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SOUL II SOUL - WIKIPEDIA Y TEMAS

SOUL II SOUL

Soul II Soul is a British double award-winning Grammy act that emerged from London at the end of the 1980s . The group initially attracted attention as a sound system, playing records at house and street parties (where their clothing style - dubbed "Funki Dred" - quickly made a splash, inspiring them to start a line of clothing). Founded by Jazzie B and featuring a changing roster of other musicians - notably Nellee Hooper, Simon Law, Phillip 'Daddae' Harvey and Caron Wheeler - Soul II Soul's experiments in music-making of their own resulted in the dub plate "Fairplay," which secured them a deal with Virgin Records. They had huge hits in 1989 with the singles "Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)," both from their debut album Club Classics Vol. I. These songs (both featuring Wheeler on vocals) set the tone for early 1990s mainstream dance music in the UK.

Doreen Waddell, a former singer with Soul II Soul living in Clarendon Villas, Hove, died after being hit by three cars while fleeing from a shoplifting incident. The 36-year-old, who left behind a four-year-old son, sang some lead vocal parts on Soul II Soul's 1989 Club Classics Volume I album.

Their follow-up album, Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade, yielded the hits "Get A Life" and "A Dream's A Dream," the latter featuring operatic vocals by Victoria Wilson-James. While their U.S. following declined somewhat following its release, Soul II Soul continued to have hits in the UK, including 1992's #4 single, "Joy."

Soul II Soul reached Volume 5 of their series for Virgin in 1995, then released two more albums for Island Records.

In October 2004 "Keep on Movin" appeared in the videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on R&B, Soul radio station, CSR 103.9.

The Soul II Soul Sound System featuring Caron Wheeler will be touring Australia nationally in February 2009. They are also playing the Playground Weekender Festival near Sydney, New South Wales. The group are currently finishing up recording sessions for their seventh album to be released in 2009.

On 2 December 2008 a programme on Soul II Soul appeared on BBC Radio 4.

The daughter of former member Melissa Bell, Alexandra Burke, was the winner of the 2008, fifth season of the UK television talent competition/show, The X Factor[1].

Discography

Albums

Year Album UK[2] U.S.
1989 Club Classics Vol. I 1 14
1990 Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 1 21
1992 Volume III Just Right 3 88
1993 Volume IV The Classic Singles 88-93 10 -
1995 Volume V - Believe 13 -
1997 Volume VI Time for Change - -

Singles

Year Title Album UK[2] U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Dance
1988 "Fairplay" Club Classics Vol. I 63 - - 9
1988 "Feel Free" Club Classics Vol. I 64 - - -
1989 "Keep on Movin'" Club Classics Vol. I 5 11 1 1
1989 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"
* BACK TO LIFE
Club Classics Vol. I 1 4 1 1
1989 "Jazzie's Groove" Club Classics Vol. I - - 6 3
1989 "Get a Life" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 3 54 5 9
1990 "A Dream's a Dream" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 6 85 19 3
1990 "People" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade - - 44 3
1990 "Missing You" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 22 - 29 39
1992 "Joy" Volume III Just Right 4 - 14 -
1992 "Move Me No Mountain" Volume III Just Right 31 - 33 29
1992 "Just Right" Volume III Just Right 38 - - -
1993 "Wish" Volume IV The Classic Singles 88-93 24 - - -
1995 "Love Enuff" Volume V - Believe 12 - - -
1995 "I Care" Volume V - Believe 17 - - -
1996 "Keep on Movin'" (remix) - 31 - - -
1997 "Represent" Time of Change 39 - - -
1997 "Pleasure Dome" Time of Change 51 - - -

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