends, because he danced even when in uniform. Captain Hollywood Started the beginning of Break Dance in Europe as he performed on a national TV show in 1983 by the name of Formel Eins. He was featured in German cult movies with famous boxers and represented Germany in Cannes for the break dance movie premier of Beat Street. From 1985 to 1987 Tony started producing music with his first released of 3 singles and an album as Captain Hollywood. Justin Lewis is the captain.

After the release of Twenty 4 Seven's debut album Street Moves in late 1990 and having taking it to top 5 chart positions in Europe and Great Britain, Tony left the group to return to his own solo project in Germany. He released a solo album titled Love Is Not Sex soon after which charted in the Top 10 all over the world including the United States. It was followed by two singles, the title track 'More and More' and 'All I Want'. In 1992 he worked with production team DMP, consisting (amongst others) of Manfred Eisele (stage name: Attack II), Jürgen "Nosie" Katzmann, Thorsten Adler, and Tom Keil to produce tracks for the next album Captain Hollywood Project. Tony worked with many different vocalists including his main singer Petra Speigal, and Nina Gerhard, the singer of the chorus of the first released single More and More. Tony then dedicated the name suffix "Project" to his dancers. His new style was given the name "The Crew Lock", a mix out of military movement and locking. Cihat was given the name Jelly Jell and continued to keep The Crew Lock alive with a new generation of dancers. MTV Europe has been supporting Captain Hollywood from the beginning of his career, allowing him to tour with MTV London.