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Playahitty

Playahitty was an Italian Eurodance group, best known for the 1994 summer hit "The Summer Is Magic", and also for other popular club tracks, such as "1-2-3! ". Lipsync was performed on stage and in the videos by models called Marion Zapha, Sandra, Feline and Gabrielle.

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Playahitty
OriginItaly
GenresEurodance, Italo dance
Years active1994–1998, 2011
LabelDisco Inn/Conte Max Music
Past membersGiovanna Bersola
Websitewww.contemaxmusic.com

Playahitty was an Italian Eurodance group, best known for the 1994 summer hit "The Summer Is Magic", and also for other popular club tracks, such as "1-2-3! (Train with Me)". Lipsync was performed on stage and in the videos by models called Marion Zapha, Sandra, Feline and Gabrielle.

Musical career

Their main hit, a 1994 song titled "The Summer Is Magic", featured the voice of Giovanna Bersola, best known by her stage name Jenny B, one of the most important voices of the Italo dance/Eurodance genre, who also did the real vocals for the debut hit of Corona, "The Rhythm of the Night" (all other songs on the first and second albums by Corona were sung by Sandra Chambers a.k.a. Sandy). This led to the mistaken belief that "The Summer Is Magic" was another hit song by Corona.

The song was written by Emanuele Asti and Stefano Carrara, produced by Asti and licensed worldwide by Disco Inn/Conte Max Music.

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUT
1
FRA
1
GER
2
ITA
13
NED
14
SWE
1
SWI
1
1994 "The Summer Is Magic" 14 36 39 2 36 37 12 Singles only
1995 "1-2-3! (Train with Me)" 21 4 46
1996 "I Love the Sun" 16
1997 "Another Holiday"
1998 "The Man I Never Had" 30
2008 "The Summer Is Magic 2008" 31
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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