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Scooch
Scooch is a British pop group, comprising performers Natalie Powers, Caroline Barnes, David Ducasse and Russ Spencer. Scooch represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with their song "Flying the Flag (For You)", finishing joint 22nd out of 24 entries after receiving 19 points in the final. The song reached number 5 in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart on 13 May 2007 after having been available for download for two months before that. Formation Auditions for an "all-singing, all-dancing pop group" were held between autumn 1997 and spring 1998 in front of the songwriters and producers Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and future manager Steve Crosby. Heidi Range auditioned for the group but was declined after it was revealed she was only 14 years old. The final foursome was formed in October 1998. For the first few months the group were kept low-key and spent time on their image and sound. The group's name comes from a term used to ask someone to move up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Powers
Natalie Powers is an English singer. She is the lead vocalist of the pop group Scooch, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Early career Natalie Powers began acting at the age of seven when she played the youngest orphan in the first run of the hit musical ''Annie''. Natalie was brought up with her two brothers in Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. Natalie's parents, Peter and Gloria, recognised her talent and took her to audition for the lead role in ''Annie''. Natalie toured around the country and between the ages of seven and 14 she starred in a number of musicals and pantomimes. Natalie left school at 16 and moved to London to further her study. Upon leaving college, Natalie moved into the West End to take a principal role in ''Starlight Express'' at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. She later appeared alongside Kim Wilde in ''Tommy'' at the Shaftesbury Theatre before returning to ''Starlight''. Scooch It was during this period that Natalie spotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Sure (Scooch Song)
"For Sure" is a pop song written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Steve Crosby and performed by British musical group Scooch. With production helmed by Stock and Aitken, "For Sure" was released on 24 July 2000 as the fourth single from Scooch's 2000 debut album, ''Four Sure'', which was issued two weeks later. Caroline Barnes performs lead vocals on the song, describing how she communicates with her love interest during each day of the week except Sunday. Upon the song's release, music critics responded positively to its composition but questioned the frequent vocoder usage. "For Sure" debuted and peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart on 30 July 2000, becoming the group's last charting single until "Flying the Flag (For You)" in 2007. The song's music video features Scooch in a restaurant discussing Barnes' week, following along with the song's lyrics. Composition "For Sure" possess a different sound than the band's usual work, having been described as a "Hi-NRG flamenco" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying The Flag (For You)
"Flying the Flag (For You)" is a song performed by British pop music, pop/bubblegum dance group Scooch. The official single version was available from 30 April 2007 and was released as a physical CD single in the following week, on 7 May 2007. The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at No. 5 and peaked at this position. It also charted in Ireland at number 48. The song was entered in and won the British national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, ''Making Your Mind Up (TV series), Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up'', and subsequently represented the in the contest, held in Helsinki, Finland. The song came joint 22nd with a total of 19 points, the same score as . Song information Scooch had reformed in hope of performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and the song was specifically written for the contest; Eurovision rules state that the song must be an original composition and released no more than seven months before the contest. Spencer, as the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Than I Needed To Know
"More Than I Needed to Know" is a song by British pop group Scooch. The song was written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Steve Crosby and was produced by the former two. The song was released on 10 January 2000 as the group's second single from their debut album, ''Four Sure'' (2000), and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart the same month, becoming the band's highest-charting single in their home country. It also reached number 50 in Ireland and number 62 in the Netherlands. A music video made for the song features the four band members searching for pieces of their logo. Critical reception ''Music Week'' referred to "More Than I Needed to Know" as a "bright and breezy pop tune". Can't Stop the Pop named the song as Scooch's best single, calling it "killer", describing it as "dancefloor heartbreak", and noting the contrast of the song's wistful lyrics with its upbeat production, but criticised the international cover artwork, calling it a "Photoshop disaster". British c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Spencer
Russell Spencer (born 1st March 1980) he is an English singer and television presenter. Scooch Originally formed in 1998, Spencer first gained prominence as a member of pop group Scooch who signed to EMI and gained four top twenty hits including their top five single "More Than I Needed to Know", as well as the album ''Four Sure''. Worldwide, Scooch scored number one singles in Japan and Australia, although were dropped by EMI and disbanded after the disappointing sales of ''Four Sure'' in 2000. In 2007, Scooch reformed after seven years to participate on '' Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up'', a BBC television contest to determine the United Kingdom's entry in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Finland. They were chosen as the UK's entry, beating, amongst others, Justin Hawkins and Brian Harvey. Russ co-wrote the song "Flying the Flag (For You)", signed to Warner Bros. Records and released the song to the UK chart. The UK Eurovision entry automatically goes to the final, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Range
Heidi India Partakis ( Range; born 23 May 1983) is an English singer, best known as a former member of the girl group Sugababes. She was an original member of girl group Atomic Kitten, although she left the group before they released any material. In 2001, Range replaced Siobhán Donaghy of the Sugababes and had accumulated six UK number-one singles as well as two number-one studio albums with the group before the line-up at the time disbanded in 2011. Since then, Range has concentrated on theatre work and motherhood. History 1997–2001: Early career In 1997, Range auditioned for a part in the group Scooch, but was rejected as she was too young. Instead, she joined Atomic Kitten, a girl group founded by OMD frontman Andy McCluskey, along with Liz McClarnon and Kerry Katona. She recorded several demos for the group's debut album. In 1999, after 8 months of recording with Atomic Kitten, Range decided to leave the group after being offered a solo deal by Stock Aitken Waterma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX
''DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix'' is the 6th game in the ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series of music video games. It was released in the arcades by ''Konami'' on October 19, 2001, and for the PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002, in Japan. ''6thMix'' contains a total of 42 songs, all which made their first arcade appearance on this release. 11 of these songs debuted in various console releases prior to ''6thMix''. All arcade songs from ''Dance Dance Revolution'' to ''Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix'' were removed in ''6thMix'', although many of the Konami originals from those games would later be revived in future arcade releases. Gameplay The interface used is a recoloring and smoothing of the song wheel interface first introduced in ''Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix'', with the addition of changeable sort settings and a longer time limit. Core gameplay remained mostly the same on ''6thMix'' and ''7thMix'', with the addition of Freeze Arrows and a new scoring system: Freeze Arrows ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Stock (musician)
Michael Stock (born 3 December 1951) is an English songwriter, record producer, musician, and member of the songwriting and production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. He has written and/or produced 18 No. 1 records in America and the UK, over a hundred top-40 hits and is recognised as one of the most successful songwriters of all time by the ''Guinness Book of Records''. As part of Stock Aitken and Waterman in the 1980s and 90s, he holds the UK record of 11 number one records with different acts. In the UK Singles Chart he has written 54 top-ten hits including 7 number ones. Biography Stock was born in Margate, Kent, England in 1951 and grew up in Swanley, Kent. He attended White Oak primary school and Swanley comprehensive school. At Swanley school he was involved in several school variety productions. He was self-taught in playing the piano and guitar and began writing songs at the age of seven. Inspired by The Beatles he soon became fixated with pop music and put together his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle), the contest was held at the Hartwall Areena, and consisted of a semi-final on 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2007. The two live shows were presented by Finnish television presenter Jaana Pelkonen and musician and TV-host Mikko Leppilampi. In addition, Krisse Salminen acted as guest host in the green room, and reported from the crowds at the Helsinki Senate Square, Senate Square. Forty-two countries participated in the contest - three more than the previous record of thirty-nine, that took part in . The EBU decided to put aside its limit of 40 countries, which would have meant excluding some countries using a ranking order scheme. The Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest, Czech R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Aitken
Matthew James Aitken (born 25 August 1956) is an English songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s and early 1990s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. Biography He began his musical career as a musician and was a member of many different bands before teaming up with Mike Stock to write and produce music for other artists. They both later teamed up with Pete Waterman, and they went from small independent record labels to the major RCA Records, producing a myriad of hits. According to Waterman, Aitken was a noted perfectionist, particularly when it came to his guitar solos. After the partnership split up in 1991, Aitken went into a period of retirement, raising his daughters Isabelle and Romy, and pursuing hobbies such as auto racing. He later returned to the music industry in 1994 -- partnering with Mike Stock once again and having success with acts such as Nicki French, Scooch, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B*Witched
B*Witched are an Irish girl group consisting of twin sisters Edele and Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou and Sinéad O'Carroll. Originally active between 1997 and 2002, they enjoyed success in both Europe and North America between 1998 and 2002, releasing two albums and eight singles, all of which made the UK Top 20. Their first four singles, "C'est la Vie", "Rollercoaster", " To You I Belong" and "Blame It on the Weatherman", all reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. In 2002, having sold over 3 million albums worldwide, B*Witched were dropped by their record company. Soon afterwards, when O'Carroll decided to leave, the group split up. In 2006, the Lynch sisters formed a group, Ms. Lynch, frequently performing B*Witched material at live shows. On 18 October 2012, it was announced that B*Witched would reunite for the ITV2 reality-documentary series ''The Big Reunion'', along with other pop groups of their time, including Liberty X, Five, Honeyz and Atomic Kitten. The show fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
