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Willie Perry Jr. (born May 31, 1971), best known as DJ Casper, is an American DJ and songwriter. Perry Jr. was raised in Englewood, Chicago, and is known as Casper because he almost always wears white clothing on stage. He is also known as Mr. C The Slide Man. The song became a hit in Chicago in 2004, when the city's M.O.B. Records record label became involved as well, helping Perry create a whole compilation album with other Chicago-based artists to promote the dance. "Cha Cha Slide" was later picked up by Universal Records.

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  • دي جي كاسبر (بالإنجليزية: DJ Casper)‏ هو دي جيه وكاتب أغاني أمريكي، ولد في 31 مايو 1971 في بروكلين في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
  • Willie Perry Jr. (born May 31, 1971), best known as DJ Casper, is an American DJ and songwriter. Perry Jr. was raised in Englewood, Chicago, and is known as Casper because he almost always wears white clothing on stage. He is also known as Mr. C The Slide Man. Perry's first hit record, "Casper Slide Pt. 1" – also known as "Cha Cha Slide" – was created by Perry for his nephew, who worked as a personal trainer at a Bally Total Fitness in 1998. After the song grew in popularity as an aerobic exercise at fitness clubs and PE in schools, Casper created a second song in 2000, titled "Casper Slide Pt. 2", which was picked up by Elroy Smith at Chicago's radio station, WGCI-FM. The song became a hit in Chicago in 2004, when the city's M.O.B. Records record label became involved as well, helping Perry create a whole compilation album with other Chicago-based artists to promote the dance. "Cha Cha Slide" was later picked up by Universal Records. In January 2016, Perry Jr. was diagnosed with kidney cancer and neuroendocrine cancer. After unsuccessful surgery the same month, he began chemotherapy. In an interview in July 2018, he stated he was in remission. In 2019, Perry stated that he beat his liver and kidney cancers and said he is a changed man, stating "that was God's way of just slowing me down just a little bit." Perry makes an appearance as a DJ in a season 6 episode of Orange Is the New Black, in Crazy Eyes' hallucination of the prisoners and guards line dancing to the Cha Cha Slide. (en)
  • DJ Casper (* 23. Juni 1971 in Brooklyn, New York; richtiger Name William Perry), auch Mr. C The Slide Man, ist ein US-amerikanischer DJ aus Chicago. Bekannt ist er für seinen Nummer-eins-Hit Cha Cha Slide aus dem Jahr 2004. (de)
  • DJ Casper, geboren als Willie Perry Jr. (Chicago, 31 mei 1965) is een Amerikaans songwriter en DJ. DJ Casper was opgegroeid in en is daar bekend als Casper omdat hij meestal witte kleren draagt op podium. Hij is daar ook bekend door zijn bijnamen Mr C - The Slide Man of simpelweg Willie. Caspers eerste hit, "Casper Slide Pt.1" ook bekend als "Cha Cha Slide", werd in 1996 gecreëerd voor een personal trainer in een Bally Total Fitness en dat de single in populariteit groeide bij relaxatieoefeningen in fitness clubs. Het was in het jaar 2000 wanneer Willie Perry Jr. dan een tweede single creëerde, de "Casper Slide Pt. 2" en dat was wanneer Chicago's WGCI-FM radiostation het had opgepikt. De single werd in het jaar 2004 een hit in Chicago. De M.O.B. Records recordlabel hielp Casper om een volledige album te creëren met andere artiesten van Chicago om de dans te promoten. "Cha Cha Slide" was dan later opgepikt door de Universal Records. (nl)
  • 小威利·佩里(Willie Perry, Jr.)是美國芝加哥著名DJMr. C. The Slide Man或DJ Casper的真名。他的名曲""曾奪得的冠軍。 (zh)
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  • دي جي كاسبر (بالإنجليزية: DJ Casper)‏ هو دي جيه وكاتب أغاني أمريكي، ولد في 31 مايو 1971 في بروكلين في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
  • DJ Casper (* 23. Juni 1971 in Brooklyn, New York; richtiger Name William Perry), auch Mr. C The Slide Man, ist ein US-amerikanischer DJ aus Chicago. Bekannt ist er für seinen Nummer-eins-Hit Cha Cha Slide aus dem Jahr 2004. (de)
  • 小威利·佩里(Willie Perry, Jr.)是美國芝加哥著名DJMr. C. The Slide Man或DJ Casper的真名。他的名曲""曾奪得的冠軍。 (zh)
  • Willie Perry Jr. (born May 31, 1971), best known as DJ Casper, is an American DJ and songwriter. Perry Jr. was raised in Englewood, Chicago, and is known as Casper because he almost always wears white clothing on stage. He is also known as Mr. C The Slide Man. The song became a hit in Chicago in 2004, when the city's M.O.B. Records record label became involved as well, helping Perry create a whole compilation album with other Chicago-based artists to promote the dance. "Cha Cha Slide" was later picked up by Universal Records. (en)
  • DJ Casper, geboren als Willie Perry Jr. (Chicago, 31 mei 1965) is een Amerikaans songwriter en DJ. DJ Casper was opgegroeid in en is daar bekend als Casper omdat hij meestal witte kleren draagt op podium. Hij is daar ook bekend door zijn bijnamen Mr C - The Slide Man of simpelweg Willie. Caspers eerste hit, "Casper Slide Pt.1" ook bekend als "Cha Cha Slide", werd in 1996 gecreëerd voor een personal trainer in een Bally Total Fitness en dat de single in populariteit groeide bij relaxatieoefeningen in fitness clubs. Het was in het jaar 2000 wanneer Willie Perry Jr. dan een tweede single creëerde, de "Casper Slide Pt. 2" en dat was wanneer Chicago's WGCI-FM radiostation het had opgepikt. De single werd in het jaar 2004 een hit in Chicago. De M.O.B. Records recordlabel hielp Casper om een vol (nl)
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  • دي جي كاسبر (ar)
  • DJ Casper (de)
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  • 威利·佩里 (zh)
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