Sophie and Peter Johnston are a British brother and sister

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duo originally from

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. They caught the attention of

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in the 1980s and performed the theme music for the UK music television series ''TX45'', an offshoot from ''The Tube''. In 1983, the radio session track (not a single until 1986) "Television Satellite" was included as number 37 in Peel's

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, an end-of-year chart compiled from votes from listeners to his radio shows - the first track not to be commercially available to make the chart. Their only entry to the charts came in 1986, when "Happy Together" reached number 99 on the

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Discography

Albums

* ''Sophie and Peter Johnston'' (1986)

Singles

* "Losing You" (1985) * "Happy Together" (1986) – UK No. 99 * "Television Satellite" (1987) * "Torn Open" (1987)

References

External links

Website

discography

Sophie and Peter Johnston performing "Some Sunny Day" on ''TX45'' - via AOL Video
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