Collette Roberts
| Collette | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Collette Roberts |
| Born |
1968 (age 47–48) New Zealand |
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Disco, dance pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1989-1995 |
Collette Roberts, (born 1968) who performed under the stage name Collette, is a New Zealand-born, Australian model turned disco/pop star in Sydney during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1][2] She had a gold-selling top five single on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) in May 1989 with "Ring My Bell", an Anita Ward cover.[3][4] Sometimes considered a one hit wonder, Collette in fact had two other top 40 hits later in 1989 - "All I Wanna Do Is Dance" in July and "That's What I Like About You" in November - as well as two minor hits in 1990-91, "Who Do You Think You Are" and a cover of the Diana Ross hit "Upside Down".
Biography
Early in her career, Collette performed in bright fluorescent lycra clothing, especially bike shorts, bras, and braces. In 1990, she appeared with a new image of short hair and black clothing in an attempt to cast aside the bike shorts image and for her music to be taken more seriously. Collette appeared briefly as Isabelle Britton on Home and Away in late 1991. After her second album, Attitude (1991) and its singles yielded little commercial success, she retired from the music industry and pursued a career as a stylist and make-up artist. She appeared on Channel 7's Where Are They Now? in 2006, revealing that she does some volunteer work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
Discography
Singles
- "Ring My Bell" (1989) AUS #5,[3] NZ #4,[4] UK #93[5]
- "All I Wanna Do Is Dance" (1989) AUS #12,[3] NZ #21[4]
- "That's What I Like About You" (1989) AUS #31[3]
- "Who Do You Think You Are?" (1990) AUS #56[6]
- "Upside Down" (1990) AUS #91[6]
- "This Will Be (Everlasting Love)" (1991) AUS #122[7]
- "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" - with The Nation (1995) AUS #149[8]
Albums
- Raze the Roof (1989) AUS #48[3]
- Attitude (1991) AUS #107[9]
- The Very Best of Collette and Sharon O'Neill (J&B Records, 1991)
- Collette E.P. – (Sony Music, 2001)
References
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 5 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. [10] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ↑ McFarlane 'Collette' entry. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) COLLETTE entry. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Discography Collette". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Discography Collette". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ↑ "Official Charts > Collette". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- 1 2 ARIA Top 100 peaks between 51-100: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ "This Will Be (Everlasting Love)" ARIA chart peak: "Response from ARIA to chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". imgur.com. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" ARIA chart peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry (submitted to charts.mail@aria.com.au), received 15 July 2015". imgur.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 9 November 2015". Imgur. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
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