Pepsi & Shirlie
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 Pepsi and Shirlie at the Liverpool Echo Arena, 25 June 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | pop music |
| Years active | 1987–1991, 2000 |
| Associated acts | Wham!, Dee C. Lee |
| Past members | |
| Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque Shirlie Holliman |
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Pepsi & Shirlie were a British pop duo who released two albums, All Right Now in 1987 and Change in 1991.
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[edit] Career
The act comprised Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque (born 10 December 1958, Paddington, London) and Shirlie Holliman (born 18 April 1962, Watford, Hertfordshire), who had been Wham! backing vocalists. Holliman's original singing partner, Dee C. Lee, had earlier left the group to join the Style Council and later marry its lead vocalist Paul Weller.
In 1986, they released their debut single "Heartache",[1] which was produced by Phil Fearon and Tambi Fernando and reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart. "Heartache" also peaked at number two on the American dance charts.[2] The follow-up single, "Goodbye Stranger", produced by Fernando and Pete Hammond, reached #9. Subsequent singles and their debut album All Right Now, released later in the year, flopped.
In 1991, they returned with the album Change and its lead single "Someday", a song produced by George Michael. Both the album and the single went unnoticed, not even charting in the UK. After that, the group quietly retired.
Their tours included a concert performed in Amman, Jordan.
Holliman has been married since 1988 to Martin Kemp, a former member of the group Spandau Ballet and now an actor, whilst DeMacque resided in Wellington, New Zealand for a number of years, working at a gift shop on Lambton Quay. She has also worked as an actor, including portraying Josephine Baker [3], and now lives in Norwich, England with her husband.
Pepsi & Shirlie returned in 2000 to record their backing vocals on Geri Halliwell's UK number one hit, "Bag It Up".
Pepsi & Shirlie are re-uniting for an arena tour for the forthcoming Here and Now 10th Anniversary tour starting on the 24 June 2011.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- All Right Now (1987) UK #69, U.S. #133
- Change (1991)
[edit] Singles
- "Heartache" (1986) UK #2 (2 Weeks); Switzerland #2 (2 Weeks); Netherlands #2; US Dance Chart #2; Norway #6 (3 Weeks); Austria #17; France #31; U.S. #78, AUS #49, Ireland #3
- "Goodbye Stranger" (1987) UK #9, IRL #5
- "Can't Give Me Love" (1987) UK #58, IRL #21
- "All Right Now" (1987) UK #50, U.S. #66
- "Hightime" (1988) UK #79
- "Someday" (1991)
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 201.
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-pepsi-and-shirlie-1295938.html
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 423. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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