Yell! were a British

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duo who had a hit single in 1990 with a cover of "

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Overview

Yell! consisted of singers Daniel James and Paul Varney. In 1989, they both met manager Jeff Chegwin and decided to form the group. They were signed by

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to Fanfare Records. The group's first single, a cover version of

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's 1970s hit, "

", was produced by Nigel Wright and re-mixed by Pete Hammond from PWL. In January 1990, it entered the UK singles chart and peaked at No.10 in February, giving the duo attention from the pop press. The group then embarked on a promotional tour of

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. Daniel James had previously been known as Colin Heywood and he had been a Children's

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presenter who had presented the live magazine show 'But First This'. He had also appeared as a contestant in the BBC's Song for Europe competition and played Fred in the children's ITV drama series 'Henry's Leg'. The band's follow up, "One Thing Leads to Another", was produced by

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(SAW), and reached number 81. A cover of " Let's Go Round Again" (produced by Nigel Wright) released in September 1990 reached number 78. In 1991 the duo released an album in

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called ''Let's Go!'' which contained 3 ballads written by Daniel James. Soon after this, the duo went their separate ways. Daniel signed a publishing deal with

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's music publisher Dick Leahy and recorded an album. After this Daniel returned to his acting roots and appeared in an Off-

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play. He played a CSI in an episode of the NBC series Passions. He also played a rock drummer in the American Web Series 'Apartment for Eight'. In the UK he had a role in an episode of the BBC long running series Eastenders. Other UK TV roles include guest lead roles in

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. Undoubtedly the most talented of the two, Varney went on to release some solo singles which proved commercially unsuccessful but then composed the UK entry for the

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, " Say It Again". He continues to write and produce credible music for the modern age for himself and other artists, and is very happy to no longer rely on his Yell! past to seem relevant.

Discography

Album

Singles

References

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