1990s European success
Markowitz had a platinum-selling single in Germany in the 1990s. The single began as a Bacardi Rum jingle that she recorded for the European market. The jingle was so popular that she was asked to transform it into a song about "summer love" rather than rum. She co-wrote the lyrics and recorded it (with Arnold McCuller and Valerie Carter on backing vocals) under the pseudonym Kate Yanai. Called "Summer Dreaming (The Bacardi Song)," it went to Number 1 within two weeks in Germany, where it stayed for seven weeks, selling well over 500,000 copies.
2000s activities
Markowitz continues to work with a number of artists. In 2003, however, she produced her first album, Map of the World, on which she wrote or co-wrote a number of the songs.
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