To mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of the band, Decker and Rogers embarked on a 28-date UK tour during the spring of 2013 without the original band members. I did a few last year. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. Named after a Vulcan character from the Star Trek TV series, the pop-anthem band T'Pau formed in 1986 around vocalist Carol Decker (b. September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. Ive had every single gig wiped out of my diary through to almost Christmas. We didnt think about it too much, says Ronnie. Copyright 2023 Jon Kutner. We had to watch telly in sleeping bags. The compilation's title was based on the band's successful debut single "Heart and Soul". I still cant believe how huge China got. Decker still made guest appearances on TV shows throughout the 2000s, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, Just the Two of Us and The Weakest Link. They get really sniffy when we suggested something. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Their debut album, Bridge Of Spies, was released in September of 1987 and the first single from it was Heart and Soul which reached number four in both the UK and the US. Then one day I saw this documentary about Mary Shelley. Could have lived without the Big Country flavoured 'Do the Right Dance'; and surely Paul McCartney will be suing Decker for re-writing Wings' 'With a Little Luck' and re-titling it 'Wing and a Prayer'? We couldnt smell, we had no sense of taste and we had sore throats. Quickly signed to Virgin's Siren subsidiary, the group released their debut single, "Heart and Soul," in early 1987 with little fanfare. Decker still makes appearances on TV shows, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time; Just the Two of Us; Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The Weakest Link. Your email address will not be published. I was in bits. She used it as an opportunity to get backstage and meet Ronnie, whom she fancied. These cover versions originally formed part of the band's live set to enable Decker to leave the stage to change her costume, and were subsequently released as CD single bonus tracks. It started OK, but tensions started to build with the others as time went on., Siren Records sent the newly formed six-piece stateside to a studio near Chicago to record their first album, Bridge Of Spies. [1][2] Decker recorded Red between December 1997 to July 1998 at Roundhouse Studios in London. But as Decker herself recalls, it was never that simple for TPau. [5] But in the United States, the song received heavy airplay, and the Pepe Jeans advertisement enabled it to reach No. We had this great producer, Roy Thomas Baker, who had worked with Queen and The Cars, and was used to working on a huge scale. . He was grumpy because he was getting into his zone before the gig or shagging his girlfriend but he bought us lots of champagne afterwards, bless him. In February 2015, T'Pau released their fifth studio album, Pleasure & Pain, and embarked on a tour. Ronnie Rogers, guitarist, songwriter Although we'd been signed, I was still working as a telephone engineer. We had all of the symptoms except for the high temperature. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. You never really know why one song does it. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. [9] Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached No. [2] Prior to deciding on this name, they were called Talking America on early demos sent to record and publishing companies. Heart and Soul: The Very Best of T'Pau is a compilation album by British pop group T'Pau, which was released by Virgin Records in 1993. I got interested in her, this 19-year-old girl writing a pulp fiction hit that blew the essays and poetry of her contemporaries, and her husband Percy, out of the water. The next release, China in Your Hand, failed to chart in the US but became the 600th UK number one and was top of the chart on the week of the Kings Cross fire. We found out while we were on tour with Bryan Adams in Germany. It flopped on its first release in the UK, but in the US it started to receive radio play and began a hesitant ascent of the Billboard Hot 100. The cups were paper thin and so fragile when you held it in your hand. In 1997 she assembled a new TPau and the following year performed China in Your Hand with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Princess Diana Tribute Concert at Althorp House. Feature writer and food critic Andy Richardson interviews celebrities, writes columns and hangs out with chefs for stories that appear across all group titles. . Named after a Vulcan character from the Star Trek TV series, the pop-anthem band T'Pau formed in 1986 around vocalist Carol Decker (b. September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. When it gets past 8pm, Richard wrestles my phone out of my hand.. Rogers moved to their recording studios in Monmouth where he now lives and in 2012 the pair gigged intermittently and then embarked on a hugely successful 25th anniversary tour. T'Pau is a late 1980s pop group led by singer Carol Decker. "The money comes in with the big campaign and that I find frustrating. Two singles "With a Little Luck" and "Giving Up the Ghost" were released from the album. In the years after T'Pau's split in 1992, Decker continued to occasionally perform as a solo artist. All Tracks by Ronnie Rogers (1) Covers of Ronnie Rogers Songs (1) 1 cover. T'Pau: 04:19 : Spotify Amazon: 4 : Wing & A Prayer. In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T'Pau's first success, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released a new single, "Just Dream", exclusively as an Internet download. A year later, in October 1987, we were at No 1. That one has really, really hurt.. The breakdown of the band also coincided with the breakdown of her relationship with Rogers. They have two children, Scarlett (born 1998) and Dylan (born 2002), and married in 2006. They dont understand the concept of working until its done and then getting drunk. We were marketed as a pop band and so their approach was simply to milk everything until it all dried up. [3] The following year, the band had their biggest hit with the ballad, "China in Your Hand", which spent five weeks at Number 1 in the UK chart,[3] and also claimed the top slot in several European countries, but made little impact in the United States. Nevertheless, this is a solid enough comeback album. I wanted her to give a good performance but not eclipse me. I put things up things that make me laugh on Twitter. T'Pau: 04:13 : Amazon: 2 : Valentine. But, for some reason, the public didnt take to subsequent songs as much, even though we felt as strongly about them.. Weve definitely recovered from something.. The technology we had access to was incredible. The song would peak at No.4 and, on the back of being picked for a jeans commercial, finally made the same position back home in September 1987. We appeared in the serious music press at first, but then they started to get increasingly snooty about TPau.. 8 August 1961, Telford) Bassist, Taj Wyzgowski (b. 7 May 1961, Greenwich, London) Lead Guitarist, Ronnie Rogers (b. On its release in October 1988, there was a discernible cooling of the bands commercial fortunes, with lead single, Secret Garden, failing to break the UK Top 10. "You dont earn any money from the records, you have to go on the road to earn a living. "We had to do a download video and my two kids have both done creative media courses at college so we asked them to make it.. It was re-recorded for the single version and Carol explained to me why: We recorded the song in one passionate take and we were happy with it for the album. Carol said her band was able to operate in the digital world by sending files to each other via email. 4 in September.[7]. "Carol takes to the road but without her old china", "#TPau25 - 25 Years Of TPau and Carol Decker: 1997", "#TPau25 - 25 Years Of TPau and Carol Decker: 1998", "T'Pau Giving Up The Ghost UK CD single (CD5 / 5") (217750)", "Back to the 80s: Interview with Carol Decker from T'Pau - Kickin' it Old School | tBlog.com", "Red - T'Pau | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards", "Classic Rock The Archive January 1999 Page 74 T'Pau", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_(T%27Pau_album)&oldid=1091433331, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Track listings that use the collapsed parameter, Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Decker, Rogers, J. Dunkley, G. Clayton, S. Boorer, Jez Ashurst electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Spencer Cozens keyboards (tracks 2, 4-7, 10), Dave Hattee drums, programming on "Love Song", Rafe McKenna - producer (tracks 1, 3, 8-9), mixing, engineer, Marco Sabiu - producer (track 1), programming (track 1), Simon Dawson, Feddy de Faye, Alan Jenkins, Roberto Pieroni engineers, Jeremy Gill, Simon Morris, Peter Sberi assistant engineers, This page was last edited on 4 June 2022, at 08:47. | You must be logged in to comment. Heart and Soul is the debut single by British pop rock ensemble T'Pau, released in 1987 from their debut album Bridge of Spies. Its in a lovely spot, in the middle of a quarry, so we could record until God knows when, and use the social club for gigs. After being spotted by former Curiosity Killed The Cat manager, Chris Cooke, he offered to oversee Carols career. 4 after being featured on a Pepe Jeans advertisement; it repeated the feat in the UK Singles Chart some months later. After the song was used in a Ppe jeans commercial, however, it became a Top Five hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article. T'Pau: 04:15 : Amazon: 2 : I Will Be With You. [6] Due to the exposure, the song was re-released in the UK that same month; this time it became a hit, equaling the US peak of No. But we did some tricks, gave it a false ending in the middle to get people clapping, and finished the chorus with the title again, as Id heard in a Howard Jones song, No One Is to Blame. But Ronnie remained optimistic. T'Pau: China in Your Hand: Directed by Brian Grant. The absence of a record company means Carol and her bandmates have creative control over their output but they dont have the budget to spend on a big campaign. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. Carol added that she hoped people in the region would download the single in May and check out the video online. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts, and in 2013 she reunited with original band member and co-songwriter Ronnie Rogers for a 25th-anniversary UK tour.[5]. T'Pau: Bridge of Spies: Directed by Jay Brown. It was horrible as we were tied into touring a dying album with everyone hating each other. Ronnie believes if the band members had been better friends they might have been able to secure a new deal, but the fractures in the working structure proved too severe to fix. In fact, the classic 80s power ballad was to mark a commercial peak, and the groups US career was already starting to unravel. Carol, who met Prince Charles and Princess Diana during the late 1980s when her band became the biggest in Britain, said she was proud of her two children. Four subsequent singles from the album entered at least the Top 20, though none broke in the U.S. charts. We had nothing left to give each other, Carol said. T'Pau: Only a Heartbeat: With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Background. In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T'Pau's initial success, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released the new single, "Just Dream", exclusively as an internet download. As the only original member, Decker originally considered touring under her own name, but was advised that using the T'Pau name would generate more recognition. In 1988 they released their second album Rage, which peaked at No. Your email address will not be published. The final eight shows on the Pleasure & Pain Tour had to be cancelled in early March after Decker suffered damage to her voice while suffering from bronchitis. . You have to roll with the punches, and the big budgets are gone, but I mix those large retro shows with smaller sets and acoustic tours. I was beside myself with joy when we flew out, recalls Carol. They played me China in Your Hand and thats what brought me out of it. The 30th anniversary edition of Bridge of Spies is out now. How I handled it was difficult because it can look like youre trying to latch on to something to get attention., I sloped off to LA for a while to stay with friends and wrote some songs for other people, Carol said in an interview with the Sunday Express. T'Pau: 03:34 : Spotify Amazon: 2 : Only the Lonely. It was a quiet piano song and he turned it into something else, with that big crashing chorus. It feels different now, says Carol. They recorded some demos and got a contract with Siren Records and were offered a support slot on Nik Kershaws UK tour. T'Pau is a late 1980s pop group led by singer Carol Decker. Im not an ber-cool person and was always up for that stuff, she says. T'Pau: 04:27 . "[5] Speaking to Super Deluxe Edition in 2013, she added, "I recorded Red when I was pregnant with my daughter. She and fellow founding member Ronnie Rogers had worked with other members of T'Pau to write a few new songs just before lockdown. [10], "T'Pau! But it was also bloody freezing. I still love playing it. That's the downside, and I miss hearing radio plays for the new stuff it is a little frustrating that I can't get it out to the wider audience anymore. The bands first appearance on the classic BBC TV show Top Of The Pops would, Carol believes, lead to stateside promoters turning away from the group. Heart And Soul did sound different to a lot of our material and its famous bass riff came from us playing about on this sequencer keyboard, which we had bought with a loan from my dad.. 6 October 1961, Macclesfield) Percussionist/Drummer, Michael Chetwood (b. During the series, Amelia Lily took to the stage to perform the song and at the end of it Gary came out and said, It was nice to hear that song sung in tune. which prompted Carol to comment, He implied that Id sung it out of tune. 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