Chameleon (British band)

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Chameleon
Origin	United Kingdom
Years active	1989 – present
Members
Nigel Hess Olive Simpson Lindsay John Jeremy Taylor Michael Dore David Beavan

Chameleon were a vocal group founded in 1989 by Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Nigel Hess^[1], and featuring former Swingle Singers member Olive Simpson (soprano), Lindsay John (alto), Jeremy Taylor (tenor), Michael Dore (baritone) and David Beavan (bass). They were best known for performing the theme tunes to several British television programmes, and for there cover versions of popular folk music.

Chameleon's debut album Saylon Dola won the Music Retailers Association award for "Best MOR Vocal Album" and was re-issued on 13 June 2005 to celebrate the group's 15th anniversary^[2]. The title track, Saylon Dola, was covered on The Voice by Russell Watson and Máire Brennan in 2001.

[edit] Saylon Dola: track listing

Saylon Dola
Long Long Ago
Sona Mia Han
An Affair In Mind
Shona Tu
Unay Garm
Rosheen Du
Sereg Anna
The Water Is Wide
Willow Song
Summer Night On The Water
Tu Sherrin So
She Moved Through the Fair
Bell Tune
Lulla Loel
The Meeting of the Waters
Carmina Valles

In addition, early promotional versions of Saylon Dola contained an eighteenth track called "Maigret," the theme tune to ITV's 1990's adaptation of the Maigret detective stories, starring Michael Gambon.

[edit] Trivia

Saylon Dola was used as the theme tune to Central TV's The One Game^[3]
Willow Song was written for the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Othello
Rosheen Du was used as the theme tune to Anglia Television's Chimera^[3]