[6] Due to the exposure, the song was re-released in the UK that same month; this time it became a hit, equaling the US peak of No. Required fields are marked *. We had to watch telly in sleeping bags. Their first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". In 1997 she assembled a new TPau and the following year performed China in Your Hand with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Princess Diana Tribute Concert at Althorp House. There were, however, a few unexpected challenges when they made the video for Be Wonderful. Weve definitely recovered from something.. 3, Drew's Famous Instrumental Country Collection, Vol. The strain of being in a successful band, and the inevitable clashes with the other band members who wanted an ever-increasing slice of the pie took their toll. Be the first to comment on this artist! Ronnie Rogers. In 1998, Decker revived T'Pau with a new lineup and released the album Red. . The absence of a record company means Carol and her bandmates have creative control over their output but they dont have the budget to spend on a big campaign. Discover The Virgin Anthology by T'Pau released in 2017. She successfully poached him for her own band, but just three weeks later, the band split. "Then Richard and I felt really unwell for about a week. To. To mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of the band, Decker and Rogers embarked on a 28-date UK tour during the spring of 2013 without the original band members. I got interested in her, this 19-year-old girl writing a pulp fiction hit that blew the essays and poetry of her contemporaries, and her husband Percy, out of the water. He was grumpy because he was getting into his zone before the gig or shagging his girlfriend but he bought us lots of champagne afterwards, bless him. A compilation album, Heart and Soul The Very Best of T'Pau, was released in 1993 and reached the UK Top 40. Decker re-formed the band with a new line-up in 1998, and T'Pau have in recent years continued to work live regularly. Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached No. Ronnie Rogers, guitarist, songwriter Although we'd been signed, I was still working as a telephone engineer. 4 after being featured on a Pepe Jeans advertisement; it repeated the feat in the UK Singles Chart some months later. We didnt think about it too much, says Ronnie. I need to work as much as anything to put my kids through university so that they can make more films.. In 2008, T'Pau were part of the Here and Now 1980s nostalgia tour.[8]. I didnt start singing professionally until I was 22. 98, their first chart action for more than two decades. He said the gaps needed filling, so I started these syncopated sort of nonsense noises. Carol and Ronnie put together a new band and won a couple of support slots at Londons Marquee Club with a repertoire that included cover versions of Save Your Kisses for Me and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Traversing the groups career on Virgin Records, from their quadruple-platinum 1987 debut album, Bridge Of Spies, to 1991s Top 10 outing, The Promise, it reveals a group working at the peak of their powers. In February 2015, T'Pau released their fifth studio album, Pleasure & Pain, and embarked on a tour. We have 18 shows in Germany with orchestra, choir and full band, mded by the singer and musician John Miles. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Could have lived without the Big Country flavoured 'Do the Right Dance'; and surely Paul McCartney will be suing Decker for re-writing Wings' 'With a Little Luck' and re-titling it 'Wing and a Prayer'? We had nothing left to give each other, Carol said. "The funniest moment came when Dylan told me that he and Scarlett had six years experience between them at college. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts, and in 2013 she reunited with original bandmember and co-songwriter Ronnie Rogers for a 25th anniversary UK tour. In 2015, freshly reunited professionally with Ronnie, TPau released Pleasure And Pain, which received a strong critical response and solid sales, sparking a ferocious touring schedule that the band maintains to this day. 7 May 1961, Greenwich, London) Lead Guitarist, Ronnie Rogers (b. I was in bits. We were marketed as a pop band and so their approach was simply to milk everything until it all dried up. 24 November 1959, Bolton) Lead Guitarist on, "Bridge of Spies" (1988, U.S./German release only), "Only A Heartbeat" (1991, U.S./Japan release only), "With a Little Luck" (1998, Promo release only). I wont plead poverty but financially its as good as the deal you sign and we didnt sign a very good deal. We built it around ourselves, with the right intentions, but wed do it very differently today.. China In Your Hand was the bands second single. It gave me the idea of writing her story within the wider Frankenstein tale. I got home one day and Carol had this quiet sketch she'd written on the piano. "[11] Heather Phares of AllMusic stated, "The group's smooth pop sounds remain intact on songs like 'With a Little Luck,' 'Now That You're Gone,' 'Giving Up the Ghost,' and 'Let It All Fall.'[10]. T'Pau: 04:31 : Amazon: 2 : Bridge of Spies. The technology we had access to was incredible. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [9], On its release, Dave Ling of Classic Rock wrote, "Sonically, T'Pau still favour smooth, occasionally faceless walls of melody best exemplified on 'Now That You're Gone' and 'Make Love to Me'. 4 in both the US and UK charts. Their debut single and first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". I missed him so much, but then I morphed the story into a fictitious one of not being loved back (which I was). [7] It also reached the number 1 in several other European countries but made little impact in the United States. Ronnie Rogers was a guitarist with a band called The Katz. Now you can create a record in your own bedroom, but it just wasnt like that back then., The investment paid off with the 10-song set, which was given a deluxe edition reissue in 2015, proving to be a multi-platinum smash and containing the song Carol is most proud of: Heart And Soul, which was picked as TPaus first single. Your email address will not be published. He is a composer, known for Table 19 (2017), Sisters (2015) and Black Mirror (2011). "The creative side is wonderful but the promotion is harder.. In Groups: T'Pau Variations: Viewing All | Ron Rogers (2) R. Rodgers, R. Rogers, R.P. T'Pau: 03:26 : Amazon: 5 : Road to Our Dream. Michael Chetwood. I knew following up Bridge Of Spies was going to be hard, but I am proud of Rage and, certainly initially, wasnt particularly worried by it not doing as well. Read Full Biography. "But it was quite funny. "We had to do a download video and my two kids have both done creative media courses at college so we asked them to make it.. It was so beautiful and fragile, so it gave me the idea for that line about what dreams are like: Dont push too far / Your dreams are china in your hand.. One song wasnt working, so we had to stop polishing! All the press was slanted towards a Smash Hits audience and, with hindsight, that didnt help. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. 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[3] The following year, the band had their biggest hit with the ballad, "China in Your Hand", which spent five weeks at Number 1 in the UK chart,[3] and also claimed the top slot in several European countries, but made little impact in the United States. T'Pau: Only a Heartbeat: With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Id dicked around, fluffed my A-levels, bumbled my way into art school, and ended up singing in a friends band. By then, I felt so assured and assumed that people got us and we were going to be able to do what we thought was right. I guess subconsciously thats how I got the title.. They get really sniffy when we suggested something. The audience reaction is irreplaceable but putting it bluntly, thats how I earn my money. T'Pau: China in Your Hand: Directed by Brian Grant. T'Pau: 03:58 . While lead single (and fan favorite) Whenever You Need Me performed solidly and secured the act a final Top Of The Pops appearance in May 1991, sales of The Promise, which the band wanted to title A New Decade, were modest, and TPau was dumped by Siren during a UK tour. The 4CD box set The Virgin Anthology can be bought here. So I started it: It was a theme she had / On a scheme he had / Told in a foreign land. The message, basically, is be careful what you wish for. Fortunately, we got it wrapped up just in time. She and Rogers toured the U.K. in 2013, the 25th anniversary of the group's formation, and continued to perform during 2014. Credit: Tim Roney/Getty Images/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images, English pop-oriented rock band, led by Carol Decker, that scored a global hit in 1987 with "Heart and Soul. Then we got dropped by the record company and everything just ground to a halt. They recruited guitarist Taj Wyzgowski, bass player Paul Jackson, keyboard player Michael Chetwood and London-born drummer, Tim Burgess to form TPau. Quickly signed to Virgin's Siren subsidiary, the group released their debut single, "Heart and Soul," in early 1987 with little fanfare. In Groups: T'Pau. As the first T'Pau album since 1991's The Promise, Red features singer Carol Decker as the only member from the original line-up. Now former Midlands rock band TPau are going it alone by releasing music without the help of a record company. "Fortunately, we got it wrapped up just in time. It was re-recorded for the single version and Carol explained to me why: We recorded the song in one passionate take and we were happy with it for the album. I didnt even present the idea to the band, says Carol. Scarlett is doing animation production at university in Bournemouth so she created a shooting schedule before we started. [3] To promote the album, a radio promo single, "With a Little Luck", was released. T'Pau also recorded rock versions of The Monkees' "I'm a Believer", Petula Clark's "Downtown" and The Left Banke's "Walk Away Rene", all with lead vocals by rhythm guitarist Ron Rogers. . Heart And Soul did sound different to a lot of our material and its famous bass riff came from us playing about on this sequencer keyboard, which we had bought with a loan from my dad.. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the day's top stories sent directly to you. Impressum Ronnies mother gave us a china tea-set and if you lifted the cups up to the light you can see a womans face in the bottom. "[9] Despite this however the album did manage to edge into the charts at No. Red is the fourth studio album by British pop-rock group T'Pau, which was released by Gnatfish in 1998. The album, which was released in September 1998, was supported by a thirty-six date tour named "The Red Tour". Ronnie Rogers - producer (tracks 3, 9) Simon Dawson, Feddy de Faye, Alan Jenkins, Roberto Pieroni . Learn how your comment data is processed. Scarlett is a big fan of the American make-up artist Jeffree Star and she bought me some of his cosmetics. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Almost all of them have been postponed, not cancelled, so hopefully Ill get to see my fans and I can earn a living again when it all comes back to me. But when we were making The Promise, we didnt realize how much had changed, says Carol. The band T'Pau formed in 1986 in Shropshire, taking their name from a Vulcan priestess by the same name in the Star Trek films. X Factor asked me to go on Xtra Factor but Gary Barlow refused to face me. The rap was the idea of Andy Piercy, our then producer. T'Pau: Bridge of Spies: Directed by Jay Brown. Later in November and December 1998, T'Pau supported Status Quo on the German and UK leg of their Tour "It's Good to Tour". 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