Captain Hollywood

Tony Dawson – Harrison aka Captain Hollywood was born in Newark New Jersey in and after his active duty time in the U.S Army he moved to Germany in 1983, where he lived for many years.

He has been called Captain Hollywood since 1982; the name was given to him by his friends because he even danced when he was in uniform. With that, he began pioneering the worldwide Eurodance movement in the 90s. He was the very first Breakdance Artist in Europe. In 1983 he performed on the national TV show “Formel Eins” and danced to the song “Pack Jam”. The whole nation was watching  when the Captain started his musical career from which point on he became famous in Germany overnight. Since, Harrison has worked as choreographer for many international superstars.

From 1985 – 1987 Harrison released 3 singles (“Grand Piano”, “Deborah” and “Soulsister”) and 1 album (“Do That Thang”) as Captain Hollywood and he charted as an independent artist without any help from a major record label. This gave him the respect in the clubs and the support from the DJs. Through these hits Tony established himself in the music business as a serious musician, rapper, singer and producer.

In 1989 Tony Harrison, together with the dutch producer Ruud van Rijen, founded the Holland based Project “Twenty 4 Seven”. Tony was the head and leader of the band, featuring his close friends Hanks (Giovanni Falco), Jacks (Wolfgang Reis) and the dutch singer Nancy Coolen. After their 3 month European tour with MTV London, the band charted with their hits “I Can't Stand It” and “Are You Dreaming”. After taking Twenty 4 Seven to Top 5 chart positions all over Europe including Great Britain, Tony left the dutch group to return to his solo career and to dedicate himself completely to his own project, the Captain Hollywood Project.