Formed in Manchester in the early 80's, Carmel' mixture of soul,gospel,blues and jazz lit up the charts all too briefly....their second album The Drum Is Everything was their most successful,reaching number 23 in the album chart....two of the tracks off the album,More More More and Bad Day achieved moderate success in the singles chart,both showcasing the sparse yet soulful voice of Carmel McCourt....
Sadly in the UK that was the summit of her success....however in Europe it was a different story where the band enjoyed chart success in Germany,Belgium ,The Netherlands and most notably in France where she sold over 500,000 copies of 1986 single,Sally and where she was christened the new Edith Piaf....
McCourt and original member Jim Parris are currently working on new material and are intending performing soon as a duo....
In the meantime you could do worse than pop over here and pick up a copy of a great live CD released last year and listen to the mesmerising vocals of Carmel McCourt....
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