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▸ Another snapshot of an #80s moment
▸ Pepsi & Shirlie were an English pop #duo group formed in London in 1985, which released two albums, All Right Now in 1987 and Change in 1991.
▸ Their debut single "Heartache" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart
▸ 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 #georgemichael backing vocalists.
▸ Holliman's original singing partner, Dee C. Lee, had earlier left the group to join the Style Council and later married its lead vocalist Paul Weller
▸ Although DeMacque had ambitions to be a solo performer after Wham!, Holliman convinced her that it would be best to proceed as a duo.
▸ In 1987, they released their debut single "Heartache", which was produced by Phil Fearon and Tambi Fernando and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
▸ "Heartache" also peaked at number two on the American dance charts.
▸ Although featuring a credit for super producers #stockaitkenwaterman #saw on many pressings of the single, "Heartache" was never worked on by the trio - with all additional production work and remixing done by Pete Hammond on behalf of Pete Waterman.
▸ The follow-up single, "Goodbye Stranger", produced by Fernando and Hammond, reached No. 9.
▸ Subsequent singles and their debut album All Right Now, released later in the year, were commercially unsuccessful.
▸ During this era, the act's tours included a concert performed in Amman, Jordan.
▸ In 1991, they returned with the album Change and its lead single "Someday", a song produced by George Michael. ▸ Holliman recalled Michael writing the song from scratch during the recording session, after accepting her request to help out with their comeback.
▸ Both the album and the single went unnoticed, not even charting in the UK.
▸ DeMacque worked with Michael again in 1995, when the two pseudonymously released a cover of the #deadoralive classic "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" under the name Infamy.
▸ Pepsi & Shirlie returned in 2000 to record their backing vocals on #spicegirls #gerihalliwell UK number one hit "Bag It Up".
▸ The duo also re-united for the "Here & Now 10th Anniversary tour" starting on 24 June 2011.
▸ Their memoir It's All in Black and White was published by Welbeck in September 2021
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