49ers Music

Origin: Italy

Decades: 1990s

49ers are an Italian house and Eurodance act, featuring producer and DJ Gianfranco Bortolotti and vocalist Ann-Marie Smith. They were named after the San Francisco 49ers American football team, as Smith was the 49th vocalist to audition. In 1990, two of their songs reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart; "Touch Me" and "Don't You Love Me". The project was formed in 1988, by the producer Gianfranco Bortolotti. The debut single, "Die Walküre", was based on a vocal from Freeez's "I.O.U." (a... Read More

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