Enigma was a musical project by British producer and musician
Nigel Wright in the early 1980s. The recordings were by session musicians and singers who performed
medleys
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of popular disco tracks. In 1981, the
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
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"Ain't No Stopping" and "I Love Music" reached #11 and #25 on the
UK Singles Chart
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, respectively. They also released an
album
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, ''Ain't No Stoppin'', which reached #80 on the
UK Albums Chart
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in September 1981. Their releases were under the
Creole Records
Creole Records was a UK record label that found most of its success in the disco and reggae genres in the mid-1970s to early 1980s.
Bruce White and Tony Cousins, who used the collective pseudonym Bruce Anthony, originally set up Commercial ...
label
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.
Band members were Tino Rowe (vocals), Martin Jay (vocals and guitar),
Jill Saward
Jill Saward, also known by her married name Jill Drake (14 January 1965 – 5 January 2017) was an English campaigner on issues relating to sexual violence.
She was the victim of a violent robbery and rape in 1986 at a vicarage in Ealing, Lond ...
(vocals),
Tracy Ackerman
Tracy Ackerman is a British singer and songwriter. She works with several other British songwriters including Andy Watkins and Paul Wilson of Absolute and Mark Taylor. Ackerman has written for artists including Geri Halliwell, Cher, Boyzone, Tina ...
(as Tracy Lee Ackerman) (vocals), and Steve Underwood (bass guitar). Saward, Ackerman and Underwood all had associations with the band
Shakatak
Shakatak is an English jazz-funk band founded in 1980 by Nigel Wright and former Wigan Casino DJ Kev Roberts. Following an initial white label release 'Steppin', the band's name was derived from a record store in Soho, London Record Shack. I ...
, of which Wright was a member.
In 1987, Wright released one more single under this name before embarking on another remix project under the name
Mirage
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, which also scored a few hits over a brief period.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
English dance music groups
British disco groups
Medley music groups
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