Rose Elinor Dougall (born 13 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She was a member of
The Pipettes
The Pipettes were a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry. The group has released two albums, '' We Are The Pipettes'', and '' Earth vs. The Pipettes'' and released numerous singles to support ...
and has performed with
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Robbi ...
. She also performs and records as a solo artist.
Career
Dougall joined
The Pipettes
The Pipettes were a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry. The group has released two albums, '' We Are The Pipettes'', and '' Earth vs. The Pipettes'' and released numerous singles to support ...
in 2003 after being introduced to the initial line-up by
Monster Bobby
Monster Bobby (born Robert William Barry, 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the creator of and guitarist for the indie pop girl group The Pipettes.
Overview
In 2001, when Monster Bobby was just Bobby Barry, he starred in ''W ...
at The Basketmakers pub in
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
. With The Pipettes, Dougall took lead vocals on the singles "Judy" and "
Dirty Mind
''Dirty Mind'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was released on October 8, 1980, by Warner Bros. Records and produced entirely by Prince at his home studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota e ...
". During her time with The Pipettes, she also provided guest vocals for The Young Playthings,
Brakes
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Background ...
and Dr Colossus. On 18 April 2008, it was announced in a blog post on the band's Myspace that Dougall and bandmate
Rebecca Stephens had amicably left the band "to pursue other musical projects".
After her departure from
The Pipettes
The Pipettes were a British indie pop girl group formed in 2003 in Brighton by Robert "Monster Bobby" Barry. The group has released two albums, '' We Are The Pipettes'', and '' Earth vs. The Pipettes'' and released numerous singles to support ...
, Dougall pursued a solo career.
Her debut 7" "Another Version Of Pop Song" received praise from many quarters. Her second single, "Start/Stop/Synchro" was favorably reviewed in publications such as the ''
NME
''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a 'rock inkie', the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a f ...
'',
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog.
Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...
, ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'', ''
The Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...
'' and ''
Under The Radar''. Her third single, on digital download, was scheduled for release on 23 November 2009, the first to feature her live band The Distractions.
A CD release of her singles to date "Singles 1,2,3" was released in Japan on 9 December 2009. Her first solo album, ''Without Why'', was released on 30 August 2010.
Dougall is a vocalist and instrumentalist on
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Robbi ...
and the Business Intl's album ''
Record Collection
Record Collection may refer to:
* Record Collection (record label), a Los Angeles-based music studio
* ''Record Collection'' (album), a 2010 album by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
*"Record Collection", a song by Kaiser Chiefs on the 2019 album, ...
'' and co-wrote the last song on the album, "The Night Last Night". She appeared in a cameo on Ronson's video for "The Bike Song" and also with his band on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''. She has toured with Ronson, with her band also providing the support act.
Dougall appeared as a guest on
BBC 6 Music
BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music. BBC 6 Music was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years. It is available onl ...
's ''Roundtable'' on at least four occasions since September 2010.
In November 2016 she performed with the
Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in ...
at the
Royal Opera House
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in a production of
Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor, CBE (born 12 March 1970) is a multi award-winning British choreographer and director. He is the Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. McGregor was appointed Commander of the ...
's
Carbon Life
Wayne McGregor, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 12 March 1970) is a multi award-winning British choreographer and director. He is the Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. McGregor w ...
.
In April 2022, she announced on social media a new collaboration with
Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxon (born 12 March 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Cox ...
under the name
The Waeve
Personal life
Dougall was born in
Hampstead
Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...
in London, but raised in Brighton and attended
Camberwell College of Arts
Camberwell College of Arts is a public tertiary art school in Camberwell, in London, England. It is one of the six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. It offers further and higher education programmes, including postgra ...
as late as mid-2006, and as a student appeared uncredited on the
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
show ''
James May's Top Toys
''James May's Top Toys'' is a BBC documentary in which James May explored and celebrated his favourite toys, including Etch-A-Sketch, Airfix model aeroplanes, Lego, Meccano, Top Trumps, Scalextric, model cars, and Hornby model trains.
The show i ...
'' in December 2005, drawing the presenter on an
Etch A Sketch
Etch A Sketch is a mechanical drawing toy invented by André Cassagnes of France and subsequently manufactured by the Ohio Art Company. It is now owned by Spin Master of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
An Etch A Sketch has a thick, flat gray screen i ...
.
Her father, Alastair Dougall, is a singer-songwriter. She is the granddaughter of former
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*"Another Version of Pop Song" (December 2008)
*"Start/Stop/Synchro" (June 2009)
*"Fallen Over" (November 2009)
*"Find Me Out" (May 2010)
*"Stellular" (November 2016)
*"Space To Be" (April 2017)
*"First Sign" (January 2019)