Editing Cerrone (section)

{{Short description|French musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Cerrone
| image             = CERRONE Marc 02-24x30-2009.jpg
| image_size        = 
| caption           = Cerrone in 2011
| birth_name        = Marc Cerrone
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1952|05|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Vitry-sur-Seine]], [[France]]
| genre             = [[Euro disco]],<ref>{{citation|title=Love saves the day: a history of American dance music culture, 1970–1979|author=Tim Lawrence|year=2003 |pages=256–57|isbn=0822331985 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKSwH4t1OggC&pg=PA257}}</ref> [[post-disco]],<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cerrone-p12524 Cerrone] – Allmusic; retrieved 18 January 2012.</ref> [[funk]], [[Electronic dance music|electronic]], [[French house]]
| occupation        = Musician, record producer, songwriter
| instrument        = Drums, keyboards, synthesizers
| years_active      = 1972–present
| label             = Malligator Productions
| website           = {{URL|cerrone.net}}
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = 
}}

'''Marc Cerrone'''<ref name="rc">Daryl Easlea, "Supernature Boy", ''Record Collector'', #502, February 2020, pp.60-63</ref> ({{IPA|fr|maʁk sɛʁɔn}}; born 24 May 1952) is a French [[disco]] drummer, composer, record producer and creator of [[concerts]]. Cerrone is a producer of 1970s and 1980s disco songs.<ref>[http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/marc-cerrone-29895.php Marc Cerrone, Biographie], Evene.fr; retrieved 20 May 2013.{{in lang|fr}}</ref>  He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, including over four million copies in France,<ref>[http://www.infodisc.fr/Artiste_Ventes.php Les Ventes par Artiste de 1955–2012]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105082230/http://www.infodisc.fr/Artiste_Ventes.php|date=5 November 2013}}</ref> and eight million copies of ''[[Supernature (Cerrone III)|Supernature]]''.<ref>[http://www.rephlektorink.com/artist_cerrone.swf Cerrone profile], rephlektorink.com; retrieved 20 May 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cerrone-mn0000801244 Biography], Allmusic.com; accessed 12 April 2018.</ref>  The single "Love in C Minor" (1976) reached No. 3 and was in the charts for two months, selling three million copies. With "[[Supernature (song)|Supernature]]" (1977), Cerrone merged symphonic orchestration with synthesizers. At the 1978 [[Billboard Music Award|Billboard Disco Forum]], Cerrone received six awards including Disco Artist of the Year.<ref>[http://www.discomuseum.net/BioCerrone.html Cerrone biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703035640/http://www.discomuseum.net/BioCerrone.html |date=3 July 2015 }}, DiscoMuseum.net; retrieved 20 May 2013.</ref>

In addition to ''Love in C Minor'', ''Cerrone's Paradise'' and ''Supernature'', Marc Cerrone enjoyed success in Europe with albums such as ''Cerrone IV: The Golden Touch'' (1978), ''Where Are You Now'' (1983), ''The Collector'' (1985), ''Human Nature'' (1994) and more recently with the dance albums ''Hysteria'' (2002) and ''Celebrate'' (2007).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}  Cerrone is also known for live performances. In 1991 he played on the show ''Harmony'' to celebrate the launch of Japan's first [[High-definition television|high-definition TV satellite]]. The rock opera was played to over 800,000 spectators at Tokyo harbour. Cerrone adapted "Harmony" for theatre. In 1992, the musical [[Dreamtime (musical)|''Dreamtime'']] which was based on an original story by Cerrone ran for 140 shows on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at New York's [[Ed Sullivan Theater]].<ref>[http://www.beatport.com/#artist/cerrone/42443 Cerrone biography], Beatport.com; retrieved 21 May 2013.</ref>

Cerrone has recorded and performed with [[Nile Rodgers]], [[Toto (band)|Toto]], [[Laura Branigan]], [[Jocelyn Brown]], [[La Toya Jackson]] and [[Axelle Red]]. His music has been sampled by artists such as [[the Avalanches]], [[Bob Sinclar]], the [[Beastie Boys]] and [[Run-DMC]].<ref>[http://www.whosampled.com/sampled/Cerrone/?sp=2 Tracks that sampled music produced by Cerrone, Whosampled.com, retrieved 20 May 2013]</ref>