Temper Temper were an English musical duo active in the early 1990s whose members were songwriter/producer Eric Gooden (of

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) and singer

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. Gooden and Williams were previously known as the duo No Sovereign who released the single "Showdown" in 1987 on

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. The duo released their only album, the self-titled '' Temper Temper'' in 1991. It contains the

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"Talk Much" which briefly registered on the UK Singles Chart.

After Temper Temper

Gooden continued as a producer with his act

(alongside Eric Powell) and continues to release material to the present day. The duo had two top 10 UK Dance hits in 1996 with "Happy Days" and "Into Your Heart", the latter under the name '6 by Six'. Williams went solo and featured on dance trio

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's 1993 UK No. 3 hit "

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", then in 1994 released the album ''Human Cradle'' (also produced by Gooden) on the Columbia label which spawned four UK chart hits, including the top 30 duet version of "

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", with Joe Roberts. They both formed the duo Dark Flower in 2001, then changed their name to Bodhi in 2007 and later Butterfly Jam in 2011.

Discography

Albums

*'' Temper Temper'' (1991),

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Singles

*"Like We Used To" (1991), 10 *"It's All Outta Lovin' You" (1991), 10 *"Talk Much" (1991), 10/Virgin - UK No. 94

References

External links

* English musical duos English dance music groups British soul musical groups Male–female musical duos Musical groups established in 1991 Musical groups from Manchester Virgin Records artists {{UK-band-stub