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Pepsi & Shirlie were an English pop duo group formed in London in 1985 by two backing singers for Wham! They released two albums, All Right Now in 1987 and Change in 1991, and their debut single " Heartache " reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart .
"Heartache" is a song by English pop music duo Pepsi & Shirlie, written by Tambi Fernando, Iris Fernando, and Wayne Brown and produced by Tambi and Phil Fearon. It was released on 5 January 1987 as the lead single from the duo's debut album, All Right Now, which was released that October.
Pepsi and Shirlie at the Liverpool Echo Arena, 2011. DeMacque became one of two singers/dancers for the group Wham! in 1983. She replaced Dee C. Lee, (who left to join The Style Council) and performed alongside Shirlie Holliman, [2] first appearing in the music video for "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".
All Right Now is the 1987 debut album by vocalists Pepsi & Shirlie.The album gave two top 10 hits in the UK for the duo: "Heartache" (No. 2) and "Goodbye Stranger" (No. 9). [2]
Shirlie Kemp (née Holliman; born 18 April 1962) is an English singer who found fame in the 1980s with Wham! and as part of the duo Pepsi & Shirlie. Early years [ edit ]
Date Artist Title Written by Produced by UK Chart US Chart AUS Chart Album 03 Mar 1986 The Three Degrees "This is the House" Stock, Aitken, Waterman
The song remains as a staple track of classic rock radio. It was covered by artists such as Mike Oldfield, [5] Witch Queen, [6] Rod Stewart, [7] [8] Pepsi & Shirlie (All Right Now), [9] and GNR. [10] A version arranged by the Stanford Band is the de facto fight song of Stanford University athletic teams. [11]
Afterwards, the song shot into the Top 40 at No. 24 and peaked at No. 3 in December. The following year, Dee C. Lee began her work with Paul Weller in the Style Council, and was replaced by Helen 'Pepsi' DeMacque. Holliman and DeMacque would later record as Pepsi & Shirlie. Wham! followed up "Young Guns (Go for It)" with a reissue of "Wham Rap!