Juliet Roberts
Juliet Roberts (* 6. May 1962 in London ) is a British pop-jazz - and soul - singer and arranger with grenadinischen roots.
life and work
Julie Roberts began recording in 1980 and had her first top 10 hit in 1983 with the single It's Over (with The Funk Masters). In July 1983 she released the single Fool For You with the back It's Been a Long Long Time on Bluebird Records , with which she reached number 77 on the Gallup charts in August 1983 .
Her debut as a regular singer with the group Working Week was 1984 Working Nights, which came out in April 1985. In 1986 the third album Companeros was released ; the second of three with Juliet Roberts. The last album with her was released in 1987. Then she continued with a solo program. In 1990 she released the studio album Move to This with Cathy Dennis .
Robert's first dance music jam sessions appeared in 1993, with the hit single I Want You, which reached number 1 in the US dance charts and 44 on the US Billboard - Hot 100 and with the house music title Caught in the Middle. She also became popular as a singing teacher on British television, and has also enjoyed success as a sought-after background singer. Since 1997 she has had three top 20 hits: So Good, Bad Girls and Needin 'U II.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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| 1994 | Natural thing |
UK65 (1 week) UK |
More albums
- 2002: Beneath the Surface
With working week
- 1985: Working Nights ( Virgin Records V2343), 1985
- 1986: Companeros (Virgin Records V2397), 1986
- 1987: Surrender (Virgin Records V2468), 1987
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UK
|
 US
|
R&B
|
Dance
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| 1991 | Again Natural Thing |
UK33 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - | - |
Chart entry in UK only in 1993
|
| 1992 | Free Love Natural Thing |
UK25 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
Dance7 (12 weeks) Dance |
Chart entry in UK only in 1993
|
| 1993 | Caught in the Middle Natural Thing |
UK24 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - | - | |
| 1994 | I want you natural thing |
UK28 (3 weeks) UK |
US44 (14 weeks) US |
R&B78 (6 weeks) R&B |
Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance |
|
| Caught in the Middle (Remix) |
UK14 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - |
Dance1 (23 weeks) Dance |
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| 1996 | Never Had a Love Like This Before |
UK87 (1 week) UK |
- | - | - |
with Steven Dante
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| 1997 | So Good / Free Love '98 |
UK15 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - | - | |
| 1998 | Bad girls |
UK17 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - | - | |
More singles
- 1980: The Bed's Too Big without You / Since You've Been Gone (Blue Inc INC 11) - as Julie Roberts
- 1983: Fool For You / It's Been a Long Long Time (Bluebird BR 3) - as Julie Roberts
- 1984: The Old Rugged Cross
- 1984: I Don't Want to Lose You
- 1985: Ain't You Had Enough Love
- 1985: More Than One Night
- 1992: Another Place Another Day Another Time
- 1999: No One Can Love You More
Guest Posts
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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UK
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US
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R&B
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Dance
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| 2001 | Needin 'U II |
UK11 (5 weeks) UK |
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Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance |
David Morales pres. The Face feat. Juliet Roberts
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Web links
- Juliet Roberts at Allmusic (English)
- Juliet Roberts at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b musik-sammler.de: Juliet Roberts
- ↑ Biography Larry Stabbins' on All About Jazz (Engl.)
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: UK US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roberts, Juliet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |