East 17

East 17 (E-17)
East 17 - promotional tour in Cologne 2012
General information
Genre (s)	pop
founding	1992, 2006
resolution	1999
Current occupation
singing	John Hendy
singing	Terence Mark Coldwell
singing	Robbie Craig
former members
singing	Brian Harvey
singing	Blair Dreelan
singing	Tony Mortimer

East 17 is a British boy band that was extremely successful as a kind of proletarian counter-draft to Take That in the 1990s . Named after their origin, the East End of London or the postcode for Walthamstow , they had a number of hits in Great Britain and Germany , including House of Love (1992), It's Alright (1993), Stay Another Day (1994), Thunder ( 1995) and If You Ever (1996) - a duet with the singer Gabrielle .

The group's career came to an abrupt end after a scandal over the drug abuse of singer Brian Harvey. Under the name E-17 , the boy band tried a comeback in 1998 , which, however, could not build on the earlier successes.

Comeback 2008–2012

On February 29, 2008 East 17 (line-up: Brian Harvey, John Hendy, Terry Coldwell) gave a German concert in the Düsseldorf night residence for the first time in many years. Due to the great success they came back to Germany for a club tour. Stops were Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Zugspitze).

On February 17th, 2010 Brian Harvey addressed his fans with a statement on east-17.de and confirmed the rumors about the final separation of the group. On April 24th, 2010 he gave a great Greatest Hits farewell concert in the Nightstyle Club in Mülheim / Ruhr. Harvey released his single Going Backwardz on March 7, 2012 .

The rest of the band wanted to continue, however. Since Brian Harvey allegedly did not show up for the band rehearsals, he was replaced by Blair Dreelan. In 2011 T-Mobile used the song House of Love , which made the band known to a new generation of fans. In April 2011, it was announced that East 17 would tour the UK with Blair Dreelan in August and September 2011 on the Back to the Future Tour to promote their comeback single Secret of My Life . The single reached 20th place in the UK charts. On September 28, 2011 Dreelan left the group due to other contractual obligations.

East 17's fifth studio album, Dark Light , was released in 2012, along with a new single, I Can't Get You Off My Mind .

On November 7, 2015, the band performed a half-hour show at the 90s mega party in Ingolstadt. On June 28, 2019 the band performed at the Rheingaudi Festival in Rheinfelden . At the amusement park festival Skyline Park bei Nacht on August 14, 2019 in Unterallgäu , Bavaria , the group performed at a best-of concert.

Members

East 17 (2018)

• Jonathan Darren Hendy (born March 26, 1971 in Barking , Essex )
• Terence "Terry" Mark Coldwell (born July 21, 1974 in Islington , London )
• Robbie Craig (born July 17)

Former:

• Anthony Michael Mortimer (born October 21, 1970)
• Brian Lee Harvey (born August 8, 1974 in Edmonton in Enfield , London )
• Blair Dreelan (born June 29 in Taplow , Buckinghamshire )

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1993	Walthamstow	DE11 gold (42 weeks)DE	AT10 (14 weeks) AT	CH22nd gold (10 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (33 weeks)UK	First published: February 15, 1993
1994	Steam	DE10 gold (33 weeks)DE	AT3 (18 weeks) AT	CH8th platinum (31 weeks)CH	UK3 × 2 Double platinum (41 weeks)UK	First published: October 17, 1994
1995	Up all night	DE17 (23 weeks) DE	AT28 (11 weeks) AT	CH14th gold (16 weeks)CH	UK7th platinum (16 weeks)UK	First published: November 13, 1995
1998	Resurrection	DE61 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH43 (4 weeks) CH	UK43 silver (4 weeks)UK	First published: November 16, 1998 as E-17

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1996	Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far	DE10 (13 weeks) DE	AT33 (12 weeks) AT	CH9 (17 weeks) CH	UK3 × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)UK	First published: November 1, 1996
2005	The Very Best of East Seventeen	-	-	-	UK34 (4 weeks) UK	First published: February 1, 2005

More compilations

• 2010: Stay Another Day: The Very Best Of

More albums

• 2006: East 17: The Platinum Collection
• 2012: Dark Light

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1995	Stay Another Day - Remixes	-	-	-	UK93 (1 week) UK	First release: January 1995 placed in the single charts

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1992	House of Love Walthamstow	DE6th gold (28 weeks)DE	AT7 (18 weeks) AT	CH15 (14 weeks) CH	UK10 (9 weeks) UK	First published: August 22, 1992
	Gold Walthamstow	-	-	CH35 (7 weeks) CH	UK28 (8 weeks) UK	First published: November 7, 1992
	Deep Walthamstow	DE14 (18 weeks) DE	AT13 (11 weeks) AT	CH32 (9 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (10 weeks)UK	First published: December 23, 1992
1993	Slow It Down Walthamstow	-	-	-	UK13 (7 weeks) UK	First published: April 3, 1993
	West End Girls Walthamstow	DE40 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK11 (7 weeks) UK	First published: June 21, 1993
	It's Alright Walthamstow	DE2 platinum (25 weeks)DE	AT5 (16 weeks) AT	CH1 (23 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (14 weeks)UK	First published: November 27, 1993
1994	Around the World Steam	DE15 (19 weeks) DE	AT29 (1 week) AT	CH16 (15 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (17 weeks)UK	First published: May 7, 1994
	Steam Steam	DE23 (14 weeks) DE	AT28 (1 week) AT	CH12 (11 weeks) CH	UK7 (10 weeks) UK	First published: October 2, 1994
	Stay Another Day Steam	DE4th gold (19 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (14 weeks)AT	CH2 gold (24 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (49 weeks)UK	First published: November 21, 1994 Christmas number one hit in the UK
1995	Let It Rain Steam	DE26 (16 weeks) DE	-	CH25 (9 weeks) CH	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	First published: April 2, 1995
	Hold My Body Tight Steam	DE42 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH28 (7 weeks) CH	UK12 (12 weeks) UK	First published: July 4, 1995
	Thunder Up All Night	DE6th gold (19 weeks)DE	AT19 (12 weeks) AT	CH5 (18 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (17 weeks)UK	First published: November 19, 1995
1996	Do U Still? Up all night	DE23 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH22 (9 weeks) CH	UK7 (11 weeks) UK	First published: February 2, 1996
	Someone to Love Up All Night	DE47 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH27 (4 weeks) CH	UK16 (12 weeks) UK	First published: August 12, 1996
	If You Ever Around the World (The Journey So Far)	DE31 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH20 (13 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (18 weeks)UK	First release: October 1996 feat. Gabrielle
1997	Hey Child Around the World (The Journey So Far)	DE46 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH45 (3 weeks) CH	UK3 (7 weeks) UK	First published: January 20, 1997
1998	Each time resurrection	DE30 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH20 (7 weeks) CH	UK2 (15 weeks) UK	First published: October 26, 1998 as E-17
1999	Betcha Can't Wait Resurrection	-	-	-	UK12 (7 weeks) UK	First published: March 1999 as E-17

Video albums

• 1995: Letting Off Steam - Live (UK:gold)
• 1995: No Place Like Home (UK:gold)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	5 × gold5	platinum1	1,750,000	musikindustrie.de
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	125,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	4,510,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	11 × gold11	11 × platinum11

Web links

Commons : East 17  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} EAST 17 - a biography. Retrieved September 13, 2012
2. ↑ Bio Brian Harvey / East 17. ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 13, 2012  
3. ^ Brian Harvey discography. ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 13, 2012 
4. ↑ East 17 are back. Hannoversche Allgemeine, August 5, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2012
5. ↑ Ex-Boygoup with a new record: East 17 - "Dark Light" , SWR, March 30, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE1 DE2 DE3 DE4 AT CH UK1 UK2