La Bouche

La Bouche was a Eurodance act based in Germany, fronted by Black American-German singer Melanie Thornton, who was killed in a plane crash near Bassersdorf, Switzerland in November 2001. Their most suc

La Bouche was a Eurodance act based in Germany, fronted by Black American-German singer Melanie Thornton, who was killed in a plane crash near Bassersdorf, Switzerland in November 2001. Their most successful hit "Be My Lover" was top 10 across Europe and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996. The group was created by German producer Frank Farian. In 2000 after Melanie Thornton left the group to persue a solo career, she was replaced by Natascha Wright with a single called "All I Want". This didn't do well so they disbanded. Meanwhile, Melanie Thornton was acheieving high sales with "Wonderful Dream" and was chosen by Coca Cola as the theme song for a Christmas Commercial. While promoting this, Melanie Thornton was killed in a plane crash in Zurich, November 24th 2001.

In 2002 a "Best Of" album with La Bouche and Melanie Thornton was released in Europe and South America.