The band my group have chosen to do our research into is … S Club 7. They are 7 piece band who plummeted to fame after releasing their first single Bring it all back in mid 1999. They formed in 1998 and sadly decided to break up in 2003. They enjoyed 5 years of success, creating some of the naughties best hit songs including reach for the stars, Don’t stop moving and S club Party.
The group consisted of 7 young members including Rachel Stevens, Jo O’Meara, Hannah Spearritt, Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee and Bradley McIntosh. We have decided who in our group will take on the character of each member. Our first task is for each of us to go away and research about our member, finding out how they got in to the band, their life before the band and where they are and what career they are pursuing now.
Rachel- Talia
Jo- Amber
Hannah- Bryleah
Tina- Me
Bradley- Luke
Paul- Sam
Jon- Jordy
Tina Barrett/ S Club history
Fact File
Fact File
1) Tina Ann Barrett, born on the 16th September 1976 (age 40) is a London based singing and actress and dancer. Being a member of S Club 7 was her biggest role in the industry. The band went on various tours, made plenty of hit records and won numerous awards.
2) Barrett’s Mother was Guyanese and Father was British.
3) She attended the London Arts Educational School for 8 years and her first performing job was a dancer in a pantomime.
4) Before becoming a part of S Club 7, she was going to be in the group Face 2 Face which later became Mis-Teeq who were a 3 piece girl band.
5) Barrett got the job as member of the band through a series of auditions alongside thousands of hopefuls after seeing the advert on The Stage.
6) S Club spent 5 successful years as a band and in that time, released 5 number one singles and 1 number one album.
7) S Club 7 starred in their own TV shows including Miami 7, LA 7 Hollywood 7 and Viva S Club. They also has their own film named Seeing Double.
8) Barrett co wrote some of the songs they released and also was the lead vocalistic on some of their tracks.
9) In 2003 they announced they were splitting up. After their split in 2004, Barrett released the song ‘Do ya think I’m sexy?’ by Rod Stewart with Natasha Bedingfield and Atomic Kitten member, Liz MClaron.
10) After this, she kept a relatively low profile and didn’t perform or appear in the public eye for 6 years.
11) Barrett announced she was together with Paul Cashmore and in June of this year, had a baby boy named Roman.
12) Barrett has featured in some stage work over the past few years including-
Playing Beauty in Beauty and the Beast in 2013/14
Playing Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked in The Wizard of Oz
Playing Fairy Bowbells in Dick Whittington in 2015/16
She has also gone on to doing some presenting work, a common path for singers after they split from their original bands.
S Club 7 peaked between 1998-2003, having a very successful 5 year period of fame and performing. The band's audience were mainly of the teenage years to early adults however children really enjoyed their music too. Saying this, their music was versitile as it touched a wide range of ages, from 4 to 25 being the main age gap. This is definitely what the
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