Michelle Lena "Shelly" Poole (born 20 March 1972, in

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, London, England) is an English songwriter and singer.

Career

Shelly Poole is the daughter of the 1960s recording artist

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, of

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. With her sister

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, she formed the band

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, and they released their debut album, '' Alisha Rules the World'', in 1996. The band secured a Brit nomination and an Ivor Novello nomination for writing the million-seller single ''I Am, I Feel,'' and two years later a Capitol Radio award for most played song for ''The Incidentals''. Alishas Attic were also one of Uk highlights of the Lilith Tour started by

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. After selling over one million records worldwide and having three top 20 albums, the duo split up in 2001, a year after ''

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'', their fourth album for

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, was released. Poole married

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, the lead guitarist from the Scottish band

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, in

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on 5 October 2001. Shelly Poole went on to achieve success writing songs and producing for other artists throughout the late nineties, and to the present day. In late 2008, Shelly formed the

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band

Red Sky July Red Sky July are a British Alternative country, alternative, Country music, country band, consisting of husband and wife Ally McErlaine (ex-Texas (band), Texas) and Shelly Poole (ex-Alisha's Attic) along with Charity Hair (The Alice Band and Th ...

, with McErlaine, and Charity Hair. Red Sky July were one of the first of a new wave of UK Country artists securing playlists on BBC Radio 2 and released three albums that entered the UK country charts in the top three. Poole signed to

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's publishing company, San Remo Live. After San Remo, Poole signed to Stage Three Music, then three years later to BMG as a writer. Poole is currently with Be Unique. . Shelly is also a guest in the band the Dark Flowers, a collective of writers and artists started by Paul Statham .

Recordings and songwriting

As a songwriter, Poole has written tracks for

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, Ward Thomas, Michael Gray,

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, and many more. Poole, along with Andy Hill, also wrote the single "I'll See You Again", for the album by

, ''

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''. Her

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, ''

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'', was released in September 2005 on the Transistor Project record label, and reached the Top 10 of the French and United Kingdom

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. Two songs from the album, "Anyday Now" and "Totally Underwater", were featured on an instore

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album in 2006. Included on the album were two

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with Jack Savoretti. She co wrote and sang on Michael Gray's dance release of 2006, " Borderline", which reached #12 on the

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and #3 on the

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club chart. In May 2006, Poole released " Lost in You". Her following release was "Totally Underwater", an EP, which included a

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of "Totally Underwater" by Andy Bradfield, and two tracks "One Kiss" and "What You Feel Like".

References

External links

*
official Shelly Poole websiteOfficial Red Sky July websiteRed Sky July Fan website
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