pianoman is the alias of dance music producer james sammon from bradford, west yorkshire who got to number 6 in the uk singles chart with the hit single "blurred" in june 1996. his follow-up to "blurred" released on 3 beat records was from a belinda carlisle sample of "live your life be free", entitled "party people (live your life be free)" which narrowly missed a place in the uk top 40, peaking at number 43.