C&C Music Factory: Zelma Davis, Freedom Williams (vocals); David Cole (various instruments, keyboards, background vocals); Robert Clivilles (drums, percussion, programming, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Paul Pesco (guitar); Hugh McCraken (harmonica); Alan Friedman (keyboards, drums, programming); Ricky Crespo (keyboards); Deborah Cooper, Martha Wash, Craig Derry, Norma Jean Wright, Duran Ramos, Victoria Clamp, Yolanda Lee (background vocals).
Engineers include: Rodney Ascue, Alec Head, Barbara Aims.
Robert Clivilles and David Cole, who were known as C & C Music Factory, were two of the most prolific producers of the early '90s. Backed by the MC stylings of Freedom Williams, C & C Music Factory had one of the biggest songs of the decade with "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)." GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT also includes "Things That Make You Go HMMMM" and "Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)." Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, and numerous others contributed background and supporting vocals. The two went on to produce and remix numerous other acts until David Cole died in 1995 of spinal meningitis. Clivilles continued his production career alone thereafter.
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (1/18/91) - "...a lot of fun--and it does live up to its name..." - Rating: B+
Q (3/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...This is fun, funky and almost anything off it could follow the first single from specialist dancefloors into the Top 40..."
