Joe Roberts is an English

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/ dance singer, active in the 1990s. Prior to Roberts starting to record with business and life-partner

Melanie Williams Melanie Williams (born 28 October 1964) is a British singer. She sang on the hit single " Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" alongside the Manchester-based electronic group Sub Sub. Career Williams was a friend of Sub Sub at the time, and the band, s ...

, he also had solo hits with "Lover", "Back in My Life" and " Adore", originally by

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on his '' Sign “☮” the Times'' album. Together with Williams, Roberts

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You Are Everything "You Are Everything" is a soul song written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed and originally recorded by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. The Stylistics version An R&B ballad, it was the sixth track from their 1971 debut self-titled albu ...

", previously recorded by

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and later covered by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye. The 1995 single "Happy Days" with

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performed well on the

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, peaking at No. 8.

Discography

Albums

*''Looking for the Here and Now'' (1993),

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Singles

* "Love Is Energy" (1992) * "Back in My Life" (1993) – UK No. 59 * "Lover" (1994) – UK No. 22 * "Back in My Life" (re-issue) (1994) – UK No. 39 * " Adore" (1994) – UK No. 45 * "Come Together" (1994) * "

" (1995) – UK No. 28 † * "Happy Days" (1996) – UK No. 63 ‡ * "U Got the Love" (1997) ‡ †

and Joe Roberts
‡

featuring Joe Roberts

References

External links

Joe Roberts discography at Discogs
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English male singers English dance musicians English soul singers Musicians from Manchester FFRR Records artists {{England-musician-stub