Harriet (born Harriet Roberts, 1966,

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)Joel Whitburn, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits''. 7th edn, 2000 is an English

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. She released two

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, "Woman to Man" and "Temple of Love", in 1990, on EastWest/

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. "Temple of Love" cracked the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1991, peaking at #39. Her single also reached #14 on the US ''

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. Harriet released an

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, ''Woman To Man'' on

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, but is remembered only as a

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in the US. In 1991, Harriet took part in the Italian Song Festival in San Remo with the

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version of the song "In questa città" (written by

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and performed in

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). The English version was titled, "All That We Are". She co-wrote the song " Whatever You Need" with Russ Courtenay for

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's 1999 album, '' Twenty Four Seven''. In 2014, she released the digital album ''Reality'' containing ten tracks, under the name Harriet Roberts.

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