Belle and the Devotions were a British pop group, ostensibly a group named after the singer Kit Rolfe. Under this name, she released the singles "Where Did Love Go Wrong?" and "Got to Let You Know" in 1983. In 1984, two other members, Laura James and Linda Sofield, were added to the group in order to participate in the UK heats of the Eurovision Song Contest,

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in 1984. " Love Games", written by Paul Curtis and Graham Sacher, proved to be an easy winner, and represented the UK at the

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in Luxembourg. According to

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's ''The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History'', the actions of English football fans in the tiny state the previous autumn caused something of a backlash against the British delegation. They were booed by some of the audience. It emerged during rehearsals that a backing trio, hidden off-camera, were doing the majority of the backing singing, while the microphones of Sofeld and James were not even switched on. "Love Games" finished in seventh place, and reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart. The group followed up this single with "All the Way Up", released in July 1984. It failed to chart and the threesome split up soon after. Kit Rolfe had been involved in Eurovision before, as a backing singer for Sweet Dreams in Munich in

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, when she herself was hidden off-camera. She performed the same task for Samantha Janus in

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, teaming up with

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to provide backing vocals in Rome. Rolfe also later recorded a single with Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, "Fly Eddie Fly". The song was not a hit.

Discography

Singles

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belle and the Devotions English musical trios English pop girl groups English pop music groups Musical groups established in 1983 Musical groups disestablished in 1984 Eurovision Song Contest entrants