Mr. President (band)

Mr. President
The final lineup of Mr. President, featuring (from left to right) Franzi, Lazy Dee, and Lady Danii, perform Coco Jamboo at Hit Giganten, 2004.
Background information
Also known as	Satellite One
Origin	Bremen, Germany
Genres	Eurodance, pop, hip hop, reggae fusion
Years active	1991 - 2008
Labels	Warner Bros. Records (1994 - 2003)
Website	mr-president.de
Past members	Lady Danii T-Seven Sir Prophet Lazy Dee Nadia Ayche Myra Franzi

Mr. President were a German Eurodance group from Bremen, best known for their hit "Coco Jamboo" released in 1996. It gave them their only U.S. chart single, peaking at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Until 1993, the band was known as Satellite One.

The band was originally formed in Bremen by DJs Jens Neumann and Kai Matthiesen in 1991 under the title Satellite One. Although the band initially performed at clubs without vocalists, the duo soon realized that they would need singers in order to find success on mainstream music charts. Eighteen-year-old Bremen native Daniela Haak and American rapper George Jones were hired to front the band as a duo, but became a trio after 15-year-old Judith "T-Seven" Hildebrandt was hired a few weeks later. Following Hildebrandt's insistence to be known as T-Seven on stage, Haak and Jones were convinced to create stage names for themselves, and they did, becoming "Lady Danii" and "Sir Prophet", respectively.

After a few years of performing in clubs without any mainstream success, Neumann and Matthiesen, now managers as well as producers, decided to change the name of the band to Mr. President, the 'Mr' standing for Music and Rhythm. Under the new band name, the group created an underground dance club hit with the song "MM" (Marilyn Monroe) in 1993. Although it failed to chart, "MM"'s popularity was a sign of things to come for the band.

Following the success of their earlier single, Mr. President broke onto the charts with the song Up'n Away. Just as the song became a success in early 1994, George Jones left the band over several internal disagreements within the band. Although the project was briefly abandoned, Neumann hired Delroy "Lazy Dee" Rennalls in mid-1994 to replace Jones. After several long months in the studio, Mr. President's first full-length album, Up N' Away - The Album was released featuring a new version of Up N' Away with Lazy's voice instead of Jones'. Three additional songs on the album were selected as singles (I'll Follow the Sun, 4 On the Floor and Gonna Get Along), and each one of them entered European charts.