If youre not Beyonce with millions of followers it is hard. We came from bands and embraced that culture, but we were signed as a duo to the label. That one has really, really hurt.. Tim Burgess. "You dont earn any money from the records, you have to go on the road to earn a living. Ronnie Rogers (I) Actor Composer Soundtrack IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Ronnie Rogers is known for Laura Bell Bundy: Drop on By (2010), Brooks & Dunn: Only in America (2009) and T'Pau: Bridge of Spies (1987). Now we both feel in perfect health. . [6] Due to the exposure, the song was re-released in the UK that same month; this time it became a hit, equaling the US peak of No. It was horrible as we were tied into touring a dying album with everyone hating each other. Ronnie believes if the band members had been better friends they might have been able to secure a new deal, but the fractures in the working structure proved too severe to fix. Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article. Guitarist Dean Howard has toured and recorded with Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan. | We had five arena shows lined up with the London Philharmonic. Later in November and December 1998, T'Pau supported Status Quo on the German and UK leg of their Tour "It's Good to Tour". T'Pau: 04:00 . T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her boyfriend at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs. Named after a Vulcan character from the Star Trek TV series, the pop-anthem band T'Pau formed in 1986 around vocalist Carol Decker (b. September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. But pressure to keep the momentum building forced the band back into the studio to complete the work for their second album, Rage. "It reminded me of when I was a young musician and the A&R guy would want to bring a song down and Id say How dare you, thats my art. We found out while we were on tour with Bryan Adams in Germany. In an interview, she stated, "It's a little harder to get on the radio because all the '80s stations play the '80s stuff and they won't play your new stuff. I did a few last year. I got interested in her, this 19-year-old girl writing a pulp fiction hit that blew the essays and poetry of her contemporaries, and her husband Percy, out of the water. T'Pau: Bridge of Spies: Directed by Jay Brown. They played me China in Your Hand and thats what brought me out of it. The 30th anniversary edition of Bridge of Spies is out now. I got home one day and Carol had this quiet sketch she'd written on the piano. Heart and Soul is the debut single by British pop rock ensemble T'Pau, released in 1987 from their debut album Bridge of Spies. "[9] Despite this however the album did manage to edge into the charts at No. All tracks are written by Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers, except "This Girl" written by T'Pau. China only really came into its own when we gave it to Roy. She and Rogers toured the U.K. in 2013, the 25th anniversary of the group's formation, and continued to perform during 2014. Credit: Tim Roney/Getty Images/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images, English pop-oriented rock band, led by Carol Decker, that scored a global hit in 1987 with "Heart and Soul. In November 1987, when TPaus China In Your Hand became the 600th single to peak at No.1 in Britain, it seemed the bands passport to world domination was stamped and little would stand in their way. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. It works well. "The money comes in with the big campaign and that I find frustrating. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Tim Burgess / Carol Decker / Dean Howard / Paul Jackson / Ronnie Rogers. The cups were paper thin and so fragile when you held it in your hand. There always seemed to be someone who gave us enough support and encouragement to keep going, he says today. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. It was a bad call. T'Pau: 04:06 . As the only original member, Decker originally considered touring under her own name, but was advised that using the T'Pau name would generate more recognition. TPau was a manufactured band in one sense, says Carol. Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers of TPau talk about career highs, overlooked songs, and the eclecticism at the heart of the band. Rogers, R.Rodgers, R.Rogers, Rodgers, Roger, Rogers, Rogers, R., Rogers, Ronald, Roland Rogers, Ron Rodgers, Ronald Phillip Rogers, Ronald Rogers, Ronnie Rodgers, Ronnie Rogers [a271215] As the first T'Pau album since 1991's The Promise, Red features singer Carol Decker as the only member from the original line-up. Scarlett was seven and Dylan was three and I just didnt fancy city life anymore, but how I missed the bars and all the parties, she admitted. I love that side of it but I miss having record company money for promotion. [3] It reached number 35 on the UK Albums Chart and remained in the top 100 for two weeks.[4]. But Ronnie remained optimistic. T'Pau: China in Your Hand: Directed by Brian Grant. Because of lockdown, we had to film at home using whatever props we could. "[6], Red was released in September 1998 in the UK by Decker's own label Gnatfish. That's the downside, and I miss hearing radio plays for the new stuff it is a little frustrating that I can't get it out to the wider audience anymore. Im very conscious of the fact that his career is massive and mine isnt any more. In Groups: T'Pau. T'Pau: 03:58 . Ron and I had been together for five years writing by then, says Carol. Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching #4 after being featured on a Pepe Jeans advertisement; it repeated the feat in the UK Singles Chart some months later. This was in part why the bands third set, The Promise, was recorded with each member playing a greater part, and a new producer was hired. Carol, who met Prince Charles and Princess Diana during the late 1980s when her band became the biggest in Britain, said she was proud of her two children. It produced the UK Top 20 single "Secret Garden", though chart returns were diminishing by this point, and two following singles earned very modest success. The resulting album, Bridge of Spies (self-titled T'Pau for its American release), shot straight to number one in England. It was so beautiful and fragile, so it gave me the idea for that line about what dreams are like: Dont push too far / Your dreams are china in your hand.. You just dont mess those sorts of people about, says Carol. I didnt think more about it until we were in America recording our debut album, Bridge of Spies. Red was not a commercial success, nor was a re-recorded version of "Giving Up the Ghost", which was released in 1999. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Singer Carol Decker said of the authorship and composition of the selection: Ron had just bought a new keyboard with a built in sequencer, so he was just trying to get used to the gizmos in it and while messing around with the sequencer he started the bum bum buh buh bum bum bum of the bass riff. I started to sing a melody over it, the wafty vocal and came up with more than an ocean keeps us apart. The lyrics were about when I went on holiday with my parents and Ronnie couldnt come. [9], On its release, Dave Ling of Classic Rock wrote, "Sonically, T'Pau still favour smooth, occasionally faceless walls of melody best exemplified on 'Now That You're Gone' and 'Make Love to Me'. The breakdown of the band also coincided with the breakdown of her relationship with Rogers. During the series, Amelia Lily took to the stage to perform the song and at the end of it Gary came out and said, It was nice to hear that song sung in tune. which prompted Carol to comment, He implied that Id sung it out of tune. [5] But in the United States, the song received heavy airplay, and the Pepe Jeans advertisement enabled it to reach No. Heart And Soul did sound different to a lot of our material and its famous bass riff came from us playing about on this sequencer keyboard, which we had bought with a loan from my dad.. I sometimes get frustrated that people focus so much on China In Your Hand but its great to be remembered in such a fickle business. I didnt start singing professionally until I was 22. The rap was the idea of Andy Piercy, our then producer. Discover The Virgin Anthology by T'Pau released in 2017. The technology we had access to was incredible. One song wasnt working, so we had to stop polishing! The kids think me and Ronnie are a pair of old boomers who dont know what were talking about. Bridge of Spies produced a number of smaller hits which made it to at least the UK Top 40, including the singles "Valentine" (UK #9), "Sex Talk" (a new recording of early flop single, "Intimate Strangers") (UK #23), and "I Will Be With You" (UK #14).[3]. As the first T'Pau album since 1991's The Promise, Red features singer Carol Decker as the only member from the original line-up. Ronnie Rogers, guitarist, songwriter Although we'd been signed, I was still working as a telephone engineer. [3], The song is notable for its usage of various vocal overdubs, causing Decker, essentially, to be duetting with herself on the original studio recording. I was very taken with Carols voice, so we struck a kind of agreement and the first thing I did was fire most of the band, revealed Chris in an interview with Q magazine. The absence of a record company means Carol and her bandmates have creative control over their output but they dont have the budget to spend on a big campaign. Doing those shows with an orchestra are amazing. He was grumpy because he was getting into his zone before the gig or shagging his girlfriend but he bought us lots of champagne afterwards, bless him. Dean Howard, Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers on stage at the Montreux rock festival, 1988. Their 1987 album, Bridge of Spies (the album was called T'Pau in the U.S.)[T'Pau (band) at All Music Guide] was a best seller and won several British music industry awards. The record sales started to slump and the band began bickering. I then turned those noises into words which took about a week to get right. "[11] Heather Phares of AllMusic stated, "The group's smooth pop sounds remain intact on songs like 'With a Little Luck,' 'Now That You're Gone,' 'Giving Up the Ghost,' and 'Let It All Fall.'[10]. [7][8] It was given a release in the United States on 9 November 1999 by Renaissance Records as a two-disc set, with the additional disc containing three tracks: the re-recorded "Heart and Soul '97", a live, unplugged version of the band's 1987 UK number one hit "China in Your Hand", and the demo version of the album track "Do the Right Dance". We appeared in the serious music press at first, but then they started to get increasingly snooty about TPau.. Heart and Soul: The Very Best of T'Pau is a compilation album by British pop group T'Pau, which was released by Virgin Records in 1993. Initially a flop in the UK, it first became a hit in the U.S. It was a similar story elsewhere too, but the strength of the bands songs cut through in Europe, where programmers had less influence on the charts. She successfully poached him for her own band, but just three weeks later, the band split. I was in bits. The bands first appearance on the classic BBC TV show Top Of The Pops would, Carol believes, lead to stateside promoters turning away from the group. Be the first to comment on this artist! We screamed the place down backstage. In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T'Pau's first success, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released a new single, "Just Dream", exclusively as an Internet download. The record was not a commercial success, but T'Pau have continued to perform live on a semi-regular basis. We burst out laughing. But, for some reason, the public didnt take to subsequent songs as much, even though we felt as strongly about them.. It flopped on its first release in the UK, but in the US it started to receive radio play and began a hesitant ascent of the Billboard Hot 100. After the split, Carol admits she lost her way and it would be almost a decade before she released a new TPau album, Red. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Their debut single and first hit was the 1987 release "Heart and Soul". As Carol admits, if being an eclectic songwriter is a sin, then she and Ronnie are guilty as charged. Our management was clear that we had to keep the ball rolling, says Carol. "Well never know whether it was the virus because we didnt get tested. 7 May 1961, Greenwich, London) Lead Guitarist, Ronnie Rogers (b. TPaus lead singer, Liverpool-born Carol Decker began as a member of a ska band, The Lazers at Shrewsbury Art College. Ronnie Rogers Real Name: Randall Jay Rogers Profile: American country singer and songwriter, born in Nashville, Tennessee. Ronnies mum died of cancer while we were away followed by my dad, who died of a heart attack in 1990 so the band split in 1991 with Ron returning to production. [2] Prior to deciding on this name, they were called Talking America on early demos sent to record and publishing companies. In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T'Pau's initial success, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released the new single, "Just Dream", exclusively as an internet download. "We're Part Of The 80s Fabric": Carol Decker And Ronnie Rogers Talk T'Pau Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers of T'Pau talk about career highs, overlooked songs, and the eclecticism at the. Then I met Ronnie. The LP, released in 1988, stalled at number four on the British chart, and its follow-up, The Promise, barely made the Top Ten in 1991. Our producer, Roy Thomas Baker, went: Well, what else have you got? Id brought my cassette of China and played it to him very unsurely, and that was that. Carol added that she hoped people in the region would download the single in May and check out the video online. 8 August 1961, Telford) Bassist, Taj Wyzgowski (b. Almost all of them have been postponed, not cancelled, so hopefully Ill get to see my fans and I can earn a living again when it all comes back to me. She used it as an opportunity to get backstage and meet Ronnie, whom she fancied. These cover versions originally formed part of the band's live set to enable Decker to leave the stage to change her costume, and were subsequently released as CD single bonus tracks. We need to find other ways to let people know its out. Hearing China In Your Hands with real strings was emotional. Its definitely being put that back. That looks like it will be next year. We also had a bit of a comedy element to it because people are going stir crazy. It is a story within a story, be careful what you wish for in case you get it. When we offered a critique they really had their noses out of joint. They needed to stop for sandwiches every hour. We were treated like children by our management wed even left our stuff out there, expecting to return! Ronnie doesnt know why they werent involved in the decision, but believes it was just how new bands climbing up the ladder were treated back then. "Although Ive had a blessed 30-year run, Im in TPau not the Rolling Stones, so I dont have a private island and I cant just kick back. But we did some tricks, gave it a false ending in the middle to get people clapping, and finished the chorus with the title again, as Id heard in a Howard Jones song, No One Is to Blame. Tim Burgess / Carol Decker . They get really sniffy when we suggested something. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Discover Rage by T'Pau released in 1988. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. Two had just got back from a trip to Malaysia when they became infected and I had lunch with one. Following its inclusion in a Pepe Jeans advert, the single reached No. T'Pau: 04:15 : Amazon: 2 : I Will Be With You. The third album The Promise followed in 1991: it peaked at No. The short set was a make-or-break moment. The album, which was released in September 1998, was supported by a thirty-six date tour named "The Red Tour". Paul Jackson. I called that The Walkman Tour as members of the band had stopped talking to each other by then, she continues. After the song was used in a Ppe jeans commercial, however, it became a Top Five hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It was my song, its all Ive got left. Scarlett is doing animation production at university in Bournemouth so she created a shooting schedule before we started. . After touring with Bryan Adams and Nik Kershaw, the band added another guitarist, Dean Howard, and recorded their second album, Rage. Discover Bridge of Spies by T'Pau released in 1987. They have two children, Scarlett (born 1998) and Dylan (born 2002), and married in 2006. Carol and Ronnie put together a new band and won a couple of support slots at Londons Marquee Club with a repertoire that included cover versions of Save Your Kisses for Me and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. They storyboarded the video before filming. The band was earning a strong reputation as a live act and was soon on tour with Nik Kershaw. Contact, 2023Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft, This page was last modified 28.03.2011 00:31:55, Dean Howard (b. [3] The following year, the band had their biggest hit with the ballad, "China in Your Hand", which spent five weeks at Number 1 in the UK chart,[3] and also claimed the top slot in several European countries, but made little impact in the United States. I was filled with abject horror at that idea, so was starting to panic., A band was swiftly pulled together for the set, which ended with Carol and Ronnie being signed on the spot. Subscribe to one or all notification sources from this one place. Complemented by a disc of remixes, rarities and demos, its a body of work thats hard to characterize, but proves that legacies are harder to shatter than fragile chart careers. How I handled it was difficult because it can look like youre trying to latch on to something to get attention., I sloped off to LA for a while to stay with friends and wrote some songs for other people, Carol said in an interview with the Sunday Express. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. While lead single (and fan favorite) Whenever You Need Me performed solidly and secured the act a final Top Of The Pops appearance in May 1991, sales of The Promise, which the band wanted to title A New Decade, were modest, and TPau was dumped by Siren during a UK tour. Ronnie Rogers was a guitarist with a band called The Katz. They enjoyed their biggest hit 33 years ago when China In Your Hand became an international smash. Everything was too rushed. Tensions were also mounting with the continued attention on Carol as the face of the band. | The Virgin Anthology showcases every TPau single, plus the expanded Rage and The Promise albums. [7] It also reached the number 1 in several other European countries but made little impact in the United States. It included one Top 20 hit, "Whenever You Need Me", but the band's commercial peak had now passed and they split up after its release. It started OK, but tensions started to build with the others as time went on., Siren Records sent the newly formed six-piece stateside to a studio near Chicago to record their first album, Bridge Of Spies. We couldnt smell, we had no sense of taste and we had sore throats. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Dean Howard. Ronnie and I are no longer together were both happily married to other people, with kids but I still perform, and when I get back into that past, its like Im another Carol. She and fellow founding member Ronnie Rogers had worked with other members of T'Pau to write a few new songs just before lockdown. British guitarist and songwriter, born 13 March 1959 in Shrewsbury, UK. Learn how your comment data is processed. Your email address will not be published. Around the same time, it emerged that she had also grown frustrated at a lack of airplay for her band's new material, as many radio stations were only interested in playing T'Pau's classic hits. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1987. Ron Rogers was born on March 13, 1959 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. Four subsequent singles from the album entered at least the Top 20, though none broke in the U.S. charts. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts, and in 2013 she reunited with original band member and co-songwriter Ronnie Rogers for a 25th-anniversary UK tour.[5]. See full bio Born: March 13, 1959 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Known For Table 19 Soundtrack (2017) Ronnie recalls that one of their US singles was pitched to Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones for a solo contribution. I got home one day and Carol had this quiet sketch shed written on the piano. A bloke came up to us and said: I was in a coma that song brought me out of it. It was a quiet piano song and he turned it into something else, with that big crashing chorus. But I have to keep away from social media when I have had a few glasses of wine. But she and Ronnie had also split by then and the collection was essentially a solo project. . 6 October 1961, Macclesfield) Percussionist/Drummer, Michael Chetwood (b. We wrote all the songs and royalties still trickle in now but a millionaire Im not.. Ronnies mother gave us a china tea-set and if you lifted the cups up to the light you can see a womans face in the bottom. Decker re-formed the band with a new line-up in 1998, and T'Pau have in recent years continued to work live regularly. March 13, 1959), keyboard player Michael Chetwood (b. August 26, 1954), bassist Paul Jackson (b. August 8, 1961), and drummer Tim Burgess (b. October 6, 1961). When it was good it was brilliant, but there was a lot going on, admitted Carol. "Heart and Soul" is the debut single by British pop rock ensemble T'Pau, released in 1987 from their debut album Bridge of Spies. Later the same year she appeared in the film Nine Dead Gay Guys as the wife of Stephen Berkoff. . T'Pau: Only a Heartbeat: With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. I was watching a documentary on the whole Mary Shelley and Byron and Keats gang and was enthralled by how, at 19, she outsold both noted poets, revealed Carol. Track listing [ edit] They would just listen to the cassettes and send them back with a standard letter. A third album The Promise followed in 1991, but the band split soon afterwards. You have to rely on your social media. Now you can create a record in your own bedroom, but it just wasnt like that back then., The investment paid off with the 10-song set, which was given a deluxe edition reissue in 2015, proving to be a multi-platinum smash and containing the song Carol is most proud of: Heart And Soul, which was picked as TPaus first single. 3, Drew's Famous Instrumental Country Collection, Vol. "We had to do a download video and my two kids have both done creative media courses at college so we asked them to make it.. 1988 saw the release of their second album Rage which produced the hit single "Secret Garden". Copyright 2023 Jon Kutner. "[4], Upon its initial release in the UK in February 1987, the song was not well received, entering the bottom of the chart and falling out immediately after. I think its a much better album than Rage, but the bubble had burst, adds Ronnie. . T'Pau also recorded rock versions of The Monkees' "I'm a Believer", Petula Clark's "Downtown" and The Left Banke's "Walk Away Rene", all with lead vocals by rhythm guitarist Ron Rogers. Ronnie Rogers [T'Pau] Top Songs as Writer #1: "Heart and Soul" by T'Pau #2: "China in Your Hand" by T'Pau #3: "Valentine" by T'Pau #4: "I Will Be with You" by T'Pau #5: "Whenever You Need Me" by T'Pau #6: "Secret Garden" by T'Pau #7: "Sex Talk" by T'Pau #8: "Only the Lonely" by T'Pau #9: "Road to Our Dream" by T'Pau #10: "Valentine" by T'Pau. T'Pau: 04:31 : Amazon: 2 : Bridge of Spies. But as Decker herself recalls, it was never that simple for TPau. Initially a flop in the UK, it first became a hit in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching No. ". Ronnie Rogers Past members Tim Burgess Michael Chetwood Paul Jackson Taj Wyzgowski Dean Howard Jez Ashurst Dave Hattee Dan McKinna Website http://www.tpau.co.uk/ T'Pau/tpa/are an English popgroup formed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, led by singer Carol Decker. She sang a version of China In Your Hands rewording it Wash Your Hands and has kept fans updated about forthcoming concerts. I missed him so much, but then I morphed the story into a fictitious one of not being loved back (which I was). Then one day I saw this documentary about Mary Shelley. Two singles "With a Little Luck" and "Giving Up the Ghost" were released from the album. Fortunately, we got it wrapped up just in time. [3] To promote the album, a radio promo single, "With a Little Luck", was released. "The creative side is wonderful but the promotion is harder.. Im Irish-Liverpudlian stock so its in our blood to reach for the bottle. She gained control fairly quickly and soon launched a solo career. But playing the shows isnt just about having fun. Could have lived without the Big Country flavoured 'Do the Right Dance'; and surely Paul McCartney will be suing Decker for re-writing Wings' 'With a Little Luck' and re-titling it 'Wing and a Prayer'? In time, they would fill venues like Londons Wembley Arena by themselves: the perfect platform to showcase Carols powerful voice. I knew it would just cause a massive row. Though she and Ronnie were the songwriters, and the compositions for the first two albums were completed before the band had been signed, the pair admits that a lot of time was spent managing the situation. In 2015, freshly reunited professionally with Ronnie, TPau released Pleasure And Pain, which received a strong critical response and solid sales, sparking a ferocious touring schedule that the band maintains to this day. Taj, who was more of a jazz guitarist, didnt feel comfortable with TPaus rock style, so he left and Dean Howard became his replacement. Carol said the closure of concert venues had wrecked her bands schedule for 2020 and they were unlikely to perform now until the end of the year at the very earliest. 3: The Biggest Club Anthems of All Time, Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1985-1989, Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1987, Renaissance Records, Inc.: Spring Sampler, 1997, Heart and Soul: The Very Best of T'Pau [Renaissance], In the Air Tonight: Virgin's Greatest Hits, Living in Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. Their debut album, Bridge Of Spies, was released in September of 1987 and the first single from it was Heart and Soul which reached number four in both the UK and the US. Taj Wyzgowski. The songs were all there but the band just werent cutting it.. They absolutely had to stop for lunch. "Then Richard and I felt really unwell for about a week. In 1982 Carol attended a Katz gig where Ronnie threw his guitar into the audience, which hit Carol and cut her finger. 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