Kele Le Roc
| Kele Le Roc | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kelly Biggs |
| Born | 5 October 1977 |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Pop, UK garage, R&B |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | keleleroc.com |
Kele Le Roc (born Kelly Biggs, 5 October 1977,[1] East Ham, London)[2] is a British pop, UK garage and R&B singer.
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[edit] Career
Le Roc began singing at the age of three, and she attended Langdon Comprehensive School in East Ham. She first found widespread acclaim in 1995 with the underground hit "Let Me Know".[3] She scored two Top Ten hits on the UK Singles Chart, with "Little Bit of Lovin'" in 1998 and "My Love" in 1999; and both peaked at #8.[4] In March 1999 she released her only album, Everybody's Somebody, on Polydor Records.[5]
Le Roc won two MOBO Awards in 1999, for Best Newcomer and Best Single ("My Love").[3] Among those she collaborated with are Basement Jaxx, Coolio, Courtney Pine, T Power, Omar Lye-Fook, Damage, Lee Henry and Shy FX.
In 2009, she teamed up with OceanFall's Leon Mitchell, to release her new promo and video for "Retro".
[edit] Discography
[edit] Album
- Everybody's Somebody - Wild Card - 1999 - UK #44
[edit] Singles
- "Little Bit of Lovin'" - 1998 - 1st Avenue/Wild Card/Polydor - UK #8
- "My Love" - 1999 - 1st Avenue/Wild Card/Polydor - UK #8
- "Thinking of You" - 2000 - Telstar - UK #70 †
- "Feelin' U" - 2003 - London - UK #34 ‡
- "Retro" - 2009 - (Freelance Diva/OceanFall)[7]
† Credited to Curtis Lynch Jr. featuring Kele Le Roc and Red Rat
‡ Credited to Shy FX and T Power featuring Kele Le Roc [6]
[edit] Mixtapes
Le Roc released a mixtape, titled Been There Done That Vol. 1.[8] The twenty track compilation spanned her career from the late 1990s onwards with remixes and unreleased songs along with collaborations with Tinie Tempah, Estelle, FDM's Kyle Lettman, Lemar and Pyrelli and production by Sticky, Davinche, Caspa and others.
[edit] References
- ^ Bittersuiteband.com
- ^ Xlr8r.com
- ^ a b Interview, BBC, June 2004
- ^ Search for "Kele Le Roc" performed at Everyhit.com database on 22 July 2008
- ^ Allmusic.com discography - accessed August 2008
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 315. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Oceanfall.com
- ^ "Been There Done That Vol 1 Mixtape". Mixtape Madness. http://www.mixtapemadness.co.uk/mixtapes/klr/beenthere.
