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Formation

Pickering had been a member of Factory Records dance act Quando Quango, but became more noted as one of the original DJs at The Hacienda. Paul Heard was a member of acid jazz band, Ace of Clubs and Shovell had previously been in the collective Natural Life. The original plan had been to have a roster of different singers for different songs but having been spotted by Pickering and Heard, Heather Small became the distinctive vocalist of the group. She had been in the British soul band Hot House, who had released a number of critically acclaimed records without scoring any major success. FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the... Quando Quango was a Manchester, England based new wave dance project formed by The Haçienda DJ and Factory Records A&R man Mike Pickering, Hillegonda Rietveld and Reinier Rietveld. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Fac 51 Haçienda (also known as simply The Haçienda) was one of the most well known nightclubs in Manchester during the Madchester years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Acid jazz (sometimes groove jazz) is a musical genre that combines jazz influences with elements of soul music, funk, disco and hip hop. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... Set of 52 playing cards Some typical Anglo-American playing cards. ... Natural Life were an English band of the early 1990s that are best described as a bohemian rock collective. The band were signed to an offshoot of Hollywood Records called Tr1be Records and featured percussionist Shovel, before he found fame as a member of M People. ... Heather Small (born 20 January 1965) is an English soul singer, best known for being the lead singer in the Manchester based band M People. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... Hot House were a British soul band featuring Heather Small, Martin Colyer and Mark Pringle, who first came to the attention of the British Music Press (Record Mirror etc) in January 1987. ...

Their first release came in the form of "Colour My Life", a limited white label pressing which got them some recognition, but it was the first official single "How Can I Love You More?" that became an instant soul/dance anthem, giving them their first Top Thirty hit and a following in and around the Manchester club scene, where Mike was still DJ-ing. Their first album, Northern Soul, provided other singles, including a full release of "Colour My Life", "Someday" and "Excited", followed by a re-release and repackaging of the album. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Promotional recording. ... Northern Soul is the first album by M People. ...

Major Success

1993 started with the re-released and re-mixed single from 1991's How can I love you more? which was released at the end of January and provided the band with their first Top 10 single, peaking at number 8. While this single was in the chart the band were working on new material for the second album to be released that autumn; a preliminary single, One Night in Heaven was released in the summer and peaked at number 6. It provided them with a massive dance/pop stomper that set up an even bigger worldwide hit with the second single, Moving on Up. The album Elegant Slumming went into the top 5 on release and peaked at #2, remaining on the chart until the following summer and later winning the band a Mercury Music Prize. A further two top 10 singles followed: Don't look any further (a cover of the Dennis Edwards classic) in December, and Renaissance which was used as the theme tune to the BBC2 show The Living Soap, propelling the single to number 5 in the singles chart. One Night in Heaven is a 1993 song performed by M People from the album Elegant Slumming. ... Moving on Up is a 1993 song performed by M People from the album Elegant Slumming. ... Track listing Rest of World One Night in Heaven Moving on Up Renaissance You Just Have to Be There Love is in My Soul Dont Look Any Further Natural Thing Little Packet La Vida Loca Melody of Life US One Night in Heaven Moving on Up Excited Renaissance Colour... The Mercury Music Prize, now officially known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize, is a music award given annually for the best British or Irish album of the previous 12 months. ... Dennis Edwards (born February 3, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations lead singers. ... This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... The Living Soap was a BBC North fly on the wall reality television show broadcast in 1993, which set out to show the everyday lives of six students sharing a house in Manchester. ...

In 1994 and 1995 M People won the BRIT Award for Best British Dance Act, the latter as a result of the release of Bizzare Fruit. The first single from that album was Sight for Sore Eyes which climbed to number 6, helping the album to enter the Album Chart top ten and peak at #4 and stay in the top 10 for four continuous months well into the following year. The second single from the album was Open your Heart, which became their seventh consecutive Top Ten hit in two years and at the Brit Awards '95 they collaborated with Sting on his track If You Love Somebody Set Them Free. Their third single Search for the Hero was later used in the TV advertising campaign for the Peugeot 406.^[2] The song itself only got to #9 in the charts. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... If You Love Somebody Set Them Free is the first single released from Stings solo debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. ... Search for the Hero is a 1995 song performed by M People from the album Bizarre Fruit. ... The Peugeot 406 was a large family car from the French automaker Peugeot from 1995 to 2004. ...

In early summer 1995, the band embarked on a world tour and two more singles were lifted from a re-issued album: Bizarre Fruit II; these were Love Rendezvous and Itchycoo Park. The former was the least successful single from the album and charted at #32 breaking the chain of top 10 hits, and the latter was a reworked cover of The Small Faces 1967 single. Located in a London suburb known as Manor Park Itchycoo Park referred to the nickname given to a local park located in that area which went by the official name of Little Ilford Park. ... Small Faces were a British mod group formed in 1965[1] by Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston (who was soon replaced by Ian McLagan). ...

In the United States, their biggest success was on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they achieved five Top 5 singles, four of which hit number one. Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ...

After relentless touring and promoting of Bizarre fruit for about 18 months the band took a break in 1996, while the album, having been released in November 1994, didn't leave the chart until April 1997, becoming one of the biggest selling albums of the decade. They still made some special outdoor live UK performances called the Summer M parties in June 1996, at Crystal Palace, Alton Towers plus a special televised performance on BBC1 from Old Trafford for The Crowd is on the Pitch, where they performed to a crowd of 60,000 to celebrate Euro 1996 in Manchester. Crystal Palace may refer to: The Crystal Palace was a 19th century building in Britain. ... Alton Towers is a theme park located in England, attracting 2. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. ...

In March 1997, Heather gave birth to her son. The band meantime were writing, recording and preparing their fourth studio album, aiming for a more polished sound.^{[citation needed]} With the closure by BMG of the deConstruction dance record label in 1996 during their time off, M People founded their own record label, M People Records, to release the forthcoming album. BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. ... Deconstruction Records was a record label based in the United Kingdom and was noted for its cutting-edge, contemporary dance music. ...

In September they released the lead single Just for you which became an instant Airplay #1 in the UK, and the song peaked at number 8 on the charts and two weeks later, their album Fresco was released and went straight in the charts at number two, going on to sell 1.1 million copies and certified 2x Platinum. The band achieved their third multi-platinum selling album and this time appeared on Jools Holland's BBC2 show, performing album tracks Nevermind love, Angel St. and Heather performed solo the million-selling charity single that she appeared on, Perfect day. Fresco also bore two more singles, Fantasy Island which landed at a number 33, despite getting to number 8 on UK airplay. But they went on a near sell-out 22-date Autumn British tour to rave reviews, and Fantasy Island became their new live favourite. For other uses, see Fresco (disambiguation). ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... -1...

The final single lifted off the album was Angel St. which got to number 8 and earned them their tenth Top 10 chart hit in March 1998, making the band one of the most consistent hit-makers of the 1990s in both sales and airplay.

During the summer of 1998, the band prepared for their fifth album, a compilation of singles entitled The Best of M People which also contained three new tracks: Dreaming, Testify and a cover of the Doobie Brothers' classic track What a Fool Believes. The album went on to sell 1.75 million, peaked at number 2 and was certified 3x Platinum. Of the three new tracks, Testify and Dreaming were released at singles. Testify got to number 12 in October 1998 and Dreaming got to number 13 in February 1999, their eighteenth and final single. The Best of M People is the first greatest hits album released by M People in 1998. ... Dreaming is a common term among Indigenous Australians for a personal, or group, creation story and for the mythological time of creation, as well as for the places where the creation spirits now lie dormant in the land. ... In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. ... The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band, best known for hit singles like Black Water. They were popular throughout the 1970s. ... What a Fool Believes is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, and recorded by The Doobie Brothers for their 1978 album Minute by Minute (with McDonald singing lead vocals). ... In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. ... Dreaming is a common term among Indigenous Australians for a personal, or group, creation story and for the mythological time of creation, as well as for the places where the creation spirits now lie dormant in the land. ... In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. ... Dreaming is a common term among Indigenous Australians for a personal, or group, creation story and for the mythological time of creation, as well as for the places where the creation spirits now lie dormant in the land. ...

Recent History

After the release of The Best of M People, the band took a long break. Heather Small recorded a solo album, and it seemed that the band had split. However, a re-packaged 'Greatest Hits' album was released in 2005, and the band also embarked on a short tour of the UK. Small continued to pursue a solo career, as her song "Proud", was the soundtrack to the successful London 2012 Olympic bid. The Best of M People is the first greatest hits album released by M People in 1998. ... 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). ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... London 2012 was the successful bid for the 2012 Summer Games, to be held in London with most events taking place in Stratford, Newham. ...

M People toured once again in 2007 as part of the Forestry Commission’s 2007 Forest Tours at Delamere Forest, Cheshire; Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire Moors; Thetford Forest, Suffolk and Westonbirt Arboretum, Wiltshire to support The Forestry Commission’s social and environmental programmes. Small said: "We have played in many different locations but never in forests so we’re really looking forward to doing these gigs".^[3][4] In addition to these gigs M People also performed at the Hampton Court Festival in Surrey, London on the 12 June 2007, and the Chichester Real Ale and Jazz festival on 4 July 2007.^[5] The Forestry Commission (established in 1919) is a non ministerial Government Department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. ... Delamere Forest or Delamere Forest Park is a forest in the Vale Royal district of Cheshire, England, managed by the Forestry Commission. ... For other uses, see Cheshire (disambiguation). ... A stand of Scots Pine in Dalby Forest Dalby forest, maintained by the UK Forestry Commission, is a forest located on the southern slopes of the North York Moors National Park in Yorkshire, England. ... North York Moors National Park is a National Park in the north of England. ... Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Britain, located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk in England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Westonbirt Arboretum in autumn A tree-lined avenue at Westonbirt Westonbirt Arboretum is an arboretum near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England. ... Not to be confused with Wilshire. ... This article is about the English county. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... For the larger local government district, see Chichester (district). ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

They played a concert in Warsaw, Poland on 7th September 2007.^[6] For other uses, see Concert (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ...

Discography

Albums

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Singles

British Hit Singles redirects here. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Billboards Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... One Night in Heaven is a 1993 song performed by M People from the album Elegant Slumming. ... Moving on Up is a 1993 song performed by M People from the album Elegant Slumming. ... This article is about the audio format. ... Search for the Hero is a 1995 song performed by M People from the album Bizarre Fruit. ... Located in a London suburb known as Manor Park Itchycoo Park referred to the nickname given to a local park located in that area which went by the official name of Little Ilford Park. ...

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

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References and Sources

• UK Chart Stats
• Discography & History

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External links

• M People at Allmusic
• M People Fansite
• Heather Small Myspace page
• Heather Small Fansite
• M People's Elegant Sofa