J.K. (singer)
| J.K. (singer) | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Marta Simlat |
| Born |
January 2, 1970 Kraków, Poland |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, model |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992-2001 |
Marta Simlat, known as J.K. (born 2 January 1970) is a Polish model and eurodance singer who enjoyed moderate success in the mid to late 1990s with Italian producers Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva.
Musical career
Marta moved from Poland to Italy in 1992 to pursue a modelling career; however shortly after her move she was spotted by Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva, the production team behind Whigfield. Marta was quickly signed to and her first single, "You Make Me Feel Good", performed well in France, Italy and Germany and even topped the dance charts in Canada.
"You and I" was her third single, this song climbed to the top position on the Canadian dance charts and obtained strong airplay in the Continental Europe; the track was also featured on many dance compilation albums around the globe, including Muchmusic's Dance Mix '95 and the Eurodisco '96 - Collection. A fourth single, "My Radio" took Europe by storm and also became popular in Japan.
Although J.K.'s last official single "Deep in the Night" was released in 1999, the Benassi Bros have done two covers of J.K. songs with vocalist Dhany in 2005 titled "Hit My Heart" followed by "Make Me Feel". Most singles where only released in Italy.
In reality, the vocals for J.K. were performed by Giovanna Bersola, Sandy Chambers and Zeitia Massiah on all the songs. Lip-sync was performed on videos and live performances by Marta Simlat. It was proven that Marta was actually lip-syncing when she forgot to turn her microphone off during the beginning of "My Radio (70's)" on Dance Machine 9. Her real voice was revealed, which was not the one behind the performance of the songs. Since her last official single "You Got Me Dancing" in 2000, Marta disappeared from the public eye and left the J.K. project (probably due to the proven lipsync allegations) leaving J.K. in the void.
Discography
Albums
"Sweet Lady Night (The Special Edition)" - 1996
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Dance [1][2] |
FRA [3] | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | "You Make Me Feel Good" | — | — | Singles only | ||||||||||
| 1994 | "Beat It" | — | — | |||||||||||
| "You & I" | 1 | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | "My Radio" | 1 | — | |||||||||||
| 1996 | "Sweet Lady Night" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1998 | "Go On" | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| 1999 | "Deep in the Night" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2000 | "You Got Me Dancing" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2001 | "Make Me Feel" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2002 | "Hit My Heart" | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2005 | "River Runs Dry" | — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Canadian dance peaks
- ↑ Canadian dance peak for "Go On"
- ↑ Lescharts.com French peaks