LaTour
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William LaTour, better known by his stage names LaTour and Bud LaTour, is an American DJ, electronic music producer, and voice-over artist who began his career as a radio personality in Phoenix before relocating to Chicago. His early career featured parody songwriting, earning a Number 1 spot on Dr. Dementoâs Funny Five chart with âRock Me Jerry Lewisâ. In 1991, after leaving the punk band the Squids, he signed with Smash Records and released his eponymous debut studio album, LaTour (1991). The album's lead single, âPeople are Still Having Sexâ (1991), peaked at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, reached number 35 on the Hot 100, and reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart following a performance on Top of the Pops. The same year, his instrumental deep house track, âBlueâ (1991), appeared in the movie Basic Instinct (1992). The debut album also produced the single âColdâ (1992), which reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. He followed with his second studio album, Home on the Range (1993), which included the singles âEâ (1993), âCraziaskowboiâ (1993), and âHypnomaniaâ (1993). In the mid-1990s, he collaborated with Terry âHousemasterâ Baldwin as the L&B Project, releasing The Project E.P. (1996), and later formed the band Muzloh, releasing the album Supersonic Gold (1997). He worked as a studio musician for Chicago house labels and worked for stations such as WBBM-FM, WKIE, and WJMK, before moving to Los Angeles in 2009 to focus on voice acting.
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- People Are Still Having Sex
- I'm So Afraid of You
- Jungle Beats
- Fantasy Soldiers
- Craziaskowboi
- Blue
- Following You
- Amazing You
- Involved
- The Cure Is Found
- Hypnomania
- Cold
- Don't Jump
- Allen's Got A New Hi-Fi
- Keep Your Eye on the Quiet One
- Dark Sunglasses
- Laurie Monster
- Psych
- E
- Run Away With Me
