La Bouche ("Bouche" is French for "Mouth"), is the creation of the German producer Frank Farian, who is the same guy who brought us Boney M and Milli Vanilli. For La Bouche, he teamed the American singers Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray. "Be My Lover," with a very Eurodance sound, was their breakout hit in the US and also a worldwide hit, sweeping the charts all over Europe.
La Bouche lead singer Melanie Thornton died in 2001 in a plane crash in Switzerland, leading to the disintegration of the band. One of her last career moves was to record a song, "Wonderful Dream," a Christmas ballad recorded for a German Coca-Cola TV commercial. Coca-Cola decided to run the ad anyway, and that single, too, was a posthumous hit.
