Katherine Ellis

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Katherine Ellis
Also known as Katherine Ellis, Kathy Wood, Bimbo Jones
Origin Brighton, England
Genre(s) Dance, Funky House, Disco House
Label(s) Various
Website Official MySpace

Katherine Ellis is a well respected Dance music vocalist and topline singer songwriter from England. A mainstay of the genre past and present, Katherine has been making records since 1990 with various producers.

[edit] Background

She records under the aliases Katherine Ellis, Kathy Wood, Arrola and K. Ellis and her maiden name Katherine Wood (Ellis is her married name, and she is mother to two sons). She has no connection with vocalist Katherine E, even though some bios and websites have mistaken the two artists as being the same person because of the similar sounding name.

Since she was 15 she’s been in bands as a lead and background vocalist, as part of a duo and as a solo artist. Katherine’s touring credits include that of working with the likes of Belinda Carlisle, Chaka Khan, Boy George and Roger Sanchez.

Katherine has recorded with some of the biggest names in dance music including Freemasons, The Soul Avengerz, Dave Lee (in all his guises) and Sanchez, and on a more underground tip, collaborations with Meat Katie, Dylan Rhymes, Lee Coombs and Tom Stephan.

From 1997 to 2000 Katherine was the vocalist for chart toppers The Ruff Driverz, singing "Deeper Love," "Don’t Stop," "Shame," and the international smash hit "Dreaming", which incidentally she also wrote the Spanish topline for under the credited alias name "Arrola".

2008 is shaping up to be an extremely busy period for Katherine. Releases include ‘When you touch me’ with Freemasons (Loaded), ‘Ain't nothin goin’ on but the rent’ with 7th Heaven (Hard2Beat), ‘Poza (Got what I need)’ with Countparis (Eyezcream), ‘Do it’ with DJ Prom (GFab), ‘Gotta get through’ with Paul Emanuel & Gav McCall (Born to Dance), and ‘One luv’ with The Soul Avengerz (Milk & Sugar/One Love Recordings) as well as ‘Laisser toucher’ with Cerrone (Maligator Productions) which also happens to feature twice in the French movie ‘Disco!’.

Katherine is also the third member of the band Bimbo Jones, who are signed to Tommy Boy Records. Their debut album is due out later this year preceded by the release of their single ‘And I try’.

On stage, Ellis is an energetic live performer who delivers her heart and soul in person just as easily as she does on her recordings. Any stage she steps upon is followed moments later by rapturous applause as the audience fall under her spell which is a unique blend of uplifting, vocal house.

An extremely talented writer, she writes a majority of her own material including ‘Insatiable’ by Mark Knight, 'Fascinated’ by Raven Maize (aka Joey Negro) and ‘Getting Into You’ by W.O.S.P. She also writes for other Artists including ‘If You Wanna/Salsoul Nugget’ by M&S Presents The Girl Next Door, ‘All Night’ by Montilla and ‘Dancing In The Dark’ by 4Tune 500.

Apart from her music career, Ellis has also done television commercial work and can currently be heard as the vocalist on the Gaviscon 'what a feelin' advert in the UK.

[edit] Discography & Writing Credits

Featured vocalist

  • 1990 Less Stress featuring Katherine Wood / "Don't Dream It's Over" / Junior Boy's Own (Vocalist)
  • 1991 Bocca Juniors / "Substantially Soulful" / Junior Boys Own (Vocalist)
  • 1992 Cappella featuring Katherine E / "Take me away" (Vocalist)
  • 1995 Kathy Wood / "Give me Joy" / Phuture Trax (Vocalist)
  • 1996 Eruption featuring Katherine Wood / "Let The Music" (Vocalist)
  • 1997 Eruption featuring Katherine Wood / "Reach Out" (Vocalist)
  • 1997 Eruption featuring Katherine Wood / "Surrender" (Vocalist)
  • 1997 Ruff Driverz / "Don't Stop" / Undisputed & Inferno (Vocalist) UK Top 30
  • 1997 Ruff Driverz / "Deeper Love" / Inferno (Vocalist) UK Top 20
  • 1998 Ruff Driverz / "Shame" / Inferno (Vocalist) UK Top 40
  • 2006 Roger Sanchez featuring Lisa Pure & Katherine Ellis / "Lost" / Stealth Recordings (Vocalist)
  • 2007 ASBO featuring Katherine Ellis / "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" / Hed Kandi Records (Vocalist)
  • 2007 Wilder & Clarke featuring Katherine Ellis / "Stand Up" / Hed Kandi Records (Vocalist)
  • 2008 Cerrone vs Katherine Ellis / "Laisser toucher" / Maligator Productions (Vocalist)
  • 2008 7th Heaven featuring Katherine Ellis / "Nothin' goin' on but the rent" / Unreleased Ministry of Sound (Vocalist)

Vocalist & Writer/Co-Writer

  • 1998 Ruff Driverz presents Arrola / "Dreaming" / Inferno (Vocalist/Writer) UK Top 10
  • 2000 La Fiesta / "Dreaming" / Oxyd Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2001 W.O.S.P / "Gettin' Into U" / Data Records (Vocalist/Writer) UK Top 40
  • 2002 Raven Maize / "Fascinated" / Data Records (Vocalist/Writer) UK Top 40
  • 2004 Dylan Rhymes featuring Katherine Ellis / "Salty" / Kingsize Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2004 Lee Coombs featuring Katherine Ellis/ "Shiver" / Finger Lickin' Records / Azuli Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2005 Tom Stephan featuring Katherine Ellis/ "Here I Come" / Chumbomundo Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2005 Dylan Rhymes featuring Katherine Ellis / "Sugar DJ" / Kingsize Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2006 Mark Knight featuring Katherine Ellis / "Insatiable" / Toolroom Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2006 Tom Stephan featuring Katherine Ellis / "DOG" / Chumbomundo Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2006 Soul Flava featuring Katherine Ellis / "We Got Love" / DTPM/Blue Cube (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2006 Lee Coombs featuring Katherine Ellis / "Control" / Thrust Recordings (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2006 Meat Katie featuring Katherine Ellis / "What I Like" / Lot 49 (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2006 Meat Katie featuring Katherine Ellis / "Round & Round" / Adrift Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2006 Bimbo Jones / "Harlem One Stop / Columbia BMG (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2007 Cerrone featuring Katherine Ellis / "Loverboy" / Maligator Productions (Vocalist/Co-Writer)
  • 2007 Jason Herd featuring Katherine Ellis / "So Strong" / J Funk Recordings (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2007 Matteo Esse & Sant featuring Katherine Ellis / "Not hanging around" / Cosmonote Blue (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2007 Freemasons featuring Katherine Ellis / "When U Touch Me" / Loaded Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2008 Soul Avengerz featuring Katherine Ellis / "One luv" (One Love Recordings/Milk & Sugar) (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2008 Countparis & Katherine Ellis / "Poza (got what I need)" / Eyezcream Recordings (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2008 Prom featuring Katherine Ellis / "Do it" / Gfab (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2008 Paul Emanuel & Gav McCall featuring Katherine Ellis / "Gotta get thru" / Fourthcoming on Born to Dance Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2008 Tim Belcher & Katherine Ellis / "Stiletto strutt" / Fourthcoming on Cosmonote Blue Records (Vocalist/Writer)
  • 2008 Freemasons featuring Katherine Ellis / "When you touch me" / Fourthcoming on Loaded Records (Vocalist/Writer)


Writing Credits

  • 2001 M&S Presents the Girl Next Door / "The Salsoul Nugget (If U Wanna)" (Writer) UK #6
  • 2003 4Tune 500 / "Dancing In The Dark" / Black Gold (Writer)

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