Blue Pearl
Blue Pearl | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | House, alternative dance |
| Years active | 1990–1993 |
| Labels | Big Life |
| Past members | Durga McBroom Youth |
Blue Pearl are an English electronic music duo consisting of American female singer Durga McBroom and British musician Youth (Martin Glover).[1] They charted six times on the UK singles chart[2] and had two songs reach the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
"Naked in the Rain" was a No. 4 hit in the UK Singles Chart and a No. 5 dance hit in the US in 1990, which was originally issued on blue vinyl.[1] It was followed by "(Can You) Feel the Passion" (whose melody samples Bizarre Inc's "Playing with Knives"),[1] which hit No. 1 on both Billboard's Dance Club Play and the UK Dance Chart in 1992, reaching No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had a Top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart in November 1990 with the No. 31 hit, "Little Brother".[3]
As McBroom is a backing vocalist for Pink Floyd, their records feature guest appearances from David Gilmour and Richard Wright. A couple of decades later, both Youth and McBroom went on to be involved in the completion of Pink Floyd's 2014 album The Endless River, which charted at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart.[1]
Discography
Albums
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
IRE | NED | BEL (FLA) |
GER [5] |
AUT | SWI | SWE | US Dance [6] | ||||||
| 1990 | "Naked in the Rain" | 4 | 14 | — | 9 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | Naked | |||
| "Little Brother" | 31 | 30 | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1991 | "Alive" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "(Can You) Feel the Passion" | 14 | 24 | 49 | 34 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | singles only | ||||
| 1992 | "Mother Dawn" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | "Fire of Love" (with Jungle High) | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | "Naked in the Rain '98" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
See also
- List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 42. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ "BLUE PEARL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 66. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Peak positions for U.K.:
- For All singles except those below: "Official Charts Company: Blue Pearl". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- For "Fire Of Love": "Official Charts Company: Jungle High With Blue Pearl". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "Blue Pearl – German Chart". charts.de. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "Blue Pearl – US Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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