As London prepares to go once again go Stock Aitken and Waterman crazy - there is a massive reunion concert planned for Hyde Park in June, with Steps, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Sinitta, Pepsi and Shirlie, Sonia, Dead or Alive, Brother Beyond and the rest being wheeled out, and rumours abound that Princess Kylie will appear to duet with Jason - I thought it apposite to revisit one of my lesser-known faves from the Hit Factory era.
Miss Carol Hitchcock was by far the butchest act in the PWL stable. As well as a stint in modelling she had in fact been a nightclub bouncer in Melbourne before she started a recording career, and she certainly looked scary! However, even this startling image and fabulously aggressive cover of The Temptations' Motown classic Get Ready did not bring her the success of her stable-mates. The single only got as high as #56 on the UK chart in May 1987 - twenty-five years ago!
I wonder where she is now?
Oh my!!! Never heard this or even knew about her. I have always love the original so this would have been a big fave of mine back in the 80s!
ReplyDelete(Do you think she will open the Hyde Park concert with this? We´d all better get ready for Miss Hitchcocks return...) I mean, who needs Kylie with Carol around - just look at her sexy hand "dancing"!
Love it!
Heaven only knows whether they'll drag her back onto the stage for the Hyde Park event - I can't find any information about what she's up to, or whether she is still performing. She's no Hazell Dean, that's for sure (still doing the rounds even today). It would be great if she did! Jx
DeletePS Incidentally, her brother Russell founded that ultimate drippy AOR band Air Supply...
why wasn't this a hit at the time?
ReplyDeleteBloody British record buying public or lack of promotion?
Heaven only knows! Most probably PWL were over-stretching themselves on the PR front at this particular point in 1987 - Mel and Kim were their big act then, and they also had releases from Sam Fox, Pepsi and Shirley, Bananarama, Sinitta and Debbie Harry (and just around the corner, Rick Astley) to promote at the same time... Jx
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