Carol Decker
| Carol Decker | |
|---|---|
 Carol Decker in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
10 September 1957 Huyton, Liverpool, England |
| Genres | Pop, pop rock, new wave |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Siren, Virgin, Charisma,[1] Gnatfish |
| Associated acts | T'Pau |
| Website | www.tpau.co.uk |
Carol Decker (born 10 September 1957) is an English musician. She is best known as the singer and front woman for the band, T'Pau, which had international success in the late 1980s. Although Decker's music is mainly associated with the group, she also released a solo single in 1995, "One Heart," in support of the Halifax World Cup Rugby League centenary.
Decker's nickname is "GnatFish," and the record label she started bears that name.[citation needed]
Life and career
Decker was born in Huyton, now in Merseyside and educated in Wellington, Shropshire, along with other members of the band.[2] In addition to her musical achievements, Decker has also acted on both stage and screen, including a part in the movie, Nine Dead Gay Guys.[3] TV appearances include Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (in which she reached the final round, ultimately being beaten by Shakin' Stevens). Decker also appeared in the British comedy series Trigger Happy TV in which she appeared in a "bull in a china shop" sketch (the joke being that she had previously had a hit with the song, "China in Your Hand"), and in another sketch where she accompanied Dom Joly, as he pretended to be a door-to-door salesman.
Decker took part in the prime time BBC One show Just the Two of Us which began on 2 January 2007. However, despite singing duets with Beverley Knight, Tony Christie and Natasha Hamilton, she and her singing partner Gregg Wallace were the first to be eliminated from the show, after singing The Jackson Five's "Blame It on the Boogie."
Decker appeared in the video for Peter Kay and Matt Lucas's charity single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2007. She released a single, "Just Dream", in download-only format in September 2007.
Private life
T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her partner at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs.
Decker began dating restaurateur Richard Coates in 1996. They have two children, Scarlett (born 1998) and Dylan (born 2002) and married in 2006.[4]
In 2006, the year she and Coates married, Decker became a joint tenant of The Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row near Henley, which Coates had established.[5]
References
- ↑ "6959.jpg (JPEG Image, 645 × 753 pixels)". geocities.com. web.archive.org. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ↑ "For Crying Out Loud! (T'Pau interviews)". T'Pau.org. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "Nine Dead Gay Guys". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
- ↑ T'Pau star Carol Decker's Argos Wedding
- ↑ "The Sugar Loaf gets a makeover and a new style of cuisine (From Bucks Free Press)". Bucksfreepress.co.uk. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
External links
- T'Pau official website
- Carol Decker on Twitter
- Gnatfish Records
- Carol Decker at the Internet Movie Database
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