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Cathy Dennis (born Catherine Roseanne Dennis, 25 March 1969, Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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) is a Grammy award-winning dance-oriented pop
Dance-pop

Dance-pop is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of pop music that evolved from disco, circa 1981, that combines dance beats with a pop music/contemporary R&B song structure....
 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

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, record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 and actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis has latterly achieved great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring seven UK number 1s and winning five Ivor Novello Awards
Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. The "Ivors" are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, and were first introduced in 1955....
.

As a teenager she was spotted recording Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards , plus one for Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, won an Academy Award for Best Song, an...
-influenced demos at The Kitchen in Norwich with her father (himself an experienced musician and local restaurateur) on piano.






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Cathy Dennis (born Catherine Roseanne Dennis, 25 March 1969, Norwich
Norwich

Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
) is a Grammy award-winning dance-oriented pop
Dance-pop

Dance-pop is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of pop music that evolved from disco, circa 1981, that combines dance beats with a pop music/contemporary R&B song structure....
 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
, record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 and actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis has latterly achieved great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring seven UK number 1s and winning five Ivor Novello Awards
Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. The "Ivors" are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, and were first introduced in 1955....
.

As a teenager she was spotted recording Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards , plus one for Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, won an Academy Award for Best Song, an...
-influenced demos at The Kitchen in Norwich with her father (himself an experienced musician and local restaurateur) on piano. At the time she was working for Norwich Union
Norwich Union

Norwich Union is an insurance company in the United Kingdom. It is the biggest life insurance in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance....
. Simon Fuller
Simon Fuller

'Simon Fuller' is one of the most successful artist managers of all time and is globally recognized for his work as a television producer, talent manager and creator of the Idol series, first seen as Pop Idol in the UK and over 100 other versions including American Idol, Australian Idol, Canadian Idol, Deutschland sucht den...
 signed her to his 19 Management
19 Entertainment

19 Entertainment Ltd., based in London and Los Angeles, is a leading creator and producer of entertainment properties, notably Pop Idol in the United Kingdom, as well as franchise versions of the Idol series in more than seventy countries around the world and the United States television show So You Think You Can Dance ....
 company (with whom she is still signed) and to label Polydor at aged 17, and this began a career-long association with the impressario that has seen Dennis provide songs for many Fuller-related artists and projects.

In 2004, Dennis was listed 66th in the Q Magazine
Q (magazine)

Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130,179 as of June 2007.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology — from artists suc...
 list of the top 100 most influential people in music and in 2006 she won the UK music industry's Woman of the Year Award.

Performing career

Dennis achieved her first success as a vocalist with D Mob
D Mob

D Mob is one of the stage names used by the United Kingdom house music Record producer, Dancin' Danny D . A United Kingdom house music crew, D Mob enjoyed a flourish of popularity in 1989 and 1990, helping to introduce that style to the mainstream, with the hit singles "We Call it Acieed" and "C'mon and Get My Love"....
, when their single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 "C'mon and Get My Love
C'mon and Get My Love

"C'mon and Get My Love" is the song that first introduced the world to United Kingdom singer Cathy Dennis, who had many more hits in the United States and the UK....
" reached #15 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 and #10 in the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 in 1989. Originally, it had only reached #93 (UK). It is regarded as an underground classic in the dance music
Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
 field, and a second collaboration with D Mob, "That's the Way of the World," was also a major dance hit. It was followed by Dennis' debut album, Move to This
Move to This

Move to This is the debut album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1991....
.

She subsequently scored three solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 hits, all of which reached the UK Top 20 and the U.S. Top 10. She also enjoyed considerable success in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the early 1990s. The three solo hits were: "Just Another Dream" (UK #13, U.S #9, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 #14), which featured Dancin' Danny D on backing vocals; a cover of the Wish (featuring Fonda Rae) 1984 club hit "Touch Me (All Night Long)
Touch Me (All Night Long)

"Touch Me " is the title of a 1991 hit single by United Kingdom dance-pop singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis. The song is included on her debut album, Move to This, where it is listed as either "All Night Long " or just "All Night Long"....
" (UK #5, US #2, Australia #16), which is probably her most remembered hit to date; and "Too Many Walls
Too Many Walls

"Too Many Walls" is the title of a pop music ballad by the United Kingdom singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis.Released as a single from her album Move to This in the summer of 1991, "Too Many Walls" became Dennis' fourth Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #8....
" (UK #17, US #8, Australia #57).

Subsequent releases were only minor hits. Her final Top 40 hit in the U.S. was "You Lied to Me" in 1992, taken from her second album Into the Skyline
Into the Skyline

Into the Skyline is the second studio album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1992....
, and her final Top 40 hit in the UK was "Waterloo Sunset", which made #11 during 1997. That same year, her last solo single, "When Your Dreams Turn to Dust", peaked in the UK at #43. These two latter singles were both taken from her third and last solo album, Am I the Kinda Girl?
Am I the Kinda Girl?

Am I the Kinda Girl? is the third album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1996....
, also including a third single, "West End Pad", the album opening track (UK #23).

"Touch Me (All Night Long)" stayed at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and was kept out of the #1 spot by Hi-Five
Hi-Five

Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet based out of Waco, Texas who had a #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 in the early 1990s with "I Like the Way ". Hi-Five was formed in 1990, and consisted of the late Tony Thompson , Roderick "Pooh" Clark, Marcus Sanders, Russell Neal, and Toriano Easley....
's "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" in the first week, and Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
's "I Don't Wanna Cry
I Don't Wanna Cry

"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a song written by Mariah Carey and Narada Michael Walden, and produced by Walden for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey ....
" in the second week. The song was a cover
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 and lyrical reworking of a 1984 single by Wish featuring Fonda Rae, which had hit #70 on the U.S. R&B
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
 chart that year. "Touch Me (All Night Long)" reached #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play

Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...
 chart, and its follow-up, "Too Many Walls", which Dennis co-wrote with Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley

Anne Dudley is an Academy Award-winning English people orchestra composer and pop musician, and was the BBC Concert Orchestra's composer in Association between January 2002 and January 2005....
 of Art of Noise (and which bears a striking similarity in part to the ABC track "All of My Heart", which was also co-written with Anne Dudley), was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit in the United States. It was around this time Dennis agreed to join Club MTV
Club MTV

Club MTV was a half hour television show molded after American Bandstand that aired on MTV between the years 1985 and 1992. Club MTV was part of MTV's second generation of programming when they were phasing out the original 5 VJ s and introducing new ones....
's first tour, booked for six weeks. She dropped out on the third date, later publicly accusing one of Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli was a pop music/dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album achieved high sales internationally which earned them a Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990....
's members (the tour's headline act) of sexual harassment. During this period, she recorded a song called "Find the Key to Your Life" with David Morales
David Morales

David Morales , is an internationally acclaimed Grammy winning house music disc jockey and Record producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Morales is one of the most prolific remixers of all time, transforming many pop music songs into club-friendly dance tracks....
, for the soundtrack
Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
 to the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is a 1991 in film action film / family film. It is the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, being the sequel to the 1990 in film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ....
".

Dennis released her second album, Into the Skyline
Into the Skyline

Into the Skyline is the second studio album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1992....
, in December 1992, written with an aim toward the U.S. market. The album featured the singles "You Lied to Me", "Irresistible", "Moments of Love," "Falling", and "Why" - the latter was credited to D Mob with Cathy Dennis. The album got to #8 in the UK Album Chart, whilst in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "You Lied to Me" was a Top 40 hit, and "Irresistible" made the Adult Contemporary Top Ten; however, the album descended the chart rapidly. Dennis experienced a brief peak of fame, making a cameo in "Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210

'Beverly Hills, 90210' is a prime time television drama series that aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world....
" singing the song "Moments of Love" (a minor U.S. Adult Contemporary chart hit), "Why" (in the episode, without D Mob) and "Touch Me (All Night Long)". In Japan, the album was called Into the Skyline +1, and featured three extra tracks
Bonus track

In terms of sound recording music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already own....
: "Nothing Moves Me", a previous B-side
A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
, and two tracks that were both released as singles, i.e. "It's My Style", and "Love's a Cradle". She also provided background vocals on PM Dawn's American Top Ten and British Top Twenty hit "Looking through Patient Eyes", released in 1993.

Dennis started to record her third album Inspiration. The title track was recorded with Todd Terry
Todd Terry

Todd Terry is an United States DJ and music Record producer and remixer, one of the producers who helped to define New York's house music during the 1980s....
, along with another song "Is There Life After You", plus other unknown songs. She decided to stop recording this album and only one song from the sessions has ever been released, "SOS", which can be found on the "Beverly Hills 90210, The College Years" soundtrack.

Dennis made her first attempt at co-writing a song for Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue

Danielle Minogue is an Australian Singing, occasional actress, and TV Personality. Minogue rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian talent show show "Young Talent Time", and in the soap opera Home and Away, before commencing her career as a pop singer in the early 1990s....
 called "Love's on Every Corner
Love's on Every Corner

"Love's on Every Corner" is a pop music–Dance music song written by Danny Poku, Cathy Dennis and Paul Taylor for Dannii Minogue's second album Get into You ....
".

In 1996, Dennis changed musical track: away from the dance-pop sound of previous releases, to a more traditional singer-songwriter approach. The resulting album, Am I the Kinda Girl?
Am I the Kinda Girl?

Am I the Kinda Girl? is the third album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1996....
, was more in keeping with the Britpop
Britpop

Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s....
 sound of bands such as Blur
Blur (band)

Blur are an English alternative rock band who formed in London in 1989. The four members of the band are singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree....
 and performers such as Stephen Duffy
Stephen Duffy

Stephen Anthony James Duffy is a British people singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member and vocalist/bassist of Duran Duran, but he had left the group in their pre-fame years....
, and featured collaborations with Guy Chambers
Guy Chambers

Guy Chambers is an England songwriter and record producer best known for his long partnership with Robbie Williams....
 of The Lemon Trees
The Lemon Trees

The Lemon Trees were a 1990s United Kingdom pop music musical ensemble consisting of Guy Chambers, twin brothers Paul Stacey and Jeremy Stacey, Alex Lewis and Paul Holman....
 and Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge

Andrew John Partridge, born 11 November 1953 in Mtarfa, Malta, and known variously as Andy Partridge, Sir John Johns, Melchior, and Animal Jesus, is a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the popular music band XTC....
 of XTC
XTC

XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. Though the band enjoyed some significant chart success , they are more known for their long-standing critical success than for making hit records....
. However, even though a couple of singles charted in the UK (including a Number 11 cover of Ray Davies
Ray Davies

Ray Davies, Order of the British Empire is an English Rock music musician, best known as lead singer and songwriter for The Kinks - one of the most prolific and long-lived British Invasion bands - which he led with his younger brother, Dave Davies....
' "Waterloo Sunset
Waterloo Sunset

"Waterloo Sunset" is a song released as a single by The Kinks in 1967, and featured on their album Something Else by the Kinks. It was composed and produced by The Kinks lead singer and songwriter Ray Davies and is one of the band's best known and most acclaimed songs....
"), the album failed to make much inroads into the album charts.

Dennis recorded a track that appeared on the OST
OST

OST may refer to:* Osterville one of the seven villages within the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts* The alias of electronic musician Chris Douglas...
 for "Robin Hood Men in Tights", singing "Marian", in a Duet Version (credited to Cathy Dennis & Lance Ellington).

According to news reports, Dennis is working on a new album under the name Sexcassettes, which she plans to release for 2008. It is reported that it has a "band feel" to it, which is why she is releasing her material under band name. Dennis hopes to release the first single, "Killer Love", by the end of 2008. However, nothing has been released in 2008, expecting to have a release in 2009.

Songwriting career


Dennis has achieved immense critical and commercial success as a songwriter, winning a number of awards and penning dozens of hit singles. She has also contributed backing vocals to many of these recordngs. Her association with Simon Fuller has facilitated this, with Dennis providing songs for Fuller acts including the Spice Girls
Spice Girls

The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. They consist of Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell....
, S Club 7
S Club 7

S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, was a pop band created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, comprising lead singer Jo O'Meara, Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee , Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, and Rachel Stevens....
 and the Idol franchise
Idol series

The British television talent search television series Pop Idol has spawned spin-off in 42 territories, in what is now referred to as the "Idols" format, as described by FremantleMedia....
 contestants. This began in 1996, when she co-wrote "Bumper to Bumper", the b-side to the Spice Girls' first hit single "Wannabe
Wannabe (song)

"Wannabe" is a song by the United Kingdom pop group Spice Girls, released as their debut single, and widely considered to be their signature song....
". Seven Dennis compositions have reached Number One in Britain. "Never Had a Dream Come True
Never Had a Dream Come True

"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on November 27, 2000. It was chosen to be the official 2000 BBC Children in Need single and was another powerful ballad with lead vocals adopted by Jo O'Meara....
" and "Have You Ever
Have You Ever (S Club 7 song)

"Have You Ever" was a single released by UK pop group, S Club 7 on November 19, 2001. Following the success of the 2000 Children in Need track, "Never Had a Dream Come True", the BBC asked S Club to perform the 2001 track for the charity too....
", written with Chris Braide
Chris Braide

Chris Braide is an English people singer, songwriter, record producer....
 (both recorded by S Club 7), "Anything Is Possible" (recorded by Will Young
Will Young

Will Young is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural Pop Idol contest....
), and "Toxic
Toxic (song)

"Toxic" is a Grammy Award-winning dance-pop song written by Bloodshy & Avant, Cathy Dennis, and Henrik Jonback for Britney Spears' fourth studio album In the Zone ....
" (recorded by Britney Spears
Britney Spears

'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
) all reached the Number One spot, with "Toxic" and "Never Had a Dream Come True" also hitting the Top 10 in the United States. Her highest-selling composition, "Can't Get You out of My Head
Can't Get You out of My Head

"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is a Dance-pop song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album Fever ....
" (recorded by Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
), spent four weeks at Number One in Britain, rekindled interest in Minogue in America (where it hit #7 on the Hot 100), and sold over three million copies worldwide to become the world's second highest selling single in 2001. Her sixth penned number one single was "About You Now
About You Now

"About You Now" is a BRIT Award-nominated pop music song by British pop band Sugababes, written by Cathy Dennis and producer Dr. Luke for the group's fifth studio album, Change ....
", which hit Number One on downloads alone in September 2007 for Sugababes
Sugababes

Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning pop music group based in London, UK. The group consists of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, and Amelle Berrabah....
, and her seventh is the co-written "I Kissed a Girl" for Katy Perry
Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson , known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Born in California to pastor parents, she grew up listening to gospel music and singing in church....
, which also hit Number One in the US.

"Can't Get You Out of My Head" also won Dennis an Ivor Novello Award as 2001's most performed composition. She also won an Ivor two years later for "Anything Is Possible". In the US, Cathy received the Billboard Award for 'Female Artist of the Year' in 1991. Her highest musical accolade state-side is the Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 for Best Dance Recording for "Come Into My World", recorded by Kylie Minogue (who is also a recipient of the award).

Dennis co-wrote the "Pop Idol
Pop Idol

Pop Idol was a United Kingdom television series which debuted on ITV on October 5 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop music singer, or 'pop idol', in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation....
"/"American Idol
American Idol

American Idol is an Television in the United States Singing airing on Fox network. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television....
" theme (on which she also sings), and contestants Will Young, Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates

Gareth Paul Gates , is a singer hailing from Bradford, England. He came second in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates overcame a stutter through the McGuire Programme, qualifying as a speech coach in 2004 ....
, Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly-publicized American Idol of the television series American Idol in 2002....
, and Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken is an United States American popular music singer who began his rise to fame on the American Idol of the television program American Idol in 2003....
 have recorded her songs as their first singles. Clarkson's single "Before Your Love
Before Your Love

"Before Your Love" single , released as a double A-side with "A Moment Like This", by Kelly Clarkson, the winner of the first season of American Idol, and later included on her multi-platinum debut album, Thankful ....
" (a double a-side with "A Moment Like This") was Dennis' first US number 1.

Other artists who have recorded Dennis songs include Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue

Danielle Minogue is an Australian Singing, occasional actress, and TV Personality. Minogue rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian talent show show "Young Talent Time", and in the soap opera Home and Away, before commencing her career as a pop singer in the early 1990s....
, Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony Music Entertainment at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the popular Australian soap Neighbours as Nina Tucker, and this assisted her in establishing an international music career....
, Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood

Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country pop singer and songwriter. She rose to fame as the winner of the American Idol of American Idol, and has become a Music recording sales certification#List of international sales certification thresholds recording artist and a multiple Grammy Award winner....
, Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks

Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American Pop music/contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and plus-size model. She rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol, which led to her reception of an American Music Award and 51st Grammy Awards nominations in 2008....
, Céline Dion
Celine Dion

C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
, Ana Torroja
Ana Torroja

Ana Torroja is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated Spanish people vocalist and lead singer of the trio Mecano, which has sold millions of albums. She was born in Madrid and is the daughter of a noted engineer....
, Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton

Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop music singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Bunton is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as "Baby Spice" as she was the youngest member and often wore revealing "babydoll" dresses....
, Melanie C, Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating is an Republic of Ireland Pop music singer who has had hits with boyband Boyzone and as a solo artist....
, Rachel Stevens
Rachel Stevens

Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer, actor and occasional model. She is a former member, and one of the lead singers, of the successful pop music group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005....
, Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
, Thalía
Thalia

Thalia can refer to four distinct entities in Greek mythology, two of whom were daughters of Zeus, and a third of whom bore him sons. The name Thalia, or Thaleia is spelled T??e?a in Greek and derives from the same stem as ????e?? "to bloom"....
, Hear'Say, S Club Juniors, Pink, Brooke Hogan
Brooke Hogan

Brooke Ellen Bollea , better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American pop music singer and television personality. She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family, and which premiered on July 10, 2005 on VH1 and MTV....
, Michelle McManus
Michelle McManus

Michelle McManus is a Scottish people singing, actor and television celebrity, who won the second series of Pop Idol in 2003....
, Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic

Hooverphonic is a Belgium rock /pop music group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre....
, Jentina
Jentina

Jentina Chapman, professionally known as Jentina, is a United Kingdom pop music singer, rapper, songwriter and Model of Romani people descent....
, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is a multi-Music recording sales certification selling England singer-songwriter and Model . Her music is a mixture of mainstream Pop music, Disco, Nu-Disco, and 1980s electronic music influences....
, Róisín Murphy
Róisín Murphy

R?is?n Marie Murphy ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish people singer-songwriter and music producer, known for her electronica style.Murphy first came to note as part of the electronic music duo Moloko....
, David Cook
David Cook

David Cook may refer to:*David Cook , winner of the seventh season of American Idol** David Cook , the second solo album by David Cook....
  and Letoya Luckett
LeToya Luckett

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Cathy Dennis has contributed backing vocals to many of the songs she has written, including several songs for Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears' "Toxic".

UK and U.S. number 1 compositions

YearSongArtistUK
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
U.S. Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
2000"Never Had a Dream Come True
Never Had a Dream Come True

"Never Had a Dream Come True" is a song by S Club 7, released as a single on November 27, 2000. It was chosen to be the official 2000 BBC Children in Need single and was another powerful ballad with lead vocals adopted by Jo O'Meara....
"		S Club 7
S Club 7

S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, was a pop band created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, comprising lead singer Jo O'Meara, Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee , Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, and Rachel Stevens....
110
2001"Have You Ever
Have You Ever (S Club 7 song)

"Have You Ever" was a single released by UK pop group, S Club 7 on November 19, 2001. Following the success of the 2000 Children in Need track, "Never Had a Dream Come True", the BBC asked S Club to perform the 2001 track for the charity too....
"		1-
"Can't Get You out of My Head
Can't Get You out of My Head

"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is a Dance-pop song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album Fever ....
"		Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
17
2002"Anything Is Possible"Will Young
Will Young

Will Young is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural Pop Idol contest....
1-
2004"Toxic
Toxic (song)

"Toxic" is a Grammy Award-winning dance-pop song written by Bloodshy & Avant, Cathy Dennis, and Henrik Jonback for Britney Spears' fourth studio album In the Zone ....
"		Britney Spears
Britney Spears

'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
19
2007"About You Now
About You Now

"About You Now" is a BRIT Award-nominated pop music song by British pop band Sugababes, written by Cathy Dennis and producer Dr. Luke for the group's fifth studio album, Change ....
"		Sugababes
Sugababes

Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning pop music group based in London, UK. The group consists of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, and Amelle Berrabah....
1-
2008"I Kissed a Girl"Katy Perry
Katy Perry

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson , known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Born in California to pastor parents, she grew up listening to gospel music and singing in church....
11


Awards

  • Ivor Novello Award 2002 - PRS Most Performed Work - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  • Ivor Novello Award 2002 - International Hit of the Year - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  • Ivor Novello Award 2002 - Ivors Dance Award - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  • Ivor Novello Award 2003 - Best-selling UK single - "Anything is Possible"
  • Grammy Awards 2004 - Best Dance Recording - "Come into my World"
  • ASCAP Award 2005 - Most Performed Song - "Toxic"
  • Ivor Novello Award 2005 - PRS Most Performed Work - "Toxic"
  • ASCAP Award 2007 - TV Theme - American Idol


Discography


Albums

  • Move To This
    Move to This

    Move to This is the debut album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1991....
     (1990) UK #3, US #67, AUS #32
  • Everybody Move (To the Mixes) (Remix
    Remix

    A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. A remixer uses Audio mixing to compose an alternate master recording of a song, adding or subtracting elements, or simply changing the equalization, dynamics, Pitch , tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of th...
    -Album) (1991)
  • Into the Skyline
    Into the Skyline

    Into the Skyline is the second studio album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1992....
     (1992) UK #8
  • Am I the Kinda Girl?
    Am I the Kinda Girl?

    Am I the Kinda Girl? is the third album by English dance artist Cathy Dennis. It was released in 1996....
     (1996) UK #78
  • The Irresistible Cathy Dennis (2000)
  • Sexcassettes:possible new release for 2009


Singles

YearSongUK
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
U.S. Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
U.S. dance
Hot Dance Club Play

Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...
U.S. AC
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary music and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States....
AUS
ARIA Charts

File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
Album
1989"C'mon and Get My Love
C'mon and Get My Love

"C'mon and Get My Love" is the song that first introduced the world to United Kingdom singer Cathy Dennis, who had many more hits in the United States and the UK....
" (with D Mob
D Mob

D Mob is one of the stage names used by the United Kingdom house music Record producer, Dancin' Danny D . A United Kingdom house music crew, D Mob enjoyed a flourish of popularity in 1989 and 1990, helping to introduce that style to the mainstream, with the hit singles "We Call it Acieed" and "C'mon and Get My Love"....
)		15101-35Move to This
"Just Another Dream"93----
1990"That's The Way Of The World" (with D Mob
D Mob

D Mob is one of the stage names used by the United Kingdom house music Record producer, Dancin' Danny D . A United Kingdom house music crew, D Mob enjoyed a flourish of popularity in 1989 and 1990, helping to introduce that style to the mainstream, with the hit singles "We Call it Acieed" and "C'mon and Get My Love"....
)		48591-98A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That
"Just Another Dream" (reissue)959---Move to This
1991"Touch Me (All Night Long)
Touch Me (All Night Long)

"Touch Me " is the title of a 1991 hit single by United Kingdom dance-pop singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis. The song is included on her debut album, Move to This, where it is listed as either "All Night Long " or just "All Night Long"....
"		5213216
"Just Another Dream" (2nd reissue)13-2-14
"Too Many Walls
Too Many Walls

"Too Many Walls" is the title of a pop music ballad by the United Kingdom singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis.Released as a single from her album Move to This in the summer of 1991, "Too Many Walls" became Dennis' fourth Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #8....
"		178-157
"Everybody Move"259041-85
1992"You Lied To Me"343212--Into the Skyline
"Irresistible"2461-6-
1993"Falling
Falling (Cathy Dennis song)

VideoThe video for "Falling" was very much stylized as "Cathy Dennis"' scene shot in black and white with glittery background and a lot of extras especially white mice can be seen and as well as everything falls like nails, paper glitters, thumbtacks and the Cathy Dennis doll....
"		32----
"Moments of Love"---8-
1994"Why" (with D Mob
D Mob

D Mob is one of the stage names used by the United Kingdom house music Record producer, Dancin' Danny D . A United Kingdom house music crew, D Mob enjoyed a flourish of popularity in 1989 and 1990, helping to introduce that style to the mainstream, with the hit singles "We Call it Acieed" and "C'mon and Get My Love"....
)		23----
1996"West End Pad"25----Am I the Kinda Girl?
1997"Waterloo Sunset"11----
"When Dreams Turn to Dust"43----
2009"Killer Love"TBRTBRTBRTBRTBR


See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
    List of number-one dance hits (United States)

    This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in United States dance clubs....
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart


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