Yell! was 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

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. 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

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. In January 1990, it entered the

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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 BBC 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'. Their follow-up releases "One Thing Leads to Another" released in June 1990 reached number 81, and a cover of "

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" (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- Broadway 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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, Casualty and Doctors. Varney went on to release some solo singles which proved unsuccessful and then composed the UK entry for the

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, " Say It Again".

Discography

Album

Singles

References

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