Yell! was a British
pop duo who had a hit single in 1990 with a cover of "
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Overview
Yell! consisted of singers
Daniel James and
Paul Varney. In 1989, they both met manager Jeff Chegwin and decided to form the group. They were signed by
Simon Cowell
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to
Fanfare Records
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. The group's first single, a cover version of
Dan Hartman
Daniel Earl Hartman (December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994) was an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Among songs he wrote and recorded were " Free Ride" as a member of the Edgar Winter Group, and the solo hits ...
's 1970s hit, "
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", was produced by Nigel Wright and re-mixed by Pete Hammond from
PWL.
In January 1990, it entered the
UK singles chart
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and peaked at No.10 in February, giving the duo attention from the pop press. The group then embarked on a promotional tour of
Europe
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.
Daniel James had previously been known as
Colin Heywood
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and he had been a Children's
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presenter who had presented the live magazine show 'But First This'. He had also appeared as a contestant in the BBC's
drama series 'Henry's Leg'.
Their follow-up releases "One Thing Leads to Another" released in June 1990 reached number 81, and a cover of "
) released in September 1990 reached number 78.
called ''Let's Go!'' which contained 3 ballads written by Daniel James. Soon after this, the duo went their separate ways. Daniel signed a publishing deal with
and recorded an album. After this Daniel returned to his acting roots and appeared in an Off-
play. He played a CSI in an episode of the NBC series Passions. He also played a rock drummer in the American Web Series 'Apartment for Eight'. In the UK he had a role in an episode of the BBC long running series Eastenders. Other UK TV roles include guest lead roles in
. Varney went on to release some solo singles which proved unsuccessful and then composed the UK entry for the
".