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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 ]
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". When their work with Wham! ended, Holliman and DeMacque formed their own act, named Pepsi ...
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 .
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 ...
"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.
The new one-off TV special tracks the rise of the ... Ridgeley recalled a conversation he had with Michael and Wham! dancer Shirlie Kemp, who was one half of the dancing duo Pepsi & Shirlie, in ...
On Top of the Pops, Michael mimed the vocals to his Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley, who acted the part of the teenage bridegroom-in-waiting. They were flanked by backing singers Dee C Lee and Shirlie Holliman. The original recording does not feature the voices of Lee or Holliman but that of American backing singer Lynda Hayes. [4] [5]
Kemp has been married to Shirlie Holliman since 1988. [35] Holliman is a former backing singer of the group Wham! [36] and one half of the 1980s pop duo, Pepsi & Shirlie. [37] The couple have one daughter, Harley Moon and a son, Roman [38] [39] (born January 1993). He is a patron of British/Irish charity the Encephalitis Society. [40]