Rhapsody was an Australian female duo that consisted of Kymberlie Harrison and Cathy Ford. They had a minor hit (No. 95 on the ARIA singles chart) in the early 1990s called "Cowboy Lover" on

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. After the promoter and record label owner

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's success with the soap opera actor

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, who had a No. 1 hit in 1991 as Melissa, he came up with the concept for Rhapsody. He styled the two models and helped them create the song that gave them success. "Cowboy Lover" was originally a slow

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song, but was

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ed into a dance track by Filthy Lucre, famous for their 1991 dance remixes of

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". Prior to Rhapsody, Kymberlie Harrison was a producer for Melissa's hits "Read My Lips" and "(Sexy) Is the Word", written by Roy Lachlan Nicolson. At the height of their popularity the duo posed in '' Playboy Australia'' magazine, making the cover of the August 1993 edition.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

''Playboy'', August 1993 cover

Rhapsody discography on Discogs
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