Mari Wilson
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Mari Wilson (born Mari MacMillan Ramsey Wilson, 29 September 1957, in London), is an English singer, best known for her sometimes quirky, early 1960s influenced pop music songs, and her (former) trademark beehive hairdo.
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[edit] Career
She enjoyed six chart hits in the UK in the early 1980s, performed with jazz bands, and sang the theme-song to the TV sitcom Coupling, "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps".
She has also performed in musicals, and has been a werid mental patient a feature on a BBC TV series about celebrities and their health (she has Type 1 Diabetes).
Her back-up band was colloquially known as The Wilsations, and occasionally featured Michelle Collins (Cindy from EastEnders) and bassist 'Thumbs' Cunningham.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- "Loveman" / "If That's What You Want" (1980)
- "Dance Card" / "She's Had Enough Of You" (1982)
- "Beat The Beat" / "Glamourpuss" (1982) UK #59
- "Baby It's True" / "You Look So Good" (1982) UK #42
- "Just What I Always Wanted" / "Are You There (With Another Girl)" (1982) UK #8
- "(Beware) Boyfriend" / "It's Happening" (1982) UK #51
- "Cry Me A River" / "I Love"(1983) UK #27
- "Wonderful" (1983) UK #47
- "Ain't That Peculiar" (1984) UK #78
- "Let's Make This Last" (1985)
- "Dance With A Stranger" / "Ruth's Bedroom" (dialogue) / "Jazz Break" (instrumental) (1985)
- "The Rhythm" (1991)
- "My Funny Valentine" (1991)
[edit] EPs
- "I'm Coming Home" / "No Moon At All" / "Out Of The Blue" / "It's Got To Be You" (10" maxi-single)
[edit] Albums
- Showpeople (1983)
- Rhythm Romance (1991)
- Beat The Beat (Compilation) (1992)
- Just What I Always Wanted (Compilation) (1992)
- Dolled Up (2005)
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