Despite this, the 11-song collection went platinum, and features in its entirety on Disc Three of The Virgin Anthology. As the only original member, Decker originally considered touring under her own name, but was advised that using the T'Pau name would generate more recognition. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. They recorded some demos and got a contract with Siren Records and were offered a support slot on Nik Kershaws UK tour. It was a similar story elsewhere too, but the strength of the bands songs cut through in Europe, where programmers had less influence on the charts. "Then Richard and I felt really unwell for about a week. 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. We found out while we were on tour with Bryan Adams in Germany. Things started getting very difficult, says Carol. T'Pau's lead singer, Liverpool-born Carol Decker began as a member of a ska band, The Lazers at Shrewsbury Art College. 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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. T'Pau is a late 1980s pop group led by singer Carol Decker. There are two different versions of the Music Video, one made later than the other, both visible on YouTube. 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. Scarlett is a big fan of the American make-up artist Jeffree Star and she bought me some of his cosmetics. 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. [4] The compilation's title was based on the band's successful debut single "Heart and Soul". T'Pau: 04:00 . Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. It started OK, but tensions started to build with the others as time went on., Siren Records sent the newly formed six-piece stateside to a studio near Chicago to record their first album, Bridge Of Spies. I toured it up and down the UK, and then I went across Europe with Status Quo and I left her behind when she was six months old. 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. T'Pau: Composer : 2017 : Table 19: Oberhofer's Ultimate Wedding Mixtape: Oberhofer: Composer : 2017 . But Ronnie remained optimistic. 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. T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her boyfriend at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs. We came from bands and embraced that culture, but we were signed as a duo to the label. Although it wasnt noticeable enough to mar the enjoyment of the track, the tempo fluctuated so much that we could not edit the album version successfully for the single, besides which, the record company thought it was too long. I missed him so much, but then I morphed the story into a fictitious one of not being loved back (which I was). 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. We appeared in the serious music press at first, but then they started to get increasingly snooty about TPau.. But when we were making The Promise, we didnt realize how much had changed, says Carol. The short set was a make-or-break moment. 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. All Tracks by Ronnie Rogers (1) Covers of Ronnie Rogers Songs (1) 1 cover. 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). September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. Taj Wyzgowski. Carols daughter Scarlett had directed TPaus 2018 single Run and was happy to take on her latest project with help from her younger brother Dylan. A third album The Promise followed in 1991, but the band split soon afterwards. I was filled with abject horror at that idea, so was starting to panic., A band was swiftly pulled together for the set, which ended with Carol and Ronnie being signed on the spot. 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. [3] It reached number 35 on the UK Albums Chart and remained in the top 100 for two weeks. We couldnt smell, we had no sense of taste and we had sore throats. 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]. The Virgin Anthology showcases every TPau single, plus the expanded Rage and The Promise albums. The songs were all there but the band just werent cutting it.. 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. It didn't happen although I did sell a lot of albums on the road. Copyright 2023 Jon Kutner. | We had all of the symptoms except for the high temperature. I still love playing it. I was watching a documentary on the whole Mary Shelley and Byron and Keats gang and was enthralled by how, at 19, she outsold both noted poets, revealed Carol. 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 didnt start singing professionally until I was 22. [9] 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1987. 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. We need to find other ways to let people know its out. "You dont earn any money from the records, you have to go on the road to earn a living. We had this great producer, Roy Thomas Baker, who had worked with Queen and The Cars, and was used to working on a huge scale. The audience reaction is irreplaceable but putting it bluntly, thats how I earn my money. I did London Coliseum last autumn and Leeds Millennium Square with a 75-piece orchestra. Ronnie Rogers Real Name: Randall Jay Rogers Profile: American country singer and songwriter, born in Nashville, Tennessee. English pop-oriented rock band, led by Carol Decker, that scored a global hit in 1987 with "Heart and Soul." I just looked at him and asked if we had been dropped He replied: Well, thats one way of looking at it. I then turned those noises into words which took about a week to get right. To me, it was just another song it didnt sound like it had a chorus either. The knock-backs from the labels were never constructive, she says. We both love Road To Our Dream, which was the second single from Rage we released., I just dont think the label got what we were, says Ronnie. All the press was slanted towards a Smash Hits audience and, with hindsight, that didnt help. Bryan Adams bought us champagne TPau in 1988. She successfully poached him for her own band, but just three weeks later, the band split. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Add to list Awards 1 win & 3 nominations Known for Laura Bell Bundy: Drop on By Music Video 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. Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached No. "[5] Speaking to Super Deluxe Edition in 2013, she added, "I recorded Red when I was pregnant with my daughter. It is a story within a story, be careful what you wish for in case you get it. . 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". "The band has been going for more than 30. Ronnie Rogers [T'Pau] Top Songs as Writer #1: "Heart and Soul" by T'Pau #2: "China in Your Hand" by T'Pau #3: "Valentine" by T'Pau #4: "I Will Be with You" by T'Pau #5: "Whenever You Need Me" by T'Pau #6: "Secret Garden" by T'Pau #7: "Sex Talk" by T'Pau #8: "Only the Lonely" by T'Pau #9: "Road to Our Dream" by T'Pau #10: "Valentine" by T'Pau. He is a composer, known for Table 19 (2017), Sisters (2015) and Black Mirror (2011). So what do you do when it seems things cant get any worse? She used it as an opportunity to get backstage and meet Ronnie, whom she fancied. Dan D. Derby (The Skater) (1977) was covered in Dan D. Derby by Freddy Quinn (1981) Discussion. When it was good it was brilliant, but there was a lot going on, admitted Carol. | Now we both feel in perfect health. She said: Three of my friends have suffered from the coronavirus. He was right about Valentine. Your email address will not be published. I was shell-shocked. Two had just got back from a trip to Malaysia when they became infected and I had lunch with one. We built it around ourselves, with the right intentions, but wed do it very differently today.. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts, and in 2013 she reunited with original band member and co-songwriter Ronnie Rogers for a 25th-anniversary UK tour.[5]. In time, they would fill venues like Londons Wembley Arena by themselves: the perfect platform to showcase Carols powerful voice. 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. Doing those shows with an orchestra are amazing. We have 18 shows in Germany with orchestra, choir and full band, mded by the singer and musician John Miles. [3] It reached number 35 on the UK Albums Chart and remained in the top 100 for two weeks.[4]. As Carol admits, if being an eclectic songwriter is a sin, then she and Ronnie are guilty as charged. Dean Howard, Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers on stage at the Montreux rock festival, 1988. 8 August 1961, Telford) Bassist, Taj Wyzgowski (b. Carol has kept in touch with her 50,000 Twitter followers most days, offering plenty of laughter along the way. 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. Red was not a commercial success, nor was a re-recorded version of "Giving Up the Ghost", which was released in 1999. I wont plead poverty but financially its as good as the deal you sign and we didnt sign a very good deal. But I have to keep away from social media when I have had a few glasses of wine. Further promotional activities included a live session for Virgin Radio and an appearance on VH1, which Decker also filmed material for in New York. Although wed been signed, I was still working as a telephone engineer. Instead, Decker often performs what she calls a "basic" version,[4] explaining to Songfacts: "I rap the first two verses then cut to the melody for the verse before the chorus. "But it was quite funny. So we had a lot of fun but we had our never-work-with-your-family moments.. I think its a much better album than Rage, but the bubble had burst, adds Ronnie. 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. It was interesting working with the kids. T'Pau: Bridge of Spies: Directed by Jay Brown. Carol added that she hoped people in the region would download the single in May and check out the video online. "[6], Red was released in September 1998 in the UK by Decker's own label Gnatfish. 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. [3] To promote the album, a radio promo single, "With a Little Luck", was released. Then one day I saw this documentary about Mary Shelley. In the years after T'Pau's split in 1992, Decker continued to occasionally perform as a solo artist. Their first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". Dean Howard. Thered be ice on the inside of the windows. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. But her success caused much dissent and jealousy in her marriage and friendships, so created her own monster. 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. But she and Ronnie had also split by then and the collection was essentially a solo project. "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. 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. 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. Ronnie Rogers was a guitarist with a band called The Katz. In the summer of 2003 Carol appeared in the all-star, all-female hit show, Mums The Word in Londons West End. After touring with Bryan Adams and Nik Kershaw, the band added another guitarist, Dean Howard, and recorded their second album, Rage. Ronnie Rogers (I) Actor Composer Soundtrack IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Ronnie Rogers is known for Laura Bell Bundy: Drop on By (2010), Brooks & Dunn: Only in America (2009) and T'Pau: Bridge of Spies (1987). [2021]. "Fortunately, we got it wrapped up just in time. 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Boorer, Jez Ashurst electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Spencer Cozens keyboards (tracks 2, 4-7, 10), Dave Hattee drums, programming on "Love Song", Rafe McKenna - producer (tracks 1, 3, 8-9), mixing, engineer, Marco Sabiu - producer (track 1), programming (track 1), Simon Dawson, Feddy de Faye, Alan Jenkins, Roberto Pieroni engineers, Jeremy Gill, Simon Morris, Peter Sberi assistant engineers, This page was last edited on 4 June 2022, at 08:47. The 4CD box set The Virgin Anthology can be bought here. https://www.jonkutner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/China.mp3. I would actually pick Only A Heartbeat from The Promise as my favourite TPau song ever.. In 1988 they released their second album Rage, which peaked at No. Our management was clear that we had to keep the ball rolling, says Carol. We had nothing left to give each other, Carol said. Quickly signed to Virgin's Siren subsidiary, the group released their debut single, "Heart and Soul," in early 1987 with little fanfare. 3, Drew's Famous Instrumental Country Collection, Vol. They absolutely had to stop for lunch. Their debut album, Bridge Of Spies, was released in September of 1987 and the first single from it was Heart and Soul which reached number four in both the UK and the US. They get really sniffy when we suggested something. Speaking to uDiscover, Carol admits she was starting to get rattled by the relentless round of rejection. 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. The kids think me and Ronnie are a pair of old boomers who dont know what were talking about. "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.. Ron Rogers was born on March 13, 1959 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. Subscribe to one or all notification sources from this one place. T'Pau: 03:26 : Amazon: 5 : Road to Our Dream. We originally intended to have David Sanborn do the sax solo on the album, but due to a fear of flying, he wasnt able to make it to Chicago on time. For the single version, Gary Barnacle did the honours. Another greatest hits release appeared in 1997, and Decker reformed the band with a new line-up in 1998, for the release of a new studio album, Red. Its part of the fabric of the 80s and you have to respect that.. I got home one day and Carol had this quiet sketch shed written on the piano. "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. They have had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe. Initially a flop in the UK, it first became a hit in the U.S. "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. 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. ". You must be logged in to comment. All tracks are written by Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers, except "This Girl" written by T'Pau. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. It was my song, its all Ive got left. But pressure to keep the momentum building forced the band back into the studio to complete the work for their second album, Rage. That one has really, really hurt.. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. T'Pau /tpa/ are an English pop group formed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, led by singer Carol Decker. Guitarist Dean Howard has toured and recorded with Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan. We also had a bit of a comedy element to it because people are going stir crazy. 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'? Paul Jackson. In the years after T'Pau's split in 1992, Decker continued to occasionally perform as a solo artist. Data-Privacy Id dicked around, fluffed my A-levels, bumbled my way into art school, and ended up singing in a friends band. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. We had five arena shows lined up with the London Philharmonic. You just dont mess those sorts of people about, says Carol. "I have a dark sense of humour, quite gallows, and people might think some of the things I post are inappropriate. But, for some reason, the public didnt take to subsequent songs as much, even though we felt as strongly about them.. 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. 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. [7][8] It was given a release in the United States on 9 November 1999 by Renaissance Records as a two-disc set, with the additional disc containing three tracks: the re-recorded "Heart and Soul '97", a live, unplugged version of the band's 1987 UK number one hit "China in Your Hand", and the demo version of the album track "Do the Right Dance". 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.. Around the same time, it emerged that she had also grown frustrated at a lack of airplay for her band's new material, as many radio stations were only interested in playing T'Pau's classic hits. It was a bit out on a limb from everything else too, but, picking a song on its merit, it was the obvious one to choose. Radio stations in the States now struggled to categorize the group, who refused to slot neatly into segregated playlist policies. Their debut single and first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". Background [ edit] Singer Carol Decker said of the authorship and composition of the selection: Decker re-formed the band with a new line-up in 1998, and T'Pau have in recent years continued to work live regularly. Quickly signed to Virgin's Siren subsidiary, the group released their debut single, "Heart and Soul," in early 1987 with little fanfare. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. In November 1987, when TPaus China In Your Hand became the 600th single to peak at No.1 in Britain, it seemed the bands passport to world domination was stamped and little would stand in their way. Ronnie and I had got the vocals finished in February and we thought wed start putting the music out as download-only singles. It was a bad call. But it was also bloody freezing. Ronnie Rogers Past members Tim Burgess Michael Chetwood Paul Jackson Taj Wyzgowski Dean Howard Jez Ashurst Dave Hattee Dan McKinna Website http://www.tpau.co.uk/ T'Pau/tpa/are an English popgroup formed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, led by singer Carol Decker. They would just listen to the cassettes and send them back with a standard letter. Background. In February 2015, T'Pau released their fifth studio album, Pleasure & Pain, and embarked on a tour. The album, which was released in September 1998, was supported by a thirty-six date tour named "The Red Tour". 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