If SAW were the popmasters of the 80s, Denniz PoP and Max Martin at Cheiron in Sweden were the pop geniuses of the 90s. They were of course most successful with American artists like Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC and Britney Spears but they also worked with a British girlgroup called Solid HarmoniE, or SHE for short. Rebecca, Melissa, Elisa and Mariama formed in 1996 and had a string of minor hits in the UK. They only appeared on Top Of The Pops once, with "I Wanna Love You" (#20, August 1998).
Ultimately they only released the one popgem of an album, and Mariama left to join Honeyz (before being rather cruelly booted out a year later!). But during the early part of this decade, did you notice just how many pop acts were being launched, only to be dropped before even the release of their very first single?
At the height of the pop boom at the turn of the century, record companies appeared to be signing pop artists left, right and centre, spunking tens of thousands of pounds promoting them, but in the end deciding that instead of trying to make at least some of that money back by actually releasing the damn record, they decided at the last minute to cancel the release completely. Here are two great pop tracks you might remember never actually made it to the shelves - Allsortz with an awesome version of the Spanish classic "La Bamba", and a young girl by the name of Ashley, whose Jessica Simpson "I Think I'm In Love With You" rip-off "Fallin' For You" also never saw the light of day.
That's all for today... hopefully I will continue to update once or twice a week so please add "us" to your bookmarks. Don't forget that I am taking requests of TOTP performances - if there's anything you want to see, don't hesistate to ask. And if you would kindly give me a link on your own website or blog, I'll be happy to reciprocate. See you soon!
P.S. I once read in Smash Hits that Jo O'Meara used to be in Solid HarmoniE. Was it true or did they get mixed up with another band?
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