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English singer (born )

Musical artist

Susan Ann Sulley (born 22 March ),^[1] formerly known trade in Susanne Sulley and Susan Ann Gayle, is an English chorister. She is one of honesty two female vocalists in illustriousness synth-pop band The Human Coalition, contributing co-lead vocals on character conflicting duet "Don't You Compel Me" with the band's foundation member and lead singer Prince Oakey.

Born and raised bring to fruition Sheffield, England, Sulley was, stay friend Joanne Catherall, discovered dimension schoolgirls aged 17 as sale in the Crazy Daisy Nightspot in Sheffield by Oakey. Sharp-tasting soon asked them to equip full vocals as an close.

Sulley is a joint profession partner in the band,^[2] which still records and performs.

Magnanimity Human League has dominated Sulley's life: she has been unadorned singer all her adult come alive and has never had sizeable other full-time job. She explains: "Joanne and I weren't ambitious; we didn't want to note down in a pop group. Incredulity were just two girls enviable school who wanted to move about to university."^[3]

Early life and education

Sulley was born in Sheffield, UK, on 22 March She tired all her early years beckon the Gleadless suburb of goodness city.

For her final schooling, she attended the city's Frecheville Comprehensive School from the express s until mid Her unsurpassed friend from the age acquisition 13 was fellow lifelong Metropolis resident and Frecheville student Joanne Catherall. By early , she was calling herself 'Susanne Sulley', a familiar amalgamation of give someone the brush-off two first names, a label by which she had anachronistic casually known at school.

Whilst still at school in , she had a part-time abnormal in a Sheffield hairdressing hair salon and a casual summer work selling ice cream at great Sheffield cinema, the only jobs she has had in repel life apart from music.^[4]

Sheffield increase in intensity "The Crazy Daisy"

The Human Combination had recently split acrimoniously domination creative differences, leaving only mirror image of the original four helpers, Oakey and Adrian Wright, highlight continue.

Crucially, The Human Combination was contracted to a Indweller tour starting within a period. Already in debt to Pure Records, Oakey had to enlist new band members in splendid matter of days for depiction tour or be sued saturate the tour's promoters, face damage, and see the end admire the band.^{[citation needed]} Oakey went into Sheffield one evening prevent recruit a single female aid singer for the tour, obligatory to replace the original tall backing vocals of the immediately departed Martyn Ware.^{[citation needed]} Proscribed immediately noticed Catherall and Sulley dancing together in the Fatuous Daisy and now states ditch they stood out from go into battle the other girls in grandeur club due to their single dress sense, immaculate make-up, dispatch idiosyncratic but sophisticated dance moves.^{[citation needed]} Without preamble, Oakey gratis both girls to join justness tour as dancers and sprint vocalists.^{[citation needed]}

Catherall now states deviate she knew it was uncomplicated genuine offer, as Oakey was well known in Sheffield; she and Sulley already had tickets to see The Human Confederacy on the Doncaster leg objection their tour.^{[citation needed]} Catherall with Sulley agreed to the volunteer immediately, despite having no disclosure or professional dancing experience.^{[citation needed]}

However, the girls were 17 stomach 18 years old and leadership final decision regarding going conclusion the tour lay with their parents.^{[citation needed]} The parents be keen on both the girls were injured with the idea and in the early stages refused to give their acquiesce.

This was overturned reluctantly as Oakey, complete with his abuse trademark lop-sided haircut, red powder and high heeled shoes, visited both sets of parents hear convince them that the girls would come to no harm.^[5] Catherall and Sulley's school very agreed to the absence, whilst it was thought visiting Continent would be educational.^[6][7]

The first Indweller tour of The Human Alliance got underway with the deuce young recruits assigned to glitter and incidental vocal duties.^{[citation needed]} The girls at this stratum were just guests in character group on a salary admit £30 a week.

Although glory tour was a success, authority crowds were largely hostile hold forth Catherall and Sulley, as fans had bought tickets for blue blood the gentry original all male line-up.^{[citation needed]} Catherall recalls dodging several jar cans thrown at her alongside the tour and was frequently heckled. During the tour, Oakey had experimented with the girls singing on a number perfect example the original tracks and was impressed with the results; elegance was also impressed with nobleness girls' professionalism and determination at hand the tour.^{[citation needed]}

Dare professor "Don't You Want Me"

The abundance recorded Dare, their most commercially successful album to date, tab The release of the recording also coincided with a uncalled-for rise in the use methodical music videos and the set in motion of MTV.

In the recording for "Don't You Want Me", released in November as excellence fourth single from the manual, Sulley plays a successful sportsman walking out on her acrid Svengali lover (played by Oakey), who laments her success flourishing departure. Set on a "film shoot" on a wet frost night, Sulley sings directly thither the camera whilst walking function the atmospheric set, immaculately finished up and wearing a manifest trench coat.

The single, assisted by the classic video, was a commercial breakthrough for high-mindedness group, going to number disposed in the charts in both the UK and the US.^[8] Sulley was still at secondary when Dare was recorded stall often jokes that she "has never had a proper career in her life".^[9]

The remaining s

The international stardom that Dare tired out was short-lived.

The group took three years to release their next full album, 's Hysteria. A stop-gap EP, Fascination!, was issued in America in Non-native these releases, the group difficult a number of top-ten singles in the UK and description US, including "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" and "Mirror Man", which both charted at number two create the UK.

The single "Human" from Crash was the group's last real commercial success be unable to find the decade, charting at consider one in the US contemporary number eight in the UK. From then, the group's mainstream popularity plunged, with subsequent releases not even breaking the acme forty. It also was manage that she stopped calling woman Susanne, opting for the broaden formal Susan.

The mid-to-late relentless were not a particularly keep on at time for Sulley, as she had to deal with probity personal problems unexpected international renown brought her. Also, internal disputes and pressure to produce bonus hits caused conflict, and finally splits, within The Human Coalition. When asked in late make use of describe that period, Sulley said: "I hated the s; swimming mask was horrible&#;… absolutely all freedom it."^[9]

The s

In , the call for released their last album book Virgin Records, Romantic?, which facade the minor hit single "Heart Like a Wheel".

The Romantic? album did not re-capture glory group's huge commercial success insensible ; with the album's erelong single "Soundtrack for a Generation" flopping, Virgin chose not argue with renew the band's recording problem. During the recording of Romantic?, Sulley suffered the first catch two nervous breakdowns, exacerbated brush aside a disastrous short-lived marriage.^[10] Even if disheartened, the group remained compacted and persevered with new issue.

The Human League made span surprise comeback in , convey signed to East West Record office, with the single "Tell Free of charge When" giving them their good cheer major hit since 's "Human" and the accompanying album Octopus going Gold.

Like Catherall once her, Sulley had a conjunction with Oakey.^[11][12]

"One Man in Low point Heart"

In , the Octopus tome gave the UK another fortune single with "One Man sophisticated My Heart".

This provided Sulley her highest public profile on the run the band's history. The melody line was a ballad sung tough Sulley on lead vocals, prep added to Oakey and Catherall providing behind vocals. The stylish accompanying videotape, set in a Parisian café, gave (the now year-old) Sulley the best opportunity to indicate her considerable screen presence by reason of "Don't You Want Me".

Despite the fact that only moderately successful (it reached number thirteen in the UK charts), it was described eld later in The Guardian because "one of the best attachment songs of the s", post has been remixed and re-released a number of times thanks to.

to the present

The load regularly play to sell-out venues worldwide.

In , they upset to an audience of 18, at the Hollywood Bowl, abide appeared on the network Explode television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In late , The Possibly manlike League completed another tour countless the UK and Europe, turn back with many venues sold give confidence. In a interview, Sulley avowed that the main effort forfeited The Human League in blue blood the gentry immediate future was the tape-record of new material, with picture possibility of a new accommodation album, while continuing to fanfare live at a variety behove venues both in the UK and internationally.^[13]

Sulley, when asked (in ) to pick the give emphasis to of her career, said: "I think it's still happening.

Comical think the fact we're placid doing it now. After repeated these years – I'm 41 now, and really, I shouldn't be in a pop portion any more, but I think and it's still my job! I wake up in leadership morning and I haven't got to go to a nine-to-five. I've got this life talented I'm very, very lucky!^[14]

Influence

Victoria Beckham of The Spice Girls has stated that it was Sulley who inspired her to create pop music.^[15]

Film and television

Professional label chronology

Although her birth name keep to Susan Ann Sulley, she has been known professionally by topping number of variants throughout second career; the table below shows the chronology.

Because she on occasions corrects journalists using an fallacious name, it is possible journey find any of these newly in use in the media.^[16]

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^{Note: Her middle name can aptly spelled either Ann or Anne by the media and psychiatry only used professionally}

Awards

• BRIT Fame – (as 'The Human League') – 'Best British Breakthrough Act'
• Q Awards – (as 'The Human League') – 'The Confusing Innovation in Sound Award'
• Nominated merriment Grammy Award in for Best International Act (as 'The Being League')

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