West End Girls (Canadian band)

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West End Girls

Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Years active	1990 – 1994
Genres	R&B / Pop
Labels	A&M Records Canada
Members	Camille Henderson Aimee MacKenzie Silvana Petrozzi Janele Woodley Celia-Louise Martin

West End Girls were a Canadian pop band and girl group in the early 1990s.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles

[edit] History

The band was formed in Vancouver by producers John Dexter and John Livingston, and consisted of three teenaged girls, Camille Henderson, Aimee MacKenzie and Silvana Petrozzi (now Silvana Kane of Pacifika). After several months of performing lessons with Henderson's father, Bill Henderson (the lead singer of rock group Chilliwack), the trio recorded and released their debut album, West End Girls, on Johnny Jet Records in 1991. That album produced the Canadian Top 40 hits "Not Like Kissing You", "I Want You Back", "Say You'll Be Mine" and "Show Me The Way".

Petrozzi left the band a few months later, and was replaced by Janele Woodley. Before the release of the group's second album, Henderson also left and was replaced by Celia-Louise Martin. The band's new lineup released the album We Belong Together in 1993, which included the singles "R U Sexin' Me" and "Sexy". Their second album wasn't as successful as their first album and they broke up the following year. Shortly afterwards, the group's record label had released a remix album of some of their earlier hits.

They received a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising New Group in 1992 and they also toured with Roxette on the Canadian leg of that group's 1992 Canadian Tour.

MacKenzie later joined the Canadian R & B group D-Cru, and their single "Show Me" sampled the West End Girls single "Show Me The Way".