West End Girls (Canadian band)

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Name = West End Girls


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Origin = Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Genre = R&B / Pop
Years_active = 1990 – 1994
Label = A&M Records Canada
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Current_members = Camille Henderson
Aimee MacKenzie
Silvana Petrozzi
Janele Woodley
Celia-Louise Martin
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West End Girls were a Canadian pop band and girl group in the early 1990s.

History

The band was formed in Vancouver by producers John Dexter and John Livingston, and consisted of three teenaged girls, Camille Henderson, Aimee MacKenzie and Silvana Petrozzi (now Silvana Kane). After several months of performing lessons with Henderson's father Bill Henderson, the lead singer of rock group Chilliwack, the trio recorded and released their debut album, "West End Girls", on Johnny Jet Records in 1991. That album produced the Canadian Top 10 hits "Not Like Kissing You" and "I Want U Back" (a remake of the Jackson 5 hit), as well as the Top 40 singles "Say You'll Be Mine" and "Show Me The Way".

Petrozzi left the band in 1992, and was replaced by Janele Woodley. In 1993, shortly before the release of the group's second album, Henderson also left and was replaced by Celia-Louise Martin. In 1993, the band's new lineup released the album "We Belong Together", which included the singles "R U Sexin' Me", "Pure", and "Sexy'". Their second album wasn't as successful as their first one and they broke up the following year. Shortly afterwards, the group's record label released a remix album of some of their earlier hits.

They received a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising New Group in 1992 and they also toured with Roxette on the Canadian leg of that group's 1992 Canadian tour.

MacKenzie later joined the Canadian R & B group D-Cru, and their single "Show Me" sampled the West End Girls single "Show Me The Way".

Discography

Albums

*West End Girls, 1991 (Johnny Jet Records/A&M Records)
*We Belong Together, 1993 (Johnny Jet Records/A&M Records)
*Hits, Remixes and Other Cool Stuff, 1997 (Dexter Entertainment Group)
*The Definitive Collection, 2000 (Dexter Entertainment Group)

ingles

*Not Like Kissing You, 1991
*I Want U Back, 1991
*Show Me The Way, 1991
*Say You'll Be Mine, 1992
*R U Sexin Me, 1993
*Pure (You're Touching Me), 1993
*Sexy, 1993

oundtrack use

* In 1999, "Sexy" was featured in the beginning of lesbian cult classic movie Better Than Chocolate, as was "Pure (You're Touching Me)".