MARI WILSON
From England. With her backing group The Wilsations, Mari made herself a name by performing old standard pop (Peggy Lee, Julie London, etc.) with a big bee-hive hair style. She beat the resurgence of lounge music by a good fifteen years! In 1991, she made a comeback album that featured her new direction towards jazz. Former Wilsation Julia Fordham also blossomed into her own pop career. Another former Wilsation (Barb Jungr) convinced Mari to do a show with her and joined by jazz singer Claire Martin, recorded and toured the UK as Girl Talk. Back to solo recording, Mari took a misstep into a retro disco sound but then returned strong in 2008 with a new album that capitalized on her original sound, a sound now used to great effect by other artists like Amy Winehouse and Duffy. 1981-84/1991/2005-present.
see JULIA FORDHAM.
DISCOGRAPHY:
| FULL RELEASES | SINGLES |
| Showpeople | Just What I Always Wanted |
| Born Lucky | live performance |
| The Mari Wilson Chat Show | dialogue and demos |
| Marigold | compilation |
| Cry Me A River | compilation |
| Just What I Always Wanted | compilation |
| Beat The Beat | compilation |
| The Rhythm Romance | The Rhythm |
| Girl Talk (as Girl Talk) | |
| Dolled Up | Storyline |
| Emotional Glamour |
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps |
OFFICIAL WEB PAGE: http://www.mariwilson.co.uk/
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