Scarlet (British band)
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Scarlet | |
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Origin | Kingston upon Hull, England |
Genres | Pop rock, indie pop, soft rock |
Years active | 1992–1996 |
Labels | WEA |
Past members | Cheryl Parker Jo Youle Joanna Fox |
Scarlet were an English pop
Career
Parker, Youle and Fox met at secondary school and started playing together locally around Hull as Cheap Day Return with bass-player Ed Clark in the late 1980s. Trimming down to a trio, the three girls moved to London in 1991 and signed a publishing deal with Chrysalis Music some months later. In 1992, they signed to independent record label Haven Records and released two singles that year: "Piccadilly in the Rain (I'll Be There)" and "Shine on Me Now", neither of which charted.
In 1993, they signed to WEA, and started recording their debut album. The first single, "I Really Like the Idea", was released in 1994, but it failed to chart. Fox left the band after the release of this single, and Parker and Youle carried on as a duo.
The duo's next single, "
The group's next UK single, "I Wanna Be Free (To Be With Him)", became a minor hit (UK No. 21), whilst the next single release, "Love Hangover", did not achieve the same success (UK No. 54).
In 1996, Scarlet issued a new single, "Bad Girl", but this also stalled at number 54. Their second album, Chemistry, missed the UK Albums Chart completely, and after this relative failure their record label WEA dropped the band and they went their separate ways.
"Independent Love Song" can be found on the soundtrack to the film Bed of Roses.
Discography
Albums[2]
- Naked (1995) – UK No. 59
- Chemistry (1996)
Singles[2]
- "Piccadilly in the Rain (I'll Be There)" (1992)
- "Shine on Me Now" (1992)
- "I Really Like the Idea" (1994)
- "UKNo. 12
- "I Wanna Be Free (To Be with Him)" (1995) – UK No. 21
- "Love Hangover" (1995) – UK No. 54
- "Bad Girl" (1996) – UK No. 54
References
- ^ "SCARLET | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.