Sophie and Peter Johnston
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Sophie and Peter Johnston are a British
brother and sister synthpop
duo originally from Newcastle upon Tyne
.
They caught the attention of BBC Radio 1
disc jockey
John Peel
in the 1980s and performed the theme music for the UK music television series TX45, an offshoot from The Tube
.
In 1983, the radio session track (not a single until 1986) "Television Satellite" was included as number 37 in Peel's Festive Fifty
, an end-of-year chart compiled from votes from listeners to his radio shows - the first track not to be commercially available to make the chart.
Their only entry to the UK charts came in 1986, when "Happy Together" reached Number 99 on the singles chart.
United Kingdom
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brother and sister synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
duo originally from Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
.
They caught the attention of BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
in the 1980s and performed the theme music for the UK music television series TX45, an offshoot from The Tube
The Tube (TV series)
The Tube was an innovative United Kingdom pop/rock music television programme, which ran for five seasons, from 5 November 1982 until 1987...
.
In 1983, the radio session track (not a single until 1986) "Television Satellite" was included as number 37 in Peel's Festive Fifty
Festive Fifty
The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's fifty best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for by listeners to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show...
, an end-of-year chart compiled from votes from listeners to his radio shows - the first track not to be commercially available to make the chart.
Their only entry to the UK charts came in 1986, when "Happy Together" reached Number 99 on the singles chart.
Singles
- "Losing You" (1985)
- "Happy Together" (1986) UK #99
- "Television Satellite" (1987)
- "Torn Open" (1987)