Mary Kiani

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Mary Kiani is a Scottish singer who first had hit songs as vocalist for dance act, The Time Frequency in the early '90s. Real Love was their only top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at #8 in November 1993. Other charting singles were New Emotion #36, The Ultimate High / Power Zone #17, Such A Phantasy #25 and Dreamscape '94 #32.

Kiani then signed a solo deal with Mercury records and became one of the top club acts on the scene, she becamed nicknamed 'Queen of Clubs'. She topped numerous club charts and her solo singles all made the national charts. When I Call Your Name made #18, double A-side I Give It All To You / I Imagine peaked at #35 and was followed into the charts by Let The Music Play ( a Shannon cover ) #19, '100%' #23 and Without Or Without ( a U2 cover ) #46. All the singles were taken off her album Long Hard Funky Dreams which sold disappointingly.

Kiani then disappeared from the music scene for a while popping up with an Australian only single Wrap You Up in 1999. She contributed a track called No Frills Love to a few dance compilations the main one being Gayfest 2003

Mary is a popular performer on the gay club circuit. She is back in 2006 with her brand new album, The Sydney Sessions which initially received an Australia only release in September. She will tour there in support of the album. However, one can buy the album from the record company directly and there is a link on her official site to do this. You can also buy her two albums from Itunes @ £7.99 each.

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In the late 90s Kiani opened the Glasgow Nightclub Slave in the city's Clyde Street. The media put this out as being an S&M club because of the name Slave but the club was a normal [nightclub]] and the name Slave is in tribute to her idol Prince.

The club failed because of the media and its location on Clyde Street, a street that runs along the river - at the time the Riverside area was rundown.