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Katrina and the Waves
Clockwise from top left: Alex Cooper, Vince de la Cruz, Kimberley Rew, and Katrina Leskanich; 1985
Clockwise from top left: Alex Cooper, Vince de la Cruz, Kimberley Rew, and Katrina Leskanich; 1985
Background information
OriginCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Genres
  • Rock
  • new wave
Years active1981–1999
Labels
  • Attic
  • Capitol
  • SBK
  • EMI
  • Virgin
  • Polydor
  • Warner
Past members
  • Katrina Leskanich
  • Kimberley Rew
  • Vince de la Cruz
  • Alex Cooper
Websitekatrinaandthewaves.com
Katrina and the Waves at Malmö festivalen, 14 August 1988

Katrina and the Waves were a British rock band formed in Cambridge in 1981, widely known for their 1985 hit "Walking on Sunshine". They also won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Love Shine a Light".[1]

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 288. ISBN 1-85227-969-9.

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