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Career

Clarkson studied sound engineering at college before having a string of hits between 1989 and 1992. Originally nicknamed "Betty Boop" for her similarity to the cartoon character, she changed it to avoid trademark disputes with Boop's owners. Of mixed Dusun and Scottish descent, she had an unusual, striking look and dressed in mildly provocative and revealing outfits. Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of sound through mechanical and electronic means. ... College (Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... // A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. ... Betty Boop from the opening title sequence of the earliest entries in the Betty Boop Cartoons Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... “(TM)” redirects here. ... Dusun is the name of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group in the Malaysian state of Sabah. ... Scottish can refer to: Look up Scottish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (as an adjective) things to do with Scotland (see also Scots and Scotch) (as a noun) the Scottish people. ...

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Boo started off working with the group the She Rockers, before going solo. Her big break came with the 1989 number 7 UK smash, "Hey DJ - I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)", with the Beatmasters. "Doin' The Do" followed and was another Top 10 single in 1990, also reaching number one on Billboard's dance chart in the United States. Her debut album Boomania was hailed by many as a witty, contemporary pop masterpiece and sold very well. "Where Are You Baby?", Boo's biggest solo hit to date, reached number 3 in August of 1990. "24 Hours" (December 1990) was the last single from Boomania, and although it was a hit, it was less so than previous releases. The She Rockers were a female hip hop trio from London, the most famous member of which was Betty Boo (born Alison Moira Clarkson in Kensington, 1970). ... In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer (solo is an Italian word literally meaning alone). ... Beatmasters is a team of music writers and producers similar to Stock Aitken Waterman who were highly successful in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... A top 10 list is a generic term used to indicate a list of items, usually ten in number, which are considered to be best, worst, or notable in some other way, typically a record chart. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... A debut album is the first released music album by an artist or a band. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ...

Nevertheless, Boo still returned with a new record deal with (WEA) in 1992, and her follow up album, GRRR! It's Betty Boo. The album itself suffered very disappointing sales in the UK, reaching only number 62. It did, nevertheless spawn a hit single in the summer of 1992 - "Let Me Take You There". "I'm On My Way", which featured a musical quote from The Beatles' "Lady Madonna" (the brass riff using all the original players) was very well received by the media ^{[citation needed]}. It did not sell well though, and the next single, "Hangover" fared even worse, barely scraping the Top 50. "Thing Goin' On" failed to even reach the UK singles chart. In 1999 a Best Of compilation (effectively an expanded version of Boomania with extra remixes and a different running order) was released and sold moderately well. A recording contract (commonly called a record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Summer (disambiguation). ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Lady Madonna is a song by the The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney). ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ...

After her solo career floundered, Boo turned to songwriting and had success co-writing the song "Pure and Simple" for Hear’Say. She has also written for Girls Aloud, Louise Nurding, Dannii Minogue and The Tweenies. The debut single from the original Popstars. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Girls Aloud are a Smash Hits Poll Winners, TMF Award winning and BRIT Award nominated British girl group who found fame after winning the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 on which they were created. ... Louise Redknapp (née Nurding) (born November 4, 1974) is a British pop singer, usually referred to by her first name alone. ... Not to be confused with Dan Minogue. ... The Tweenies is a television programme aimed at children, broadcast on the BBC. The programme is set at a daycare centre, and the four Tweenies themselves are Milo and Jake (both boys) and Bella and Fizz (both girls), played by actors inside foam rubber suits in a style reminiscent of...

As of 2006 she is in a new band called WigWam, with Alex James, bassist from Blur. However, their début single release flopped having reached only number 59 in the UK charts. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Apache wickiup, by Edward S. Curtis, 1903 A wigwam or wickiup is a domed single-room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes. ... Alex James (born Steven Alexander James, 21 November 1968, in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England) is the bass player in the band Blur, and one of the members of Fat Les. ... Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ...

In 2007 she appeared as an interviewee on BBC Three's "The Most Annoying Pop Songs..." show passing comment on several songs that made the top 100 list. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ... BBC Three, the successor to the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ...

As of August 2007, Betty Boo is in the process of releasing a new single entitled 'Take Off', which she performed along with some of her other songs at Manchester Pride 2007.

Discography

Albums

• Boomania (1990) UK #4, AUS #68
• GRRR! It's Betty Boo (1992) UK #62
• Doin' the Do: the Best of Betty Boo (1998 - comprises tracks and remixes from Boomania only)

Boomania was the first and most popular album by Betty Boo. ...

Singles

• Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing) (with the Beatmasters) (1989) UK #7
• Doin' the Do (1990) UK #7, AUS #3
• Where Are You Baby (1990) UK #3, AUS #19
• "24 Hours" (1990) UK #25, AUS #94
• "Let Me Take You There" (1992) UK #12, AUS #97
• "I'm On My Way" (1992) UK #44
• "Hangover" (1993) UK #50
• "Catch Me" (1993)- not released as a single in the UK
• "Thing Goin' On" (1993)- not released as a single in the UK
• "Wigwam" (2006) as part of WigWam with Alex James UK #60
• "Take Off" (featuring JackRokka) (2007)

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Trivia

• There was a previous female vocalist who recorded under the name of 'Betty Boo'; Boo 1 released 'Say It Isn't So', a recording which has become a popular Northern Soul track.
• Boo is of Malaysian and Scottish descent.
• "Doing The Do" was featured in two episodes of the FOX TV hit teen drama Beverly Hills 90210 - ("Isn't It Romantic?" Episode #10 originally aired: 3 January 1991; and "April Is the Cruellest Month" Episode #19 originally aired: 11 April 1991).

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See also

• List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

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References

• Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
• Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7

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External links

• Betty Boo fan site - Boomania
• Betty Boo fan site - Planet Boo
• Yahoo! Group - Betty Boo
• Yahoo! Group - Boomaniacs