Fact #169251
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Short story:
Altered Images enter the UK singles chart with Happy Birthday. It will peak at No2 in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.
Full article:
Claire Grogan (vocals, Altered Images) : Even at the height of our success we were all on a wage. I was earning £45 a week back in 1982! The most I ever earned from Epic Records was £75 in one week. It was frustrating I guess, but then you don’t miss what you don’t know.
Women were treated as a bit of a novelty in the music business back in 1981. There was a certain dismissiveness about female performers. But to be honest I wasn’t desperate to be taken seriously. I didn’t give a toss what people thought of me. I just wanted to enjoy myself and have a good time. I didn’t examine anything too deeply.
Kim Wilde : I used to be really jealous of Claire Grogan...I thought she was gorgeous.
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Women were treated as a bit of a novelty in the music business back in 1981. There was a certain dismissiveness about female performers. But to be honest I wasn’t desperate to be taken seriously. I didn’t give a toss what people thought of me. I just wanted to enjoy myself and have a good time. I didn’t examine anything too deeply.
Kim Wilde : I used to be really jealous of Claire Grogan...I thought she was gorgeous.
(Source : not known)