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Joanne Catherall
Catherall performing in 2008
Background information
Born
(1962-09-18) 18 September 1962 (age 61)
Origin
Sheffield, England
Genres
Synth-pop
new wave
electronic
Occupation(s)
Singer
Years active
1980–present
Labels
Virgin
A&M
EastWest
Papillon
Wall of Sound
Member of
The Human League
Musical artist
Joanne Catherall (born 18 September 1962)[1] is an English singer who is one of two female vocalists in the English synth-pop band The Human League.
In 1980, when Catherall had just turned 18 and was still at school doing A levels, she and her best friend Susan Ann Sulley were discovered in Sheffield's Crazy Daisy Nightclub by Philip Oakey, the lead singer and a founding member of the Human League. At his invitation, the pair then joined Oakey as he formed a new and subsequently commercially successful line-up of the band, following the acrimonious departure of two other founding members of the band.
Catherall has remained in the band ever since, and is a joint business partner in the band (along with Oakey and Sulley), which continues to perform today.
^Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
JoanneCatherall (born 18 September 1962) is an English singer who is one of two female vocalists in the English synth-pop band The Human League. In 1980...
England, as a schoolgirl in 1980, Sulley (aged 17) and her friend JoanneCatherall were "discovered" in the Crazy Daisy Nightclub in Sheffield by Philip...
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two teenage girls whom he saw dancing there, Susan Ann Sulley and JoanneCatherall, to join the band. Oakey had noticed them for their dance moves, dress...
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more dramatic intro and female backing vocals by Susan Ann Sulley and JoanneCatherall, which are as prominent as Oakey's lead. Together in Electric Dreams...
English lyrics written by Philip Oakey and sung by Susan Ann Sulley and JoanneCatherall. The song was later included as a B-side to The Human League's "Tell...
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