Helen DeMacque

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Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque
Liverpool Echo Arena on 25 June 2011.
Background information
Also known asPepsi
Born (1958-12-10) 10 December 1958 (age 65)
Paddington, London, England
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1981–present
Labels

Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque-Crockett (born 10 December 1958) is a British pop singer, best known as a member of the Pepsi & Shirlie duo in the 1980s.

Early years

Helen ‘Pepsi’ DeMacque was born in London after her parents emigrated to Britain in the 1950s from St Lucia.[1]

Music career

Pepsi and Shirlie at the Liverpool Echo Arena, 2011

DeMacque became one of two singers/dancers for the group Wham! in 1983. She replaced Dee C. Lee, (who left to join The Style Council) and performed alongside Shirlie Holliman,[2] first appearing in the music video for "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".

When their work with Wham! ended, Holliman and DeMacque formed their own act, named

UK Singles Chart,[3]
and "Goodbye Stranger", produced by Tambi Fernando and Pete Hammond, which reached No. 9.

Pepsi & Shirlie went on hiatus in 1989, but briefly returned in 2000 to record backing vocals on the UK number one Geri Halliwell hit "Bag It Up".[3] The duo also reunited to perform for the Here and Now 10th Anniversary tour which kicked off on 24 June 2011.[4]

In 1998 and 1999, DeMacque collaborated with

Then & Now in 1998 and two events, the premiere of Tubular Bells III in London and the concert Art in Heaven/Millennium Bell for the transition to the year 2000 in Tiergarten in Berlin. Pepsi also performed on a song from the album The Millennium Bell.[5]

In 2011, she sang with Forthright, a group of producers and mixers in London.[2]

Film career

DeMacque has also worked as a film and TV actor, including a portrayal of

Old Vic Theatre in London with Michael Bogdanov
directing.

Personal life

DeMacque was domiciled in

St Lucia, where she and her husband operate a charter sailing business.[1]

Her nephew was the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest contestant representing Austria, Cesár Sampson.[8]

In 2021, DeMacque and Shirley Kemp released their joint autobiography, Pepsi & Shirlie: It's All in Black and White, published by Welbeck.[9] The book gives an account of their time touring the world, performing first with Wham! and then in their own right, as a duo.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Jussail". Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Jury, Louise (22 October 2011). "How we met: Pepsi and Shirlie". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Interview with Shirlie Holliman". yogworld.com. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Here and Now: The very best of the 80s". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ISBN 9780991984060
    . Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Kiwi dance music: The class of 2002". NZ Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ "MAGMED LIMITED people – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  8. ^ ESCunited (9 April 2018), Eurovision Song Contest 2018 – Austria – Cesar Simpson – Interview in London 2018, retrieved 19 April 2018
  9. ^ White, Vikki (30 September 2021). "Wham!'s Pepsi and Shirlie dish on wild times with George Michael in new book". mirror. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Pepsi & Shirlie".

External links

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