Beverley Craven

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Beverley Craven
  DE 38 07/22/1991 (14 weeks)
  CH 10 07/07/1991 (15 weeks)
  UK 3 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
03/02/1991 (52 weeks)
Love scenes
  UK 4th 
gold
gold
10/09/1993 (13 weeks)
Mixed emotions
  UK 46 06/12/1999 (2 weeks)
Change of Heart
  UK 90 09/13/2014 (1 week)
Woman to Woman (with Judie Tzuke & Julia Fordham)
  UK 42 11/08/2018 (1 week)
Singles
Holding On (1991 re-release)
  UK 32 02/16/1991 (9 weeks)
Promise Me
  UK 3 
silver
silver
04/06/1991 (14 weeks)
Woman to Woman
  DE 55 07/15/1991 (10 weeks)
  UK 40 05/10/1991 (5 weeks)
Memories
  UK 68 07/12/1991 (2 weeks)
Love scenes
  UK 34 09/25/1993 (4 weeks)
Mollie's song
  UK 61 11/20/1993 (2 weeks)
Winner Takes It All
  UK 77 02/26/1994 (2 weeks)

Beverley Craven (born July 28, 1963 in Colombo , Ceylon ) is a British singer and songwriter.

Life

Her parents returned to England a short time after she was born. Her mother was a violinist and through her guidance she began playing the piano at the age of seven. As a teenager she was also a successful swimmer and competed in the British championships. At the age of 19 she tried a career in London. While she was looking for a suitable band and was earning money as a waitress, she wrote her own songs.

After touring Europe with Bobby Womack as a background singer in the late 1980s , she successfully released a solo record in 1990 with the support of Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks from Fairport Convention and producer Paul Samwell-Smith . The album named after her reached number 3 in Great Britain and stayed in the charts for a full year. The first single from it, Promise Me , also became a number 3 hit. With Woman to Woman , Beverley Craven was once able to enter the German charts. In 1992 she was voted the best British newcomer. However, while there were no further big single successes, the second album Love Scenes could still conquer number 4 in 1993. After that, no one heard from her for a long time before she returned to the charts in 1999 with the album Mixed Emotions .

She was married to the English songwriter Colin Campsie, and together the couple have three daughters Mollie (* 1992), Brenna (* 1995) and Connie (* 1996). In 2012, Beverley Craven split from Colin Campsie. In her autobiography Truth Be told , published in 2012, Beverley Craven writes in great detail about the background and about her musical career.

In 2004, Promise Me was covered by Lutricia McNeal and reached the German charts (# 86). The title also forms the basis of Scooter's single 4 AM . Another cover version was released in 2013 with Tabea.

In 2005 Craven developed breast cancer.

Discography

Albums

  • 1990: Beverley Craven
  • 1993: Love Scenes
  • 1999: Mixed Emotions
  • 2009: Close to Home
  • 2014: Change of Heart

Compilations

  • 2004: The Very Best Of
  • 2005: Legends (3 CDs)
  • 2011: Promise Me: The Best Of

Singles

  • 1990: Woman to Woman
  • 1990: Holding On
  • 1990: Joey
  • 1991: Promise Me
  • 1991: Woman to Woman
  • 1991: Memories
  • 1991: You're Not the First
  • 1993: Love Scenes
  • 1993: Mollie's Song
  • 1994: The Winner Takes It All
  • 1999: I Miss You
  • 2004: Lady Advertiser (Rob Cowen feat.Beverley Craven)
  • 2009: Rainbows
  • 2014: You Belong to Someone Else

Video albums

  • 2003: Live in Concert

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ 90s Singer Beverley Craven on Recovering From Breast Cancer | Loose women. Retrieved on February 10, 2020 (German).

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personal data
SURNAME Craven, Beverley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Colombo , Ceylon