"Just the Start ""Just The Start"" is the theme tune of the Jamie Oliver cooking show ""Oliver's Twist"". It was written by composer Leigh Haggerwood, who formed the band Scarlet Division with Jamie in 1989. The band performed an entire version of the song in an episode of ""Oliver's Twist"" called ""Scarlet Division"". Although it was never released on CD, a live mp3 recording is available at the Scarlet Division website. It is also available as a ringtone in Germany and features extensively on the ""Oliver's Twist"" DVDs. Words and music: Leigh Haggerwood; vocals: Louise Brannan; performed by Scarlet Division"
"in Washington D.C.. ""My Favourite Time of Year"" was requested for use in popular TV and radio shows and Leigh received requests to perform it from schools, choirs, orchestras, churches, theatrical productions and youth groups. The song has been supported by Jamie Oliver, with whom Haggerwood started a band named Scarlet Division in 1988. It won the UK Songwriting Contest Elements of the song were chosen to accompany ITV's Christmas charity appeal, Text Santa; The producers were keen to use ""My Favourite Time of Year"" as the theme music to the appeal, which Leigh Haggerwood agreed to. With his experience"
"the Smiths and countless ensuing indie-pop heroes...The Chefs turned forlorn emotions and humdrum surroundings into triumphant music."" The Chefs The Chefs were an English indiepop/punk band which formed in Brighton in 1979, relocating to London in 1981, and finally splitting up in 1982. The band consisted of Helen McCookerybook (bass guitar and vocals), Carl Evans (guitar and vocals), James McCallum (Helen's brother; guitar) and Russell Greenwood (drums; died 25 June 1999). In 1976, Helen McCallum moved from Wylam near Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Brighton to study Fine Art Printmaking at the Polytechnic. In 1977, she began to play bass in the punk"
"The Chefs The Chefs were an English indiepop/punk band which formed in Brighton in 1979, relocating to London in 1981, and finally splitting up in 1982. The band consisted of Helen McCookerybook (bass guitar and vocals), Carl Evans (guitar and vocals), James McCallum (Helen's brother; guitar) and Russell Greenwood (drums; died 25 June 1999). In 1976, Helen McCallum moved from Wylam near Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Brighton to study Fine Art Printmaking at the Polytechnic. In 1977, she began to play bass in the punk band, Joby and the Hooligans. The following year, Carl Evans, a 17-year-old guitarist from Haywards Heath, joined"
"Joy Division Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The band consisted of singer Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a Sex Pistols concert. While their early recordings were heavily influenced by early punk, they soon developed a unique style that made them one of the pioneers of the post-punk movement. Their self-released 1978 debut EP ""An Ideal for Living"" drew the attention of the Manchester television personality Tony Wilson, who signed them to his independent label"
"Justin Hayward, Mike Batt, Gary Barlow and Björn Ulvaeus. Phil Pickett Philip Stuart ""Phil"" Pickett is a double Ivor Novello Award-winning English composer, musician, vocal arranger, producer and artist manager. He is principally known as a songwriter and musician and for co-writing and recording Karma Chameleon one of the biggest hits of the 1980s era with Boy George and Culture Club during his tenure as keyboard player and backing vocalist for the group on every live performance throughout the world during the 1980s. Prior to this, Pickett co-founded hit-making pop band Sailor in 1973 which achieved considerable chart-topping success in"
"of Genesis, playing the drums. The brothers requested the help of Alan Parsons to produce the recording, which is not yet available. Words and Music by Graham Dye/Steven Dye - published by Sony/ATV Music Scarlet Party Scarlet Party was formed in Essex, England, in the early 1980s. The founder members were, singer/songwriters Graham Dye, and brother Steven Dye, with drummer Sean Heaphy. They began to perform at many top venues, to a well established following, and had already recorded an album of original material, and were signed to a major record company, when joined by fourth member, Mark Gilmour, brother"
"Phil Pickett Philip Stuart ""Phil"" Pickett is a double Ivor Novello Award-winning English composer, musician, vocal arranger, producer and artist manager. He is principally known as a songwriter and musician and for co-writing and recording Karma Chameleon one of the biggest hits of the 1980s era with Boy George and Culture Club during his tenure as keyboard player and backing vocalist for the group on every live performance throughout the world during the 1980s. Prior to this, Pickett co-founded hit-making pop band Sailor in 1973 which achieved considerable chart-topping success in the mid-1970s Glamrock period and with whom he still"
"Kitchens of Distinction Kitchens of Distinction (sometimes shortened colloquially to KOD) are an English three-person alternative rock band formed in Tooting, South London in 1986. They released four studio albums and a handful of singles and EPs before disbanding in 1996. In September 2012, Patrick Fitzgerald announced on his Stephen Hero Facebook page that he, along with original members Julian Swales and Dan Goodwin, were working on new material as Kitchens of Distinction. The reunited trio released their fifth studio album, their first since 1994, in late September 2013. Dan Goodwin (drums) met Julian Swales (guitar) at college in 1980,"
"Chameleon (British band) Chameleon was a vocal group founded in 1989 by Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Nigel Hess, and featuring former Swingle Singers member Olive Simpson (soprano), Lindsay John (alto), Jeremy Taylor (tenor), Michael Dore (baritone) and David Beavan (bass). They were best known for performing the theme tunes to several British television programmes, in particular ""Summer's Lease"", starring John Gielgud and Susan Fleetwood, and for their cover versions of popular folk music. Chameleon's debut album ""Saylon Dola"" won the Music Retailers Association award for ""Best MOR Vocal Album"" and was re-issued in 2005 to celebrate the group's 15th anniversary."
"Skinny Girl Diet Skinny Girl Diet is an unsigned independent British political punk band, often described as riot grrrl, formed in London, England. The group consists of singer, songwriter and guitarist Delilah Holliday and drummer Ursula Holliday. Sisters Delilah and Ursula Holliday had played together in a two piece called Typical Girls, before forming Skinny Girl Diet with their cousin Amelia Cutler around 2010 whilst all were in their early teens. The name is a reference to feminist critique of the dieting industry. Amelia left the band in 2017; the Holliday sisters continue as a two piece. Skinny Girl Diet"
"where she broke several ribs and severed her hand, and was rushed into emergency surgery. Mel B Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), also known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English television personality, singer and actress. Brown rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time. During the group's hiatus, Brown released her debut solo album ""Hot"". The album's lead single, ""I Want You Back"" charted"
"Punk Chef Scott Garthwaite (born January 22, 1980) also known by his chef name Punk Chef is a celebrity deaf chef, television presenter and social media entertainer from the North East of England, United Kingdom. He is also known for his on-screen personality with flamboyant vibrant hot pink hairstyle working for BSL Zone and BBC cooking programmes. Garthwaite was born and raised in Hartlepool in the North East of England. He was born hearing and at the age of 2 as he was diagnosed with meningitis that turned him deaf. He left his Deaf school in Middlesbrough with seven GCSE"
"to nearby Balloch, close to the banks of Loch Lomond. At school (Vale of Leven Academy) her nickname was ‘Spit the Dog’, after the character on the TV show ""Tiswas"". Sharleen was a hairdresser in Muirhead, North Lanarkshire, until Texas became her sole priority in 1988. Spiteri has a contralto vocal range. Spiteri's musical influences include the Clash (the main reason she plays a black Fender Telecaster), Blondie, Marvin Gaye and Prince. She is also a dedicated Diana Ross fan. Spiteri co-founded the band The band, composed of Spiteri, McElhone, McErlaine, Tony McGovern, Eddie Campbell, Michael Bannister and Neil Payne,"
"Neil Carlill Neil Carlill (born 20 March 1967 in Ripon, England), is an English singer, lyricist, poet, composer, and musician. He is known for his work with experimental and alternative rock bands including 1990s UK acts Delicatessen and Lodger, and more recently with bands and collaborations including Vedette, Shoosh, 5 Little Elephants, Me Me the Moth, Chicanery, and Three on a Match. His lyrics reflect the influence of DaDa and James Joyce, and his voice has a unique, multifaceted, ""strangely alluring"" character. Carlill founded the group Delicatessen in Leicester, England in 1993, and joined the British supergroup Lodger in 1998."
"of Director's Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, where it was critically well received. That year Grant Gee directed the band documentary ""Joy Division"". Studio albums Joy Division Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The band consisted of singer Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a Sex Pistols concert. While their early recordings were heavily influenced by early punk, they soon developed a unique style that made them one of the pioneers of the post-punk"
"Peter Hook Peter Hook (born Peter Woodhead; 13 February 1956) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the bassist and co-founder of English rock bands Joy Division and New Order. Hook formed the band which was to become Joy Division with Bernard Sumner in 1976. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis in 1980, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them until 2007. Hook has recorded one album with Revenge (""One True Passion""), two albums with Monaco (""Music for Pleasure"" and ""Monaco"") and one album with"
"2009 album ""Reality Killed The Video Star"", co-writing and co-producing ten of the tracks. Candy Flip Candy Flip were a British electronic dance band associated with the Madchester music scene in the early 1990s. They are best remembered for their cover version of The Beatles hit ""Strawberry Fields Forever"", which was a No. 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart. Candy Flip were named after ""candyflipping"", the slang term for the practice of taking ecstasy and LSD at the same time. The band was formed in 1990 by Danny Spencer (vocals, keyboards) and Ric Peet (keyboards). The band had a"
"Scarlett Stevens Scarlett Stevens is an Australian singer/drummer from the indie band San Cisco, The Flairz and grunge band Ghetto Crystals. She has performed on recordings by Bob Evans and Illy. She is the daughter of Phil Stevens, co-founder of Jarrah Records and manager of John Butler Trio and The Waifs. Stevens has been playing drums since she was ten years old, she started a garage rock band, the Flairz, at age eleven with a two friends, John and Dion Mariani (the son and nephew of Dom Mariani), both of whom played guitar, vocals and bass guitar. They played their"
"Scarlet (British band) Scarlet were a UK based pop duo from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They consisted of Cheryl Parker (vocalist, guitarist) and Jo Youle (pianist, keyboardist, vocalist). The group originally had a third member, Joanna Fox (flutist, vocalist) but she left before the band had any major success. Parker, Youle and Fox met at secondary school and started playing together locally around Hull as 'Cheap Day Return', along 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"
"Bardo (band) Bardo was a male/female pop music duo (Sally Ann Triplett and Stephen Fischer) formed to represent the United Kingdom in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""One Step Further"". Triplett, a children's TV presenter (""Crackerjack""), was previously a member of the UK's 1980 Eurovision act Prima Donna. Triplett is one of only four singers to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest twice; the others being Ronnie Carroll, Cliff Richard and Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz. Fischer was a singer and actor. On the day of the contest, Bardo were rated favourites to win"
"performance of Meat Loaf's ""Bat Out of Hell"" album from start to finish. In March 2015, the band released their first new single in almost 20 years, titled ""Cinderella"". All proceeds from the sale of the song were donated to the Jaime Wild Foundation in support for Jamie, who is a young woman challenged by motor neurone disease. Works cited Chocolate Starfish Chocolate Starfish are an Australian rock music group formed in 1992, before separating in 1998. By March 1993 the line-up was Zoran Romic on lead guitar, Adam Thompson on lead vocals, Darren Danielson on drums, Norman Falvo on"
"Mel B Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), also known as Mel B or Melanie B, is an English television personality, singer and actress. Brown rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 85 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time. During the group's hiatus, Brown released her debut solo album ""Hot"". The album's lead single, ""I Want You Back"" charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was included on the soundtrack for"
"Department S (band) Department S are a British post-punk/new wave band formed in 1980, who took their name from the 1960s TV series ""Department S"". Department S evolved from a previous punk/ska combo, Guns for Hire, fronted by Vaughn Toulouse and also featuring former Madness drummer John Hasler. Mike Herbage joined them on guitar and wrote Guns for Hire's only single, ""I'm Gonna Rough My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Up Tonight"", released on the Korova record label. The group then became Department S with the addition of bassist Tony Lordan, drummer Stuart Mizon and keyboardist Eddie Roxy (born Anthony Edward Lloyd-Barnes). They"
"Delicatessen (band) Delicatessen was an indie-rock group formed in Leicester, England in the early 1990s. They released three albums and four singles before splitting in 1998. Delicatessen was formed by Neil Carlill (vocals, guitar), Craig Bown (guitar, flute), Pete Capewell (bass) and Stuart Dayman (drums), taking their name from the French film. Signing to Starfish records, they debuted in October 1994 with the single ""Inviting Both Sisters To Dinner"", followed by ""C.F. Kane"" in April 1995. Debut album ""Skin Touching Water"" was released a month later. They headlined the little tent at Reading that summer, with Jonny Wood added on"
"Seafood (band) Seafood were a UK band formed in London around 1996. The line-up included chief songwriter David Line (vocals, guitar), Caroline Banks (drums and backing vocals) and Kevin Penney (guitars) who joined the band following the departure of founder-member Charles MacLeod. Bassist and founder member Kevin Hendrick left the group to join Pre/Male Bonding following the recording of their fourth album ""Paper Crown King"" in 2006, and was not permanently replaced. Cahir O'Doherty, from Fighting with Wire and Jetplane Landing, played bass on numerous tours. Seafood were formed on 31 August 1996 by David and Charles, who advertised for"
"1969. Chicken Shack, formed at the peak of the boom in 1965 by Stan Webb, were unusual in having a female vocalist and keyboard player in Christine Perfect. They had a British hit with Etta James' R&B classic ""I'd Rather Go Blind"" in 1969, before Perfect left to join her husband John McVie in Fleetwood Mac, but remained largely focused on blues standards. The band then suffered a series of line-up changes and, although managing a comeback on the club circuit, they never achieved another mainstream breakthrough and split up in 1973. The last years of the 1960s were, as"
"Scott & Charlene's Wedding Scott & Charlene's Wedding are an Australian indie rock band, formed in Melbourne in 2006. The band currently consists of singer-songwriter Craig Dermody, bassist Jack Farley and drummer Joe Alexander. Dermody has always seen the band as being a solo project, and that by 2013 there had been ""30 or 40 people in total"" in the band. The band's name is taken from the 1987 wedding between Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell on the soap opera ""Neighbours"". Dermody stated that ""I remember sitting down and watching it with my mum. I just watched it as a"
"Delia Smith Delia Ann Smith (born 18 June 1941) is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style. One of the best known celebrity chefs in British popular culture, Smith has influenced viewers to become more culinarily adventurous. She is also famous for her role as joint majority shareholder at Norwich City F.C. Her partner in the shareholding is her husband, Michael Wynn-Jones. In 2012 Smith was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles'"
"Phil Shoenfelt Phil Shoenfelt (born 18 December 1952 in Bradford, Great Britain) is an English musician and author who lived for many years in New York City and who now lives in Prague, Czech Republic. In New York, early 1980s, he founded together with Barry ""Scratchy"" Myers (tour DJ of The Clash) and Marcia Schofield (ex-keyboarder of The Fall) the post-punk band Khmer Rouge. From 1983-1984, Khmer Rouge was managed by noted photographer and Andy Warhol collaborator Nat Finkelstein. In 1989 his first solo EP, ""Charlotte's Room"", was released by Mark E. Smith's label Cog Sinister. The title track and"
"Dream"" in download-only format in September 2007. In 2018 Carol Decker was a contestant on ""Celebrity Masterchef"". T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her boyfriend at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs. Decker began dating restaurateur Richard Coates in 1996. They have two children, Scarlett (born 1998) and Dylan (born 2002), and married in 2006. That same year, Decker became a joint tenant of the Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row near Henley, which Coates had established. It closed in 2012. Carol Decker Carol Ann Decker (born 10 September 1957) is an English musician and lead"
"Mel and Sue Mel Giedroyc (born 15 June 1968) and Sue Perkins (born 22 September 1969), known collectively as Mel and Sue, are an English comedy double act best known for hosting the BAFTA Award-winning BBC One cookery series ""The Great British Bake Off"". Previously they hosted their lunchtime chat shows ""Light Lunch"" and ""Late Lunch"" on Channel 4. Mel and Sue met at a comedy gig in 1988 while both students at the University of Cambridge in England (Giedroyc at Trinity College and Perkins at New Hall) where both were members of the Footlights. They made their debut with"
"7 always kept their original pop roots, with songs such as ""Reach"", ""You"" and ""Say Goodbye"". S Club 7 S Club 7 were an English pop group from London created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller consisting of members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Tina Barrett. The group was formed in 1998 and quickly rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, ""Miami 7"". In their five years together, S Club 7 had four UK number-one singles, one UK number-one album, and a string of hits throughout Europe"