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Deuce were a British
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....
 pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 quartet
Quartet

In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts....
 who scored a string of hit
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
 singles
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....
 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 ....
 in the mid 1990s, before splitting up in 1997.

band was formed in 1994 by Tom Watkins, who had managed
Management

Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
 the Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English people electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main Singing, Keyboard instruments and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
, 2wo Third3
2wo Third3

2wo Third3 were a gay four piece 1990s electropop band , with three performing members and one non-performing songwriting member. They were called 2wo Third3 because out of the performing members, the two backing vocalist dressed in identical clothing usually with rubber gloves and the frontman, Lee, did not....
, Bros
Bros

Bros were a British boy band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, consisting of twin brothers Matt Goss and Luke Goss along with Craig Logan....
 and East 17
East 17

For the postcode, see E postal area.East 17 are an England pop music boy band founded in 1992.The group name came from the UK postcodes for Walthamstow, an area of London between the old East End and the Essex commuter belt....
; and Kelly O'Keefe who was doing work experience in his office. He admired her distinctive vocals
Human voice

The human voice consists of sound Voice production by a human being using the vocal folds for Speech communication, singing, Laughter, crying, screaming, etc....
, style and kitsch sensibility, and they decided to put together a boy/girl band with O'Keefe as lead vocalist
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
.






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Deuce were a British
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....
 pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 quartet
Quartet

In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts....
 who scored a string of hit
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
 singles
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....
 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 ....
 in the mid 1990s, before splitting up in 1997.

Career

The band was formed in 1994 by Tom Watkins, who had managed
Management

Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
 the Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English people electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main Singing, Keyboard instruments and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
, 2wo Third3
2wo Third3

2wo Third3 were a gay four piece 1990s electropop band , with three performing members and one non-performing songwriting member. They were called 2wo Third3 because out of the performing members, the two backing vocalist dressed in identical clothing usually with rubber gloves and the frontman, Lee, did not....
, Bros
Bros

Bros were a British boy band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, consisting of twin brothers Matt Goss and Luke Goss along with Craig Logan....
 and East 17
East 17

For the postcode, see E postal area.East 17 are an England pop music boy band founded in 1992.The group name came from the UK postcodes for Walthamstow, an area of London between the old East End and the Essex commuter belt....
; and Kelly O'Keefe who was doing work experience in his office. He admired her distinctive vocals
Human voice

The human voice consists of sound Voice production by a human being using the vocal folds for Speech communication, singing, Laughter, crying, screaming, etc....
, style and kitsch sensibility, and they decided to put together a boy/girl band with O'Keefe as lead vocalist
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
. They aimed to create a group that was fun and colourful, mixing pop music
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and art in a kitsch way - their catch phrase was "kitsch goes classic".

O'Keefe was a student of The BRIT School
BRIT School

The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology is an independent technology school funded by the BRIT awards located in The Crescent, Selhurst, Croydon, in London, England....
, studying music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, and recruited her school friend Lisa Armstrong
Lisa Armstrong

Lisa Marie Armstrong is a former member of pop music band Deuce and now Cosmetics expert for ITV1's programme This Morning ....
, a dancer. Watkins then discovered Craig Robert Young
Craig Robert Young

Craig Robert Young is a United Kingdom actor who began his acting career at age ten, starring in the stage production of The Price of Coal. By the time he was 17, he moved to London to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama, whereupon he was chosen to become a member of the pop band Deuce , scoring four top ten UK Singles Chart hit...
 and Paul Holmes and the group were formed.

Their debut single, "Call It Love", entered the UK Singles Chart at number 21 on 21 January 1995 and climbed to a peak of number 11. The follow-up "I Need You" was entered into the UK's
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....
 pre-selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
 but came third (the selected entry was by Love City Groove
Love City Groove

Love City Groove represented the United Kingdom in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest 1995, with a self-titled song after being the runaway winner in a public vote....
). It did, however, go on to finish 2nd in the OGAE
OGAE

OGAE is the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. It has branches in 37 European countries.Although the Eurovision Song Contest started in 1956, OGAE began only in 1984 in Finland....
 2nd Chance contest. The single went straight to number 10 on release in April 1995. One further single, "On The Bible", reached number 13 in August, and the album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 On The Loose charted
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
 at number 18 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
. A fourth single, "Let's Call It A Day", was scheduled for release in November, but was cancelled after O'Keefe decided to leave the group, although a live performance of the song was screened as part of CITV
CITV

CITV is the brand name used for the majority of children's television output on ITV's television stations, including the ITV Network, breakfast broadcaster GMTV and the ITV plc-owned CITV Channel as well as non ITV plc owned regions....
's 50 years of TV celebration in December 1995, with the band dressed in black evening wear.

The band also featured on the single "A Gift Of Christmas" as part of The Childliners, which also featured Peter Andre
Peter André

Peter James Andr? is an England-born Australian singer-songwriter and television personality. He currently produces music in the genres of Pop music, R&B and reggae....
, MN8
MN8

MN8 are an Contemporary R&B musical ensemble from the United Kingdom. They consist of KG , G-Man - - Dee Tails and Kule T ....
, Ultimate Kaos
Ultimate Kaos

Ultimate Kaos was a boyband from from the 1990s who were formed by Simon Cowell. Its members were Haydon Eshun, Jomo Baxter, Jayde Delpratt, Ryan Elliott, and Nick Grant....
, East 17
East 17

For the postcode, see E postal area.East 17 are an England pop music boy band founded in 1992.The group name came from the UK postcodes for Walthamstow, an area of London between the old East End and the Essex commuter belt....
, 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....
, C.J. Lewis
C.J. Lewis

C.J. Lewis is a British people reggae singing. His biggest hit single was the 1994 cover version of "Sweets for My Sweet".Lewis scored several hits on the UK Singles Chart in the middle of the 1990s....
, Boyzone
Boyzone

Boyzone are an Irish people boy band who had popular mainstream success during the 1990s. They were most successful in the Republic of Ireland, Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom and they also had differing levels of success in parts of Central Europe....
, and Michelle Gayle
Michelle Gayle

Michelle Patricia Gayle is a United Kingdom actor and singer. Gayle had success as a pop singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven top-30 singles in the UK singles chart, her two biggest hits to date being Sweetness and Do You Know? ....
. The single reached number 9 and profits went to the British charity
Charitable organization

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 Childline
ChildLine

ChildLine is a free 24 hour counselling service for children and Adolescence in the UK provided by The NSPCC. ChildLine deals with any issue which causes distress or concern, such as child abuse, bullying and sex....
. Deuce also sang on the Coronation Street
Coronation Street

Coronation Street is an award-winning soap opera created by Tony Warren. It is one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on 9 December 1960, made by Granada Television and broadcast in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence....
 anniversary album, performing a track called "Life On the Street", featuring 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....
 Sherrie Hewson
Sherrie Hewson

Sherrie Hewson is an England actress, television presenter and novelist....
 (Maureen Holdsworth).

Following O'Keefe's departure in November 1995, the band were dropped by London Records
London Records

London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 in music through 1979 in music, then becoming a semi-independent label....
. A single called "Rock The Disco" had been planned for release in 1996, and it was finally leaked on the internet
Internet

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 in January 2007. The group wanted to continue and signed to Mike Stock
Mike Stock

Mike Stock is a English people songwriter and record producer best known for being a member of the songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....
's Love This label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
. O'Keefe was replaced by dancer Amanda Perkins and a new single called "No Surrender" was released in July 1996. It was not as successful as previous releases, charting at only number 29. The group was then launched in 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....
, where "On The Bible" was a moderate hit in late 1996, and was followed by a dance
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....
 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...
 of "No Surrender" in June 1997, which missed the chart - at this point a blonde guy named Calvin had replaced Craig and appeared once or twice during promotional performances of the track. Shortly after this, Deuce disbanded, although not before an Australian double CD
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
 version of their British album On The Loose was released, including "No Surrender" and a remix disc featuring a half hour megamix.

Young went on to pursue his acting career, appearing in Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic Shakespearean comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week....
 at the Queen's Theatre
Queen's Theatre

The Queen's Theatre is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. It opened on 8 October 1907 with a comedy called The Sugar Bowl by Madeleine Lucette Ryley....
. He also appeared regularly on MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 UK including stints as a presenter of Select, the UK Top Ten Countdown and Watch Out For GMTV. He then secured a role as Alex Wilkinson in the long-running football soap Dream Team
Dream Team

Dream Team in sport, often only as a nickname, may refer to:* FIFA Dream Team, an all-time all-star soccer team published by FIFA in 2004* The United States men's national basketball team#1992 Olympics - The Dream Team...
. Other appearances include Lost
Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
, MTV's Spyder Games
Spyder Games

Spyder Games is a television program that was broadcast on MTV from June 18 2001 through September 20 2001. MTV's second foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series Undressed , the series was originally called Spyder Web in development....
, Charmed
Charmed

Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
, Sabrina The Teenage Witch and The District
The District

The District is a television police procedural which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ....
. His latest project is another soccer drama called Just For Kicks
Just for Kicks

Just for Kicks was an American comedy-drama series on the Nickelodeon network about a group of girls in a soccer team. This show was first called Head to Toe, then The Power Strikers, but was changed in 2005....
 on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon is an United States cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981....
.

Armstrong is now a make-up artist and wife of Ant McPartlin of Ant & Dec
Ant & Dec

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, known as 'Ant & Dec', are a Newcastle upon Tyne duo of light entertainment television presenters. They are regular presenters on many high-profile ITV1 shows, including I'm a Celebrity......
, whom she married on 22 July 2006.

Holmes went on to pen
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 songs for many international pop artists
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
, including Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb

Robin Hugh Gibb Order of the British Empire is a singer and songwriter. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, to English parents, the twin brother of Maurice Gibb , and younger brother to Barry Gibb....
 of the Bee Gees
Bee Gees

The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers ? Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb. They were born on the Isle of Man to England parents, lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, United Kingdom and during their childhood years moved to Brisbane, Australia, where they began their musical careers....
.

Discography


Singles

  • "Call It Love" UK
    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 ....
     #11 (January 1994)
  • "I Need You" UK #10 (April 1995)
  • "On The Bible" UK #13 (August 1995), AUS #27 (February 1997)
  • "No Surrender" UK #29 (June 1996)


"Call It Love" 1994 remixes:

"Call It Love" (JX Kissy Kissy Mix); "Call It Love" (Diss-Cuss Moris Or Doris Mix); "Call It Love" (Movin' Melodies Spank Mix); "Call It Love" (Primax One Night Stand Mix)

Albums

  • On The Loose UK
    UK Albums Chart

    The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
     #18 (September 1995)


See also

  • A*Teens
    A*Teens

    The A*Teens was a pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden, formed by Niklas Berg in 1998 as an ABBA tribute called ABBA Teens and later renamed to A*Teens....
  • ATC
  • Steps
  • Scooch
    Scooch

    Scooch are a United Kingdom bubblegum dance Musical ensemble, comprising performers Natalie Powers, Caroline Barnes, David Ducasse and Russ Spencer....


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