Sweet Mercy are an English

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duo formed in the late 1980s, consisting of Eric Gooden and Eric Powell. In 1992 in

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, the duo founded their own house and

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, Bush Records. Their single "Happy Days" featuring singer Joe Roberts charted on the UK Singles Chart in early 1996. Also in 1996, under the alias 6 by Six, the duo scored a UK chart hit with "Into Your Heart". The vocals of singer

Rowetta Rowetta Idah (born 5 January 1966), also known as Rowetta or Rowetta Satchell, is a British singer. She worked with Happy Mondays, recording and touring with the band from 1990. Her 1989 track "Reach Out" with Sweet Mercy has been Sampling (musi ...

in the duo's 1990 song "Reach Out" has been

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by many artists such as the

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, Slam,

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, Matrix & Futurebound,

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and

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. In 2008, "Reach Out" was remixed and re-released with mixes by J Nitti, Peter Presta and Mobin Master, among others.

Other work

In 1991, Eric Gooden and Melanie Williams under the name Temper Temper scored a minor chart hit with the single "Talk Much" and also released the self-titled album '' Temper Temper''. Gooden is also credited as having contributed

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on the song "Last Time Lover" by the

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, from their 1996 debut album ''

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''.

Discography

Singles and EPs

*"R.U. Hot" (1988) *"Reach Out" (featuring

) (1990) *"Take Me Away" (featuring Natasha) (1990) *" Get Another Love" (1993) *"Happy Days" (featuring Joe Roberts) (1995) - UK #63, UK Dance #8 *"U Got the Love" (featuring Joe Roberts) (1997) *''Reach Out 2008'' (featuring Rowetta) (2008) *"Reach Out ( Mobin Master Remix)" (featuring Rowetta) (2008) *" Take Your Time (Do It Right)" (featuring Veba) (2009) *''Feet Don't Fail Me Now (Falling)'' (with J Nitti featuring Joe Roberts) (2009) *'' Make My Dreams a Reality'' (with Emanuel " GQ" Rahiem) (2010) *"I Need Your Lovin (Jam Xpress Mixes)" (featuring Melanie Williams) (2011) *"Reach Out in Ibiza (Remixes)" (featuring Rowetta) (2013) *"The Love I Feel (Jeremy Juno Mixes)" (featuring Veba) (2014) As 6 by Six *"Into Your Heart" (1996) - UK #51, UK Dance #3

References

External links

*{{Discogs artist English house music duos English male musical duos British electronic dance music duos English record producers Musical groups established in 1988