Pepsi & Shirlie

Pepsi (right) and Shirlie (left) (2011)

Pepsi & Shirlie was a British pop duo . It consisted of the two singers Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque-Crockett (born December 10, 1958 in Paddington , London ) and Shirley "Shirlie" Holliman (born April 18, 1962 in Bushey , Hertfordshire ).

biography

DeMacque-Crockett and Holliman started their careers as background singers for the band Wham! . After their breakup, they recorded the album All Right Now together , which was released in 1987.

The pre-extraction Heartache boarded the British singles chart at # 2, the successor Goodbye Stranger reached there Place 9. The Singles Can not Give Me Love and All Right Now , which one cover version of the eponymous 1970s hits of the band Free is the end were 1987 only small hits. Hightime , the fifth and final release of the album All Right Now , missed a hit parade listing .

After a break, the second Pepsi & Shirlie album Change was released in 1991 . Neither the long player nor the only single Someday received the desired attention. The duo then split up.

Pepsi DeMacque-Crockett toured as a singer on the 1999 Then-and-Now tour with Mike Oldfield . On the DVD Tubular Bells II and III by Mike Oldfield she appears as a singer at the live premiere of Tubular Bells III . In addition, on New Year's Eve 1999 she was a vocalist in the performance of The Millennium Bell at the Berlin Victory Column .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1987	All right now	-	-	-	UK69 (2 weeks) UK	US133 (9 weeks) US	Producer: Tambi Fernando

More albums

• 1991: Change
• 1993: Heartache (compilation)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1987	Heartache All Right Now	DE8 (14 weeks) DE	AT7 (10 weeks) AT	CH2 (13 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (12 weeks)UK	US78 (8 weeks) US	Authors: Iris and Tambi Fernando Producer: Phil Fearon
	Goodbye Stranger All Right Now	DE31 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH5 (7 weeks) CH	UK9 (8 weeks) UK	-	Authors: Iris and Tambi Fernando, Wayne Brown Producer: Pete Hammond
	Can't Give Me Love All Right Now	-	-	-	UK58 (3 weeks) UK	-	Authors: Iris and Tambi Fernando, Wayne Brown Producer: Chris Porter
	All Right Now All Right Now	-	-	-	UK50 (3 weeks) UK	US66 (6 weeks) US	Authors: Andy Fraser , Paul Rodgers Producer: Gary Langham
1988	Hightime All Right Now - Special Edition	-	-	-	UK79 (2 weeks) UK	-	Authors: Nia Peeples , Paul Gurvitz Remix: Jellybean Original: Nia Peeples, 1988

More singles

• 1991: Someday

Video albums

• 1987: Heartache
• 1987: All Right Now

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1. ↑ Demacque-Crockett's Facebook page , accessed November 24, 2014
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK Billboard 200
3. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database

Web links

• Pepsi & Shirlie at Allmusic (English)
• Pepsi & Shirlie at Discogs (English)