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The act comprised Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque (born 10 December 1958, Paddington, London) and Shirlie Holliman (born 18 April 1962, Watford, Hertfordshire), who had been Wham! backing vocalists. Holliman's original singing partner, Dee C. Lee, had earlier left the group to join the Style Council and later married its lead vocalist Paul Weller. [2]
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".
Pepsi & Shirlie went on hiatus in 1989, briefly returning twice: once in 1991 with an album, Change, which was widely ignored, then again in 2000 to record backing vocals on the UK number one Geri Halliwell hit "Bag It Up". [2] The duo also reunited to perform for the 'Here and Now 10th Anniversary tour' which began on 24 June 2011. [3]
These changes helped to propel Wham!'s next single, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", into the top ten of several countries around the world. It became their first U.S. and UK No. 1 single, accompanied by a video of the duo with Pepsi and Shirlie, all wearing Katharine Hamnett T-shirts with the slogans "CHOOSE LIFE" and "GO GO". [22]
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After peaking, the single spent seven weeks within the UK top 75, totalling 12 weeks on the chart altogether; it is Pepsi & Shirlie's highest- and longest-charting UK single. [12] It finished 1987 as the UK's 24th-best-selling hit and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipping over 250,000 copies.
The Club Fantastic Tour (also advertised as the Club Fantastic '83 Tour) was the debut concert tour by English pop duo Wham!, launched in support of their first studio album Fantastic (1983). It was sponsored by Fila sportswear and spanned two months from October to late November 1983, comprising 30 sold-out shows across England, Scotland and ...
"Club Tropicana" was written in 1981 in Ridgeley's living room, before the band or bandname had been fully established, and was the second Wham! song they came up with after the initial "Wham Rap!". [ 3 ] Although only half finished at the time of recording, it became one of the three home demos hastily made on a hired porta-studio which led to ...