Robert Clivillés

Robert Manuel Clivillés born July 30 1964 is an American record producer songwriter arranger and music video director most noted for his work with CC Music Factory a group he founded with musical partner David Cole He is of Puerto Rican ancestry Clivillés and Cole also produced and wrote various hits for other artists such as Mariah Carey Whitney Houston Aretha Franklin Donna Summer James Brown Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Deborah Cooper Scarlett Santana and many others In 2015 Clivillés made his debut as a solo artist with the song Set Me Free Clivillés was a resident DJ in club Better Days in the late 1980s David Cole was the resident keyboardist there and the two became firm friends In the late 1980s Clivillés and Cole were active in the groups 2 Puerto Ricans a Blackman and a Dominican and the 28th Street Crew At the time they were the driving force of the shortlived Brat Pack The duo were also responsible for the formation of pop group Seduction for whom they wrote and produced a string of top10 hits They contributed to the career of former Weather Girls vocalist Martha Wash who at the same time was one of the lead vocalists for the dance act Black Box In 1990 Clivillés and Cole released a single featuring later CC Music Factory rapper Freedom Williams called Get Dumb Free Your Body as The Crew The duos biggest success however was the group CC Music Factory which became a worldwide sensation in 1991 After the death of his partner David Cole in 1995 Robert Clivillés continued to keep the CC legacy alive through his own production work In 1995 he released a solo single under the name CC Music Factory called Ill Always Be Around 1 Billboard DanceClub Play on MCA Records This was the final 1 DanceClub Play hit for CC Music Factory An album titled CC Music Factory was released by MCA in 1995 in Europe but didnt come out in the US This was the final studio album of new material to be released under the CC Music Factory name The same year ColumbiaSME Records released Ultimate a greatest hits collection featuring a compilation of remixes and album versions of CC Music Factorys Sony Music Entertainment singles Two singles were released in conjunction with the album I Found Love 13 DanceClub Play and Robi Robs Boriqua Anthem 29 DanceClub Play which featured Spanishlanguage reggae artist El General In October 1996 Clivillés released an album of new material under the name RobiRobs Clubworld The first single from the project Shake That Body featured emcee Ya Kid K formerly of Technotronic The second single Reach was a collaboration with Hex Hector and featured vocals from longtime CC vocalist Deborah Cooper This was the final recording to include piano tracks recorded by the late David Cole In the 2000s Clivillés worked with the group MVP releasing two studio albums with the group In 2010 CC Music Factory reformed with Eric Kupper stepping in to replace Cole In May 2015 Clivillés made his debut on Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs chart with the song Set Me Free featuring vocals by Kimberly Davis of the band ChicThe music video for Set Me Free makes reference to Clivillés fathers suicide Source Article Robert Clivillés from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30