Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. T'Pau: 04:31 : Amazon: 2 : Bridge of Spies. Two singles "With a Little Luck" and "Giving Up the Ghost" were released from the album. I called that The Walkman Tour as members of the band had stopped talking to each other by then, she continues. September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. The record was not a commercial success, but T'Pau have continued to perform live on a semi-regular basis. I remember holding this cup up to the light, and seeing this Japanese ladys face in the bottom. "It reminded me of when I was a young musician and the A&R guy would want to bring a song down and Id say How dare you, thats my art. Drink, laughed Carol at the time. I tweeted him asking, Whats your problem? And within minutes my phone was ringing. It feels different now, says Carol. 7 May 1961, Greenwich, London) Lead Guitarist, Ronnie Rogers (b. We found out while we were on tour with Bryan Adams in Germany. [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. TPau was a manufactured band in one sense, says Carol. [10], "T'Pau! Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts. I need to work as much as anything to put my kids through university so that they can make more films.. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. T'Pau /tpa/ are an English pop group formed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, led by singer Carol Decker. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. She successfully poached him for her own band, but just three weeks later, the band split. So we had a lot of fun but we had our never-work-with-your-family moments.. They have had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe. I had made some money but not tons. As the The Virgin Anthology attests, however, Decker and Rogers assurance was well-founded. 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. Their 1987 album, Bridge of Spies (the album was called T'Pau in the U.S.)[T'Pau (band) at All Music Guide] was a best seller and won several British music industry awards. 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. "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.. The bands first appearance on the classic BBC TV show Top Of The Pops would, Carol believes, lead to stateside promoters turning away from the group. 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. Then we got dropped by the record company and everything just ground to a halt. Carol said the closure of concert venues had wrecked her bands schedule for 2020 and they were unlikely to perform now until the end of the year at the very earliest. A third album The Promise followed in 1991, but the band split soon afterwards. One song wasnt working, so we had to stop polishing! [7] [8] Decker began a relationship with restaurateur Richard Coates in 1996. I was 26 and my dad was suggesting I try the cruise ships. Scarlett is doing animation production at university in Bournemouth so she created a shooting schedule before we started. The kids think me and Ronnie are a pair of old boomers who dont know what were talking about. In an interview, she stated, "It's a little harder to get on the radio because all the '80s stations play the '80s stuff and they won't play your new stuff. I still love playing it. Complemented by a disc of remixes, rarities and demos, its a body of work thats hard to characterize, but proves that legacies are harder to shatter than fragile chart careers. "Fortunately, we got it wrapped up just in time. In 2008, T'Pau were part of the Here and Now 1980s nostalgia tour.[8]. Rogers moved to their recording studios in Monmouth where he now lives and in 2012 the pair gigged intermittently and then embarked on a hugely successful 25th anniversary tour. The 4CD box set The Virgin Anthology can be bought here. [1][2] Decker recorded Red between December 1997 to July 1998 at Roundhouse Studios in London. T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her boyfriend at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs. T'Pau: Bridge of Spies: Directed by Jay Brown. In Groups: T'Pau Variations: Viewing All | Ron Rogers (2) R. Rodgers, R. Rogers, R.P. Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching #4 after being featured on a Pepe Jeans advertisement; it repeated the feat in the UK Singles Chart some months later. I did a few last year. Ronnie and I are no longer together were both happily married to other people, with kids but I still perform, and when I get back into that past, its like Im another Carol. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. Their debut album, Bridge of Spies (simply called T'Pau in the US), also reached number 1 and went quadruple platinum in the UK. English pop-oriented rock band, led by Carol Decker, that scored a global hit in 1987 with "Heart and Soul." I sulked my way across Germany it was just awful. [4], In a 2011 interview with Old School - Back to the 80s, Decker spoke of the album, "I would've loved to have gotten the same level of success again [with Red]. . X Factor asked me to go on Xtra Factor but Gary Barlow refused to face me. They have two children, Scarlett (born 1998) and Dylan (born 2002), and married in 2006. As Carol admits, if being an eclectic songwriter is a sin, then she and Ronnie are guilty as charged. Learn all about Ronnie Rogers on AllMusic. We couldnt smell, we had no sense of taste and we had sore throats. He said I had just walked away from debts of 800,000. Weve definitely recovered from something.. I started to sing a melody over it, the wafty vocal and came up with more than an ocean keeps us apart. The lyrics were about when I went on holiday with my parents and Ronnie couldnt come. With each rejection, it was getting a bit much. T'Pau: 03:34 : Spotify Amazon: 2 : Only the Lonely. T'Pau's lead singer, Liverpool-born Carol Decker began as a member of a ska band, The Lazers at Shrewsbury Art College. Discover Red by T'Pau released in 1998. That meant she would be unable to make a living without her normal fees for performing. Data-Privacy Be the first to comment on this artist! So what do you do when it seems things cant get any worse? Their first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". The cups were paper thin and so fragile when you held it in your hand. This article uses material from the article T'Pau (band) from the free encyclopedia Wikipedia and it is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. 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. But her success caused much dissent and jealousy in her marriage and friendships, so created her own monster. 4 in the UK and reached platinum status there, but failed to come close to the level of success of the band's debut album the year before. Carol added that she hoped people in the region would download the single in May and check out the video online. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Our manager came backstage and told me I was a very lucky girl, recalls Carol. This was in part why the bands third set, The Promise, was recorded with each member playing a greater part, and a new producer was hired. It works well. Then, towards the end, it got even worse when we would get feedback with a multiple-choice table, and the responses ranged from Not quite what we are looking for, to Dont give up your day job. I imagine those punky little A&R guys thought it was funny, but it really wasnt., The band found a mentor in David Massey, who managed Wang Chung a group that scored big hits with Dance Hall Days and Everybody Have Fun Tonight. He picked up on the hit potential of one of TPaus songs, Valentine, and urged them to write more like that, but still declined to take them on himself. Tim Burgess. Decker still made guest appearances on TV shows throughout the 2000s, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, Just the Two of Us and The Weakest Link. Goodbye Summer: ATO Records 2013 Fall Music Sampler, Drew's Famous Instrumental Country Collection, Vol. But she and Ronnie had also split by then and the collection was essentially a solo project. He is a composer, known for Table 19 (2017), Sisters (2015) and Black Mirror (2011). In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T'Pau's first success, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released a new single, "Just Dream", exclusively as an Internet download. [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. 4 in both the US and UK charts. 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. Impressum Doing those shows with an orchestra are amazing. March 13, 1959), keyboard player Michael Chetwood (b. August 26, 1954), bassist Paul Jackson (b. August 8, 1961), and drummer Tim Burgess (b. October 6, 1961). In the years after T'Pau's split in 1992, Decker continued to occasionally perform as a solo artist. Their debut single and first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". They enjoyed their biggest hit 33 years ago when China In Your Hand became an international smash. 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). 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. "Well never know whether it was the virus because we didnt get tested. I love that side of it but I miss having record company money for promotion. TPaus lead singer, Liverpool-born Carol Decker began as a member of a ska band, The Lazers at Shrewsbury Art College. We came from bands and embraced that culture, but we were signed as a duo to the label. Hearing China In Your Hands with real strings was emotional. T'Pau: 04:19 : Spotify Amazon: 4 : Wing & A Prayer. Decker still makes appearances on TV shows, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time; Just the Two of Us; Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The Weakest Link. It produced the UK Top 20 single "Secret Garden", though chart returns were diminishing by this point, and two following singles earned very modest success. They absolutely had to stop for lunch. Further promotional activities included a live session for Virgin Radio and an appearance on VH1, which Decker also filmed material for in New York. You know the expression polishing the turd? Required fields are marked *. Now former Midlands rock band TPau are going it alone by releasing music without the help of a record company. 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. Dean Howard, Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers on stage at the Montreux rock festival, 1988. But pressure to keep the momentum building forced the band back into the studio to complete the work for their second album, Rage. Read Full Biography. China only really came into its own when we gave it to Roy. Learn how your comment data is processed. The album, which was released in September 1998, was supported by a thirty-six date tour named "The Red Tour". Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached No. I then turned those noises into words which took about a week to get right. You have to roll with the punches, and the big budgets are gone, but I mix those large retro shows with smaller sets and acoustic tours. Table 19: Oberhofer's Ultimate Wedding Mixtape, Put Your Hands Up, Vol. [7] It also reached the number 1 in several other European countries but made little impact in the United States. T'Pau: I Will Be with You: Directed by Brian Grant. "Greatest Hits: Heart and Soul - T'Pau - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic", "T'Pau - Heart And Soul - The Very Best Of T'Pau at Discogs", "T'Pau | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heart_and_Soul:_The_Very_Best_of_T%27Pau&oldid=1136242761, Stephen W. Tayler mixing (tracks 5, 79), This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 12:03. That one has really, really hurt.. T'Pau: 04:06 . 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. Quickly signed to Virgin's Siren subsidiary, the group released their debut single, "Heart and Soul," in early 1987 with little fanfare. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Im Irish-Liverpudlian stock so its in our blood to reach for the bottle. She gained control fairly quickly and soon launched a solo career. All Rights Reserved. We built it around ourselves, with the right intentions, but wed do it very differently today.. We had nothing left to give each other, Carol said. "Heart and Soul" is the debut single by British pop rock ensemble T'Pau, released in 1987 from their debut album Bridge of Spies. To. The short set was a make-or-break moment. If youre not Beyonce with millions of followers it is hard. [4] The compilation's title was based on the band's successful debut single "Heart and Soul". 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. Ronnies mum died of cancer while we were away followed by my dad, who died of a heart attack in 1990 so the band split in 1991 with Ron returning to production. | Although wed been signed, I was still working as a telephone engineer. 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'? But we did some tricks, gave it a false ending in the middle to get people clapping, and finished the chorus with the title again, as Id heard in a Howard Jones song, No One Is to Blame. "[6], Red was released in September 1998 in the UK by Decker's own label Gnatfish. That looks like it will be next year. To me, it was just another song it didnt sound like it had a chorus either. But I have to keep away from social media when I have had a few glasses of wine. They actually say they can't, and then the younger stations play the younger artists, the hip stations. [2021]. "Although Ive had a blessed 30-year run, Im in TPau not the Rolling Stones, so I dont have a private island and I cant just kick back. Named after a Vulcan character from the Star Trek TV series, the pop-anthem band T'Pau formed in 1986 around vocalist Carol Decker (b. September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. After touring with Bryan Adams and Nik Kershaw, the band added another guitarist, Dean Howard, and recorded their second album, Rage. 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. "Some of the things that I was particularly upset about was the 80s classical concert. Eight years ago they left the bright lights of London Carol moved to Henley with her husband Richard who is an executive chef for the restaurant chain Bodeans, and their children Scarlett, 15, and Dylan, 11. Things started getting very difficult, says Carol. After meeting guitarist Ronnie on the gigging circuit, the early 80s would see the pair battle to capitalize on a series of promising leads that withered into nothing. On its release in October 1988, there was a discernible cooling of the bands commercial fortunes, with lead single, Secret Garden, failing to break the UK Top 10. I sometimes get frustrated that people focus so much on China In Your Hand but its great to be remembered in such a fickle business. Heart and Soul: The Very Best of T'Pau is a compilation album by British pop group T'Pau, which was released by Virgin Records in 1993. Bryan Adams bought us champagne TPau in 1988. 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. Former guitarist Ronnie Rogers is currently in the band The Ronaldos. It was a quiet piano song and he turned it into something else, with that big crashing chorus. | The actual China line this sounds terrible but I had this flimsy tea set from Ronnies mum, whod always give us crockery and duvets. We did a reunion tour in 2013 and it was always the highlight. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Heart and Soul is the debut single by British pop rock ensemble T'Pau, released in 1987 from their debut album Bridge of Spies. "Ive always had a great association with Shropshire, particularly Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth, which were both home, and weve played lots of gigs in the West Midlands, from Bilston to Birmingham. Red is the fourth studio album by British pop-rock group T'Pau, which was released by Gnatfish in 1998. Later the same year she appeared in the film Nine Dead Gay Guys as the wife of Stephen Berkoff. I had to hide from the tabloids the next day. Fans would come up after, saying: We played this at our wedding. Another bloke, who couldnt stop shaking my hand, said: I was in a coma. Its still a little poignant for me even today to discuss all the potential that was in front of us, says Carol Decker, who fronted TPau with her boyfriend, Ronnie Rogers. I guess subconsciously thats how I got the title.. That year, the band undertook a 25-date UK tour and also released a new version of the band's 1986 hit "Heart and Soul" as "Heart and Soul '97". And Carol, from Shrewsbury, revealed that the lockdown video had a personal edge because she believed she and her husband Richard, a chef, might have suffered a mild dose of Covid-19. Written by MD Brown/AJ Sansone/RJCalilliVocals Ronnie RogersFrom the T'Pau CD Single I Will Be With You It was interesting working with the kids. Scarlett was seven and Dylan was three and I just didnt fancy city life anymore, but how I missed the bars and all the parties, she admitted. Initially a flop in the UK, it first became a hit in the U.S. In time, they would fill venues like Londons Wembley Arena by themselves: the perfect platform to showcase Carols powerful voice. 4 in September.[7]. The LP, released in 1988, stalled at number four on the British chart, and its follow-up, The Promise, barely made the Top Ten in 1991. He was right about Valentine. Other Top 20 hits followed: Valentine, I Will Be with You, Secret Garden and Whenever You Need Me but then it all went wrong. She used it as an opportunity to get backstage and meet Ronnie, whom she fancied. Ronnie Rogers was a guitarist with a band called The Katz. They storyboarded the video before filming. After a farewell tour, T'Pau broke up, and Decker began a solo career soon after. Michael Chetwood. https://www.jonkutner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/China.mp3. Im a bit long in the tooth for crazy make-up but I wanted to show my appreciation so I wore it; I was a bit worried I might look like I was in the circus. . Taj, who was more of a jazz guitarist, didnt feel comfortable with TPaus rock style, so he left and Dean Howard became his replacement. The third album The Promise followed in 1991: it peaked at No. I was nervous about Amelia singing it because I didnt want her to do better than me. 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. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the day's top stories sent directly to you. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The band was earning a strong reputation as a live act and was soon on tour with Nik Kershaw. Bridge of Spies produced a number of smaller hits which made it to at least the UK Top 40, including the singles "Valentine" (UK #9), "Sex Talk" (a new recording of early flop single, "Intimate Strangers") (UK #23), and "I Will Be With You" (UK #14).[3]. Once wed filmed it, wed ping it back and forth to Ronnie, who lives in Wales.. Carol has kept in touch with her 50,000 Twitter followers most days, offering plenty of laughter along the way. Feature writer and food critic Andy Richardson interviews celebrities, writes columns and hangs out with chefs for stories that appear across all group titles. The band formed in 1986, taking their name from a Vulcan elder of the same name in the sci-fi series Star Trek. In 1997, after finding new management, she formed a new line-up of T'Pau in order to begin touring again. Ron and I had been together for five years writing by then, says Carol. It gave me the idea of writing her story within the wider Frankenstein tale. The song would peak at No.4 and, on the back of being picked for a jeans commercial, finally made the same position back home in September 1987. We wrote all the songs and royalties still trickle in now but a millionaire Im not.. It was horrible as we were tied into touring a dying album with everyone hating each other. Ronnie believes if the band members had been better friends they might have been able to secure a new deal, but the fractures in the working structure proved too severe to fix. Ron Rogers was born on March 13, 1959 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. 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". With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Guitarist Dean Howard has toured and recorded with Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan. Flame-haired singer Carol Decker has created a lockdown video to accompany their latest single Be Wonderful, which was filmed by her two children, Scarlett and Dylan, who are media students. Carol Decker. Ronnie and I had got the vocals finished in February and we thought wed start putting the music out as download-only singles. I still cant believe how huge China got. Decker re-formed the band with a new line-up in 1998, and T'Pau have in recent years continued to work live regularly. . When it was good it was brilliant, but there was a lot going on, admitted Carol. Dean Howard. Track listing [ edit] . So we went to the Workhouse Studio in London and re-recorded it as faithful to the production as possible in a three-minute format. Well, four minutes and five seconds actually, Roy Thomas Baker wasnt available so as Ronnie and Tim worked into the wee small hours to get it right, we agreed they should get the production credit. 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