Carol Decker

Carol Decker (born 10 September 1957, Huyton, Liverpool, England)is an English recording artist. She is best known as the singer and front woman for the band, T'Pau, which enjoyed international success in the late 1980s. Her partner at the time, Ronnie Rogers (born 13 March 1959, Shrewsbury), was also a member of the band and they co-wrote the majority of T'Pau's songs. Although Decker's music is mainly associated with the group, she also released a solo single in 1995 entitled "One Heart", in support of the Halifax World Cup Rugby League Centenary.

Decker was educated in Shrewsbury, along with other members of the band. [cite web|url=http://www.tpau.org/ints/recmir87.html|title=For Crying Out Loud! (T'Pau interviews)|work=T'Pau.org|accessdate=2008-03-17] In addition to her musical achievements, Decker has also acted on both stage and screen, including a part in the movie, "Nine Dead Gay Guys" [cite web | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336910/ | title=Nine Dead Gay Guys | publisher= Internet Movie Database | accessdate=2007-02-13 ] . TV appearances include "Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" (in which she reached the final round, ultimately being beaten by Shakin' Stevens). Decker also appeared in the British comedy series "Trigger Happy TV" in which she appeared in a "bull in a china shop" sketch (the joke being that she had previously had a hit with the song, "China in Your Hand"), and in another sketch where she accompanied Dom Joly as he pretended to be a door-to-door salesman.

Decker took part in the prime time BBC One show "Just the Two of Us" which began on 2 January 2007. However, despite singing three duets with Beverley Knight, Tony Christie and Natasha Hamilton, she and her singing partner Gregg Wallace were the first to be eliminated from the show, after singing The Jackson Five's "Blame It On The Boogie".

Also, in early 2007, Daz Sampson approached Decker to consider entering "", the pre-selection competition for the United Kingdom's "Eurovision Song Contest" entry to attempt to qualify for the 2007 contest. However, no further steps were taken by Decker on this project. Decker appeared in the video for Peter Kay and Matt Lucas's charity single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2007. She released a single, "Just Dream", in download-only format in September 2007.

On 2nd September 2008, Carol was even mentioned during an episode of Coronation Street, in which she is referred to by Liz McDonald as "that mouthy piece out of T'Pau." Liz is then corrected by her on/off boyfriend Vernon Tomlin, who declares Decker to be a "flame-haired temptress."

Decker has been married to Richard Coates since 1997 and the couple have two children. Previous relationships include former Wishbone Ash drummer Ray Weston.

ee also

*List of female rock singers

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