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IMPRESSIVE PRESLEY LisaMarie Presley recently sashayed into London for a showcase to promote new albumStorm& Grace. The star played in front of a packed industry audience – and even had time to pose for our snapper after.Whadda gal. Left: Ruth Parrish (media director, Island), Jon Turner (generalmanager, Island), LisaMarie, Ted Cockle (co- president, Island) and Terri Hall (XIXmanagement) Below left: Richard Hawley, LisaMarie and Ed Harcourt.
KEY SONGS IN THE LIFE OF
DAMIEN YARE
Lawyer, Simons Muirhead & Burton
First record you remember buying? Sublime’s 40 Oz To Freedom– even though I was 10 or 11 living in North Carolina and a decade away frombeing able to legally drink.
Which song was the first song at your wedding? It has yet to happen, but I’d like to think she’d love Nirvana’s Heart- Shaped Box.
IN AT THE DEAP END Island/Communion Records have snapped up hotly-tipped LA blues- loving girls Deap Vally. They toasted their putting-pen-to-paper last week with the obligatory glass of champers with label co-president Darcus Beese. The duo, tipped heavily by high-profile tastemakers, will release their first single on their new label this autumn and head out on tour in November, supporting The Vaccines.
ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK September 25, 1999
The Artist Formerly Known As Prince has resurrected his Prince persona, using it for the producer credit on his new albumRaveUN2 The Joy Fantastic which goes under his revised stage name: the love symbol he created... The BBC has introduced the first blackmusic primetime show on BBC Two: Pure Naughty, hosted byMel B. Angela Ferreira, the show’s executive producer at BBCManchester, said: “Major broadcasters are now recognising that blackmusicmakes up a large
proportion of the charts these days”… A series of e-commerce initiatives announced by the government include an enquiry by culture secretary Chris Smith into the creative industries’ use of the internet... EMI’s GuyMoot has signed former EastEnderMartineMcCutcheon (pictured) to a worldwide deal, he said: “People are still seeing her on the back of the Tiffany [Raymond/Eastenders] thing, but they’ll see she sings better than anyone expected.”
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 25.09.99
S CLUB 7 S Club 7 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Genie In A Bottle S Club 7’s eponymous debut is AlbumOf TheWeek. Standout tracks include the “slickWill Smith vibe” of Friday Night and “Latin track” It’s A Feel Good Thing. The production is “consistently glossy”. Single of the week Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera,meanwhile, is “a UK Top 10 grower” and “the start of a lengthy career”.MusicWeek points out that Britney Spears used to sing backing vocals for Aguilera in their Disney Club days.
POS ARTIST
SINGLES TOP 5 25.09.99 SINGLE
1 EIFFEL 65 2 LOU BEGA Blue (Da Ba Dee) Mambo No.5
3 BOB MARLEY VS FUNKSTAR DLXE Sun Is Shining
4 VENGABOYS We’re Going To Ibiza! 5 PAUL JOHNSON Get Get Down
What was the best artistmeeting of your life? Roger Daltrey askedme for directions to a pub and I was so excited I couldn’t tell him– even though we go there every Friday for after-work drinks.
Recommend a trackMusicWeek readersmay not have heard.
© Official Charts Company
ALBUMS TOP 5 25.09.99 POS ARTIST
ALBUM
1 SHANIA TWAIN Come On Over 2 GOMEZ
Liquid Skin 3 TRAVIS
4 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE
5 MARTINE MCCUTCHEON
TheManWho
One FromThe Modern
You, Me & Us
Tyrants, by the band I ammost excited about at themoment, Catfish & The Bottlemen.
© Official Charts Company
What’s your favourite single/ track of all time? It was never a single, but Led Zeppelin’sWhen The Levee Breaks is just one of those songs whichmake you think you can take on the world.
Which track would you like played at your funeral? The absolutely joyous Superstition by StevieWonder.
What’s your karaoke speciality? James Brown’s SexMachine. Sadly I do the whole number, towellingmyself down and dropping to the floor with exhaustion.
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