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Patrick Hernandez
Artist best known for "Born To Be Alive."
European singer Patrick Hernandez scored a huge hit in 1979 with "Born To Be Alive." The single first came to the US as a French import and soon a bidding war erupted among a few American labels with Columbia / CBS winning out.
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COMMENTS ON Patrick Hernandez
Sat. 8-6-05
Hi There!!!!!!
I'm a dics-jockey at a "Jammin' Oldies"
station in Fresno, California.... Just played
"Born To Be Alive" by PH ....
Is he Belgium or French????
Greg Elli(AKA "Mega" Michaels)
Hey Mega!
I spent a few months up the street at Market #195 doing middays and handling production at Oldies 97.5 KABX back in 2000. I used to listen to you on MEGA down in Fresno. BTW-It's a damn good station! I still work very part-time at a hurban in Salinas, KEXA-Exa 97.9. Today I am a coach operator for Monterey-Salinas Transit (much more secure!) Anyway, to answer your question, Patrick Hernandez is French-I have the old 12" single buried away somewhere in storage.
Take Care!
A Hit Record, by all means!
Born To Be Alive!
Thank God for Disco Music!
We just fired up our new FM station OLDIES 93, the third station as part of Sovereign Communications. I just played Patrick's "Born to be Alive" and WHAT memories that brought back! I graduated high school in 1979 and that song was huge! My listeners loved it in 2006 and that's just great!
When I first arrived in Miami in 1978, I brought with me BORN TO BE ALIVE, it didn't have a domestic distribution deal yet, so when I played it, the crowd went wild! Very soon it "broke out" nationally, and with various copies of it, I started to do my own LIVE re-mixes, playing that intro over and over would create such excitement on the dance floor, that I had a hard time exiting out of it. The people wanted more. I always gave them what they wanted. Twenty minute versions were a daily happening at my clubs, always a solid song, when it was played years later, the response was fantastic. BORN TO BE ALIVE is a CLASSIC DISCO hit that will last forever. Thanks!
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