Kele Le Roc

Kele Le Roc (born Kelly Biggs, 5 October 1977 [ [http://bittersuiteband.com/music_birthdays-october.htm Bittersuiteband.com] ] , East End of London [ [http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2005/08/kele-le-roc Xlr8r.com] ] ) is a British pop, UK garage and R&B singer.

Career

Le Roc began singing at the age of three, and she attended Langdon Comprehensive School in East Ham. She first found widespread acclaim in 1995 with the underground hit "Let Me Know". [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/music/interviews/kele_le_roc/index.shtml Interview] . BBC, June 2004.] She scored two Top Ten hits on the UK Singles Chart, with "Little Bit of Lovin'" in 1998 and "My Love" in 1999; and both peaked at #8. [Search for "Kele Le Roc" performed at [http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php Everyhit.com] database on July 22, 2008.] In March 1999 she released her only full-length album, "Everybody's Somebody", on Polydor Records. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=KELE|LE|ROC&sql=11:hbftxq9jldse~T2 Allmusic.com discography] - accessed August 2008] Le Roc won two MOBO Awards in 1999, for Best Newcomer and Best Single ("My Love"). Among those she collaborated with are Basement Jaxx, Coolio, Courtney Pine, T Power, Omar Lye-Fook, Damage, Lee Henry and Shy FX.

Discography

Album

*"Everybody's Somebody" - Wild Card - 1999 - #44 UKcite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 315
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5]

ingles

*"Little Bit of Lovin'" - 1998 - 1st Avenue/Wild Card/Polydor - UK #8
*"My Love" - 1999 - 1st Avenue/Wild Card/Polydor - UK #8
*"Thinking of You" - 2000 - Telstar - UK #70 †
*"Feelin' U" - 2003 - London - UK #34 ‡

† Credited to Curtis Lynch Jr. featuring Kele Le Roc and Red Rat
‡ Credited to Shy FX and T Power featuring Kele Le Roc

ee also

*Forest Gate
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*Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (U.K. series)
*Now That's What I Call Music! 42 (U.K. series)

References