From Wham! to Woo (eBook, ePUB) - Lee Grace, Janey
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Janey shares how she got her break in the music business, the highs and lows of being a backing singer and what it was like touring with bands in the 80's and 90's. From being crammed in a minibus with Mari Wilson's band, to living the dream flying first class around the world, playing stadium gigs with George Michael and WHAM! Janey later became known as a co-presenter on Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Janey Lee Grace cut her teeth on the mic in the night clubs of Manchester and Birmingham and her first big singing break was with Mari Wilson and the Wilsations. After she was fired from the…mehr

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Janey shares how she got her break in the music business, the highs and lows of being a backing singer and what it was like touring with bands in the 80's and 90's. From being crammed in a minibus with Mari Wilson's band, to living the dream flying first class around the world, playing stadium gigs with George Michael and WHAM! Janey later became known as a co-presenter on Steve Wright in the Afternoon. Janey Lee Grace cut her teeth on the mic in the night clubs of Manchester and Birmingham and her first big singing break was with Mari Wilson and the Wilsations. After she was fired from the band for refusing to dye her hair canary yellow she was picked up by WHAM! Janey sang backing vocals with George Michael and Andrew Ridgely for all their tours including the infamous WHAM! China tour. Janey went on to tour/record with Boy George, Sinita, Kim Wilde and Natalie Cole and had her own UK top ten hit with Cola Boy and 7 Ways to Love - a dance floor sensation in the summer of love 1991. Janey moved from singing to presenting for ITV, VH-1 and Sky news followed by her own show on BBC Radio 2. After bumping into Steve Wright while she was a Virgin Radio Presenter, Janey became a co-presenter on Steve Wright in the Afternoonand regular stand in for Sunday Love Songs. She describes hustling her way into the world of radio presenting, both local and national - the pitfalls, the fun stuff, with lots of behind-the-scenes stories.

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Autorenporträt
Janey Lee Grace is well-known for her appearances on Steve Wright in the Afternoon - The Big Show on BBC Radio 2, (9 million listeners) and having a top ten hit record in the 90's with Cola Boy (Seven Ways To Love), touring the world as a backing singer with many stars including George Michael and Wham, Kim Wilde, and Boy George. She is an Amazon Number One best-selling author of Imperfectly Natural Woman. Janey runs the hugely successful health and wellbeing website imperfectlynatural.com and has been voted Number One in 'Who's Who' in Natural Beauty Industry yearbook for three consecutive years. Janey's most recent TV appearances were on Good Morning Britain and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, and has made regular contributions on many shows including The Wright Stuff, BBC Breakfast and Sky TV Entertainment news. In 2018, Janey decided to ditch the drink and quickly realized that sobriety was the missing piece of the 'holistic health jigsaw'. She hosts Alcohol Free Life Podcast and runs The Sober Club, (www.thesoberclub.com).