Career
As the Goodmen, their biggest hit was "Give It Up", a house music track based upon samba styled percussion and the simple, repeating vocal line of the song title. The percussion was inspired by an earlier recording by Sérgio Mendes. It hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1993 and made a brief appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #71. After being re-released in late 1993, it reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart.
In 1995, Simply Red sampled "Give It Up" for their UK #1 hit "Fairground". The Goodmen were credited for the sample, and Mendes was also given credit as the performer of "Fanfarra", the original source of the Goodmen's track.
After "Give It Up" the duo had big success with a number of other tracks under different monikers, such as Tomba Vira, Basco, René Et Gaston, Jark Prongo, Fresh Tunes and Klatsch. In 2001, they returned to the US dance chart under the artist names of Chocolate Puma (with which they had a UK #6 hit with "I Wanna Be U"), Rhythmkillaz, Riva, and Tomba Vira.
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