"album, ""F.L.M."" (1987) spent 25 weeks on the UK chart and was certified platinum in the UK. Appleby died in Westminster, London, of cancer following treatment for metastatic paraganglioma on 18 January 1990. She died at the age of 23 and is buried in East Finchley Cemetery. Melanie Appleby Melanie Susan ""Mel"" Appleby (11 July 1966 – 18 January 1990) was one half of the 1980s English duo Mel and Kim. They had a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in March 1987, with the song ""Respectable"". Appleby was born in Hackney, London, to a Jamaican father and"
"further singles, ""Light of the World"" [#41, 1993], ""Breakaway"" [#56, 1993], and ""Free Spirit"" [#51, 1994]. A download-only single called ""High"" was released in 2007. Mel and Kim Mel and Kim were a British pop duo, consisting of sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby. Originally managed by Alan Whitehead, they achieved success between 1986 and 1988, before Melanie, who had been diagnosed with cancer, died in January 1990 at the age of 23. The duo reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with their 1987 single ""Respectable"", which also topped the US dance chart. They had three other UK Top"
"Respectable (The Rolling Stones song) ""Respectable"" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1978 album ""Some Girls"". It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In the liner notes to the 1993 compilation album """" (on which it was included), Jagger said, ""It's important to be somewhat influenced by what's going on around you and on the Some Girls album, I think we definitely became more aggressive because of the punk thing..."" Recorded from October through December 1977, ""Respectable"" was originally written by Mick Jagger to be a slower song, but guitarist Richards saw the advantages of"
"model). Their third single ""F.L.M."" reached number seven in the UK, while their final single ""That's the Way It Is"" reached number ten, giving them an unbroken run of top ten hits in the UK. In February 1988, they were nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act at the Brit Awards, losing out to Wet Wet Wet. In December 1985, prior to the duo's success, Mel was treated for malignant paraganglioma, a form of cancer, on her liver. By January 1987, Mel was experiencing back problems, delaying the filming of the ""Respectable"" music video. During a promotional visit to Japan in"
"track's hip-hop groove, promising extensive exposure here at both club and radio levels."" UK CD UK 7"" US CD Unbelievable (EMF song) Unbelievable is a song written and recorded by British band EMF, originally appearing on their debut album ""Schubert Dip"". It was released as a single in the UK in 1990, peaking in the UK Singles Chart at number three on 1 December 1990. It was the 32nd best-selling single of 1990 in the UK. In the United States, it hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1991. The song contains samples of US comedian Andrew Dice"
"Unbelievable (EMF song) Unbelievable is a song written and recorded by British band EMF, originally appearing on their debut album ""Schubert Dip"". It was released as a single in the UK in 1990, peaking in the UK Singles Chart at number three on 1 December 1990. It was the 32nd best-selling single of 1990 in the UK. In the United States, it hit number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1991. The song contains samples of US comedian Andrew Dice Clay throughout the track, including the loud exclamation of ""oh!"" at the start of each chorus along with the"
"1997-1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour was released on the album ""No Security"". The Stones were joined on stage by John Mayer to play a live version during their 50 and Counting Tour on 13 December 2012 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Canadian band Les Respectables take their band name from this song and they were Rolling Stones fans. Respectable (The Rolling Stones song) ""Respectable"" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1978 album ""Some Girls"". It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In the liner notes to the 1993 compilation album """""
"had two iconic music videos for ""Addicted to Love"" and ""Simply Irresistible"". The Bee Gees 1987 single ""You Win Again"" reached number one, making them first group to score a UK #1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Other British artists who achieved success in the pop charts in the 80s included Paul McCartney, Elton John, Culture Club, The Fixx, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Kate Bush, Billy Idol, Paul Young, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Billy Ocean, Tears for Fears, UB40, Madness and Sade. In 1988, Irish singer Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career with"
"the single was a phenomenal success in the UK, immediately entering at the number one position on 10 June 1984 and staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single ""Relax"" climbed back up the charts to number two. It was the longest running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. It has sold 1.58 million copies in the UK as of November 2012. Songwriters Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2015 the song was voted by"
"songs, particularly ""Respectable"", were fast, basic, guitar-driven rock and roll, and the album's success re-established the Rolling Stones' immense popularity among young people. It reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in the US. Following the US Tour 1978, the band guested on the first show of the fourth season of the TV series ""Saturday Night Live"". Following the success of ""Some Girls"", the band released their next album ""Emotional Rescue"" in mid-1980. During recording sessions for the album, a rift between Jagger and Richards was slowly developing. Richards wanted to tour in the summer or autumn of"
"Simply Irresistible (song) ""Simply Irresistible"" is the first single released by English rock singer Robert Palmer from the 1988 studio album ""Heavy Nova"" and is presented in one of the most distinctive and memorable music videos of the 1980s. In 1988, the song reached #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart (behind ""Sweet Child o' Mine"" by Guns N' Roses) and was #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for three weeks. It also earned Palmer his second Grammy Award the following year, and the song was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Single. Along"
"1987 (only their 1989 greatest hits compilation, ""Choices - The Singles Collection"", fared better, getting to No. 5). It was also their only album which spawned four UK Top 75 singles. The popular opening track, ""It Doesn't Have to Be This Way"", proved to be their most successful single ever, reaching No. 5 in the UK. The album's other three singles were: the suggestive ballad ""Out With Her"" (No. 30); ""Some Kind of Wonderful"" (No. 67); ""(Celebrate) The Day After You"". The last of these was a duet with Curtis Mayfield, which was remixed for the single version, enhancing the"
"we do it..."" ""Respectable"" was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 15 September 1978, where it peaked at no. 23 on the UK Singles Chart, at that time their lowest-charting official single in the UK. A memorable music video, which was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, was made for the single, featuring a more ""punk"" Stones on display. A still from this video—with departed bassist Bill Wyman edited out—was used as the cover for the band's 2005 compilation album ""Rarities 1971–2003"". It also appeared on later compilations such as ""Jump Back"", and ""GRRR!"" A live version from their"
"Spacedust Spacedust were the British production duo of Paul Glancy and Duncan Glasson. They had a number one hit single in the UK Singles Chart in 1998 with a song entitled ""Gym and Tonic"". The track was a cover of Bob Sinclar's single ""Gym Tonic"".<br>A full release of Sinclar's original song was refused by Jane Fonda, who was sampled on the record. The music video, despite being made in the late 1990s, was made to look cheap even though it cost over £10,000. It regularly features on VH1's ""worst videos"" lists. After this number one, they released a further hit"
"cover of 'Shocking Blue's' Venus. The track became a huge hit in the UK and went to No. 1 in America in July 1986. Bananarama would continue to enjoy success with SAW with hits such as Love in the First Degree, I Heard a Rumour and I Want You Back. In 1986 Mel and Kim's first single 'Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend) went to number 3 in the UK charts and their follow-up Respectable reached number 1. In 1987 Rick Astley recorded what would be one of the team's biggest hits-Never Gonna Give You Up, though initially Stock"
"single, but they and the producers were unhappy with it, and it became the ""B-side"" of their first release ""Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"", which reached number three on the British charts in 1986. It was a minor hit in America peaking at #78, but did peak at #1 on the Dance Chart there. Their next single ""Respectable"" reached number one in Britain. They became well-known celebrities in Europe, particularly in Britain, and were known for their visual style which combined urban street wear with high fashion (prior to their music career Mel had worked as a glamour"
"June 1988 with ""Wow!"" (1987), and earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for ""Love in the First Degree"", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single ""Nathan Jones"". Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one ""Stay"" (1992). She was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. This line-up had UK top five hits with ""I Want You Back"" (1988) and The Beatles track ""Help!"" (1989), recorded with comedy duo French and Saunders for the charity Comic Relief. In 1989 they embarked on their first world tour."
"Unbelievable (Diamond Rio song) ""Unbelievable"" is a song written by Jeffrey Steele and Al Anderson, and recorded by American country music band Diamond Rio. It was released in October 1998 as the second single and title track from their album also titled ""Unbelievable"". The song was Diamond Rio's 21st single on the country music charts, and their first entry on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Deborah Evans Price, of ""Billboard"" magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the lyric is fun and the track ""sparkles with the band's musicianship, from the frisky piano to the infectious guitar work."" She also says"
"language, so that they could refer to any gender. ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant (lead vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, vocals). Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by ""The Guinness Book of Records"". Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles, 22 of them Top"
"2010. Disc one Disc two F.L.M. (album) F.L.M. is the first and only studio album by British pop duo Mel and Kim. It was written and produced by Stock/Aitken/Waterman and peaked at #3 on the UK Albums Chart in 1987. It contains the UK top ten hits ""Showing Out"", ""Respectable"" and ""F.L.M."", and was certified platinum, remaining on the charts for 25 weeks. The album also peaked at #16 in Germany, #4 in Switzerland, #12 in the Netherlands, #20 in Sweden, #7 in Norway, #2 in Australia, and #2 in New Zealand. In the UK, the LP was issued with"
"chart for one week. Genesis became the first group and foreign act to achieve this feat, equalling the five singles record set by Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Madonna. Genesis commissioned the creators of the satirical British television show ""Spitting Image"", Peter Fluck and Roger Law, to make puppets of them in the style of the show for the video of ""Land of Confusion"". The Invisible Touch Tour was the band's largest world tour in its history which included 112 dates from September 1986 to July 1987. Genesis received some criticism in their decision to have Michelob beer as a"
"and most of them were also released as singles, the most successful ones including ""It Doesn't Have to Be This Way"" (which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1987, their highest position ever), and ""Digging Your Scene"" (climbing to Number 12 in 1986, this song represented their first British, American and worldwide hit, also making it to Number 14 in the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, Number 7 in the US Hot Dance Club Play, and Number 25 in Germany). Another Top Ten track was the smash hit ""Wait"", a duet which got to Number 7, and was"
"were the duo Wham! with an unusual mix of disco, soul, ballads and even rap, who had eleven top ten hits in the UK, six of them number ones, between 1982 and 1986. George Michael released his debut solo album, ""Faith"" in 1987, and would go on to have seven UK number one singles. The 1985 concert Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium would see some of the biggest British artists of the era perform, with Queen stealing the show. Bonnie Tyler had major hits with ""Total Eclipse of the Heart"" and ""Holding Out for a Hero"", while Robert Palmer's"
"band in their sailor suits, and the tracks ""Some Girls"" and ""Respectable"" - a still from the latter was used in 2005 as the cover for Rolling Stones ""Rarities"" and Putland also had the original ""Respectable"" 1978 single cover. Also published are shots of Mick Taylor; a candid set of the band backstage at The New York Palladium with the McCartneys; Bianca Jagger; and an extensive number of images of the band both onstage and off during the 1970s and 1980s. Putland lived and worked in New York City from 1977 to 1984, during which period he photographed extensively for"
"the Berlin-based punk-jazz band The Magoo Brothers on their album ""Beyond Believable"", released on the Bouncing Corporation label in 1988. The song was written by Paul Bonin and Melanie Hickford, who both grew up and lived in the area. <br>In 1997, ""Metroland"" was the title and setting for a movie starring Christian Bale about the development of the relationship between a husband and wife living in the area. The movie was based on the novel of the same name written by Julian Barnes.<br> Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark recorded a song ""Metroland"" on the English Electric album. It was released"
"and then fall down the chart. In May, Robson & Jerome became the first British act to reach number 1 with ""Unchained Melody"", after having sung the song on the ITV programme ""Soldier Soldier"". In May, music featured in an advertising campaign for Guinness reached number 2 – mambo tune ""Guaglione"" by Pérez Prado was a massive hit and the advert featured on an accompanying screensaver. This was also the year which saw Britpop at its most popular. A highly publicised chart battle in August saw Oasis and Blur battling it out for the number 1 position, having both released"
"that July. It ranked No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Year-End Top Pop Singles of 1987, behind ""Walk Like An Egyptian"" by The Bangles. It is also their most successful single in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, so far as the band's only ever song to peak inside the UK Top 5; it is also one out of three UK Top 10 singles by the band. The song was also a big global hit, reaching No. 1 in Canada, the top five in Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland, the top ten in Australia,"
"Their only entry to the UK charts came in 1986, when ""Happy Together"" reached Number 99 on the singles chart. Sophie and Peter Johnston Sophie and Peter Johnston are a British brother and sister synthpop duo originally from Newcastle upon Tyne. They caught the attention of BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel in the 1980s and performed the theme music for the UK music television series ""TX45"", an offshoot from ""The Tube"". In 1983, the radio session track (not a single until 1986) ""Television Satellite"" was included as number 37 in Peel's Festive Fifty, an end-of-year chart compiled from"
"Erasure Erasure () are an English synthpop duo, consisting of singer and songwriter Andy Bell and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. They formed in London in 1985 as part of the club scene. Their debut single was ""Who Needs Love Like That"". With their fourth single, ""Sometimes"", the duo established themselves on the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of the most successful artists of the late 1980s to mid-1990s. Their highest charting US single (on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100) was their 1988 single ""Chains of Love"", which hit #12 on the chart. They also had Top 20 US hits with"
"Robson & Jerome Robson & Jerome are an English pop duo who were active in the mid-1990s, consisting of actors Robson Green and Jerome Flynn, who rose to prominence via British television series ""Soldier Soldier"". The duo's musical catalogue is composed entirely of covers. They released a version of ""Unchained Melody"" which stayed at number 1 for 7 weeks on the UK Chart, selling more than 1.8 million copies and becoming the best-selling single of 1995. They had two further number-one singles produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken – ""I Believe"" (1995) and ""What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"" (1996)"
"Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant (lead vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, vocals). Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by ""The Guinness Book of Records"". Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles, 22 of them Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: ""West End Girls"" (also number one on"
"1987. Their best-selling album is 1987's ""Man of Colours"", which contained the Australian hit singles ""Crazy"" which peaked at No. 4 in July, ""Electric Blue"", co-written by Davies and John Oates of U.S. band Hall & Oates, peaked at No. 1 in October, ""My Obsession"" No. 12 in December, ""Man of Colours"" No. 28 in February 1988 and ""Nothing Too Serious"" No. 29 in May 1988. It was the first Australian album to have five singles charting in the top 30, it remained at No. 1 on the Australian album charts for eleven weeks and has sold over 700,000 copies."
"(1983) Eurythmics' ""Missionary Man"" (1986), and Steve Winwood ""Roll With It"" (1988). For the first time since the 1960s there were also significant acts who specialised in soul. These included George Michael, who reinvented himself a white soul singer with the multi-Platinum ""Faith"" album (1987). Also significant were Sade, Swing Out Sister, Simply Red and toward the end of the decade Lisa Stansfield and Soul II Soul. Soul II Soul's breakthrough R&B hits ""Keep on Movin'"" and ""Back to Life"" in 1989 have been seen as opening the door to the mainstream for black British soul and R&B performers. A"