The fate of Melanie Thornton is inextricably linked with the history of the duet La Bouche, it was this composition that became golden. Melanie left the line-up in 1999.
The singer "plunged headlong" into a solo career, and the group exists to this day, but it was she, in a duet with Lane McCrae, who led the group to the top of the world charts.
The beginning of the work of the group La Bouche
In the 1990s of the XX century, pop-dance and Euro-house thundered on all the dance floors. In 1994, a project was created in Frankfurt am Main, the founder of which was Frank Farian, a well-known producer in Germany.
His most famous band was La Bouche. But the soloists of the first and golden composition of the group were Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray - Native Americans, by the will of fate abandoned in Germany.
Melanie, striving to pursue a musical career and trying to break into the musical Olympus, sold all her property, including a car in her native South Carolina, and moved in with her sister and her husband, who at that time lived in Germany.
And Lane, who was born in Anchorage, Alaska, served at one of the American Air Force bases in Germany. After staying here after the service, he began his singing career in rap style.
At the end of 1993, FMP Studios drew attention to two talented performers. As conceived by the managers, the voices of these young people and their general image fit best into the concept of the new show project La Bouche.
And finally, on May 9, 1994, "a real bomb exploded"! The first single performed by the talented guys from the Sweet Dreams album "broke" the music chats, having won the love and recognition of the first European audience.
A little later and conquering America, which rarely recognized non-American performers in the leading positions in chat rooms like US Dance Chat. Recalcitrant America knelt down.
Golden legend of pop dance
The very next year, the single Be My Lover triumphantly marched to the enthusiastic cries of fans across 14 countries.
The guys headed the charts in Germany and practically not inferior to the championship in the United States, deservedly receiving the ASCAP award "America's Most Performed Song".
Sweet Dreams was certified XNUMXx platinum and XNUMXx gold worldwide. The girls fell in love with a cheerful dark-skinned guy, and the young men quietly dreamed of meeting the beautiful Melanie.
In this composition, the duet existed until 1999, when, after the release of the third and last joint album "SOS" in February 1999, Melanie left the duet.
The fate of Melanie outside the duet
In contrast to the difficult time for the updated composition of the La Bouche group (Natasha Wright was taken in place of Melanie), the girl was doing great.
Her new single Love How You Love Me conquered the chat rooms, and the singer launched a solo project called Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming), commissioned by Coca Cola.
Talking then with reporters, Melanie often said that she regretted leaving the project, but she felt cramped as part of the dance show.
She has matured and become more perfect in terms of music. She was sincerely grateful to Frank for everything and happy that they remained friends.
In November 2001, the performer began a tour in support of the new CD. On November 24 in Leipzig, she presented her solo brainchild. Megan's last interview also took place there.
Her words, spoken that day in an interview with reporters, turned out to be prophetic. She noticed that no one is given to know what will happen tomorrow. And she added that she personally lives every day as if it were her last.
The plane (Crossair) finished its last flight LX3597 in the mountains of Switzerland, crashing near Zurich.
On November 24, 2001, such a dizzying flight of Melanie Thornton was interrupted. She was among the victims of the plane crash. A year later, a single was released in memory of Melanie. It was titled In Your Life and was based on recordings from her first solo album.
The band's story continues
And what happened to the La Boche group without Melanie. After Thornton left, Natasha Wright joined the band. In April of the same year, the group released the single All I Want. Great hopes were placed on this project, hoping for cooperation with Mitsubishi Motors.
The merry drive of the melody interested the PR managers of the company, they used it in an advertising campaign for the Mitsubishi Pajero model, but ...
The single itself was "not promoted" due to a conflict between Frank Farian and BMG. As a result of the protracted confrontation, the project "suffered". It was decided to "freeze"
In 2005, Natasha was replaced by a new soloist, Dana Ryan. The group successfully toured Europe, held club tours in Chile. The guys also took part in the discos of the 1990s at major festivals in the USA, the UAE and Russia.
In 2014, there were rumors in the celebrity party about the revival of the group, a kind of "reincarnation".
With the arrival of the Swede Kayo Shikoni, the “fans” froze in anticipation. Her voice timbre and sound resembled the voice of Melanie. And the touring life seemed to continue, the group continued to exist, but ... However, life goes on.
