Driza Bone (sometimes Drizabone or Driza-bone) is an international dance music and remixing musical group, led by record producers, musicians, and songwriters Vincent Garcia and Billy April. Driza Bone used various female vocalists to provide the vocals, and were primarily popular in the early 1990s.[1]
Production / remixes by Driza Bone include songs by Lisa Stansfield, Jody Watley, Mary J. Blige, Shanice, Duran Duran, Tom Browne, Barry White, Diana Ross, Kylie Minogue, LuLu, Dasha Logan, Lindy Layton.
Driza Bone's most popular track, as an artist, was the song "Real Love", which reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1991.[3] When this record came out, Drizabone included April, Garcia, and singer Sophie Jones.[1] Jones was soon replaced by Dee Heron, who appeared on the single "Catch the Fire" (UK No. 54).[3]
Heron was replaced by Kymberley Peer for "Pressure" (UK No. 33), "Brightest Star" (UK No. 45), and a re-release of "Real Love" in 1995 (UK No. 24, their biggest hit since the original version of the track).[3] Driza Bone also had a charting album in 1994, titled Conspiracy, which debuted and peaked at No. 72 on the UK Albums Chart in November of that year.[3] All of their chart successes were released on the Fourth & Broadwayrecord label.[3]
On 15 July 2025, it was announced that Billy April (latterly known as Billy Freeman) had suddenly died after a short period of illness at the age of 61.[4]
12"Drizabone ARIA chart history". ARIA. Retrieved 18 May 2025– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
