Kim Appleby is an English

England

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 singer, songwriter

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 and actor

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. She participated in the duo

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 Mel and Kim

Mel and Kim

Mel and Kim were a British pop duo, comprising sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby. They achieved success between 1986 and 1988 before Melanie succumbed to cancer.-Biography:...

, with her sister Melanie Appleby

Melanie Appleby

Melanie Susan Appleby was one half of the 1980s English pop duo Mel and Kim.Appleby was born in Hackney, London of mixed-race to a Jamaican father and a British mother...

, until her sister's death from pneumonia following treatment for cancer.

Biography

Appleby was born in Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

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 to a Jamaican father and English

English people

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 mother. Her childhood was spent in poverty, with her parents splitting when she was fifteen and she was a mother by the age of seventeen. She attributed her maturity to becoming a mother, stating that she "grew up overnight" and that she "changed and became a better person because of it". She found success at the age of 24 and enjoyed chart hits with her sister between 1986 and 1989, including a number one UK single with "Respectable", although they had stopped performing and recording in 1987 due to Mel's illness. When her sister Mel was diagnosed with cancer, Kim took time out of her career to nurse her for two and a half years until her death in January 1990.

With the aid of her boyfriend, ex-Bros

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 bassist

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 Craig Logan

Craig Logan

Craig Logan is a British music manager. He began his career as bassist in the pop band Bros.- Background :After a year of major UK success with Bros during 1988, Logan left the band in early 1989. After this, Logan focused on song-writing and producing and was nominated for an Ivor Novello award...

, Kim launched a solo career with much of her debut solo album composed of songs co-written with Mel, for what was intended to be the next "Mel and Kim" album. The album, Kim Appleby

Kim Appleby (album)

"Kim Appleby" is the solo debut album by British singer, Kim Appleby.With the aid of her boyfriend, ex-Bros bassist Craig Logan, Kim launched a solo career with much of her debut solo album composed of songs cowritten with Mel, for what was intended to be the next Mel and Kim album.-Track...

, contained her debut solo single "Don't Worry

Don't Worry (Kim Appleby song)

"Don't Worry" is the debut solo single of English artist Kim Appleby from her eponymous debut solo album.The song addresses the process of getting over being heartbroken....

" which reached number two on the British charts in November 1990. A follow up single "G.L.A.D." was a UK #10 hit. Subsequent singles from her debut album were "Mama" [#19] and "If You Cared" [#44]. Kim's second album, Breakaway, was not a commercial success and had a limited release. She released three further singles, "Light Of The World [#41, 1993], "Breakaway" [#56, 1993], and reunited with Stock and Aitken on "Free Spirit" [#51, 1994]. A download only single called "High" was released in 2007.

She had a show on the Europe

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an internet

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 station Storm Live. She also acted in the movie

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 Going Straight and in the soap opera

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, Doctors

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(on BBC One

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).

Appleby featured on two tracks on Tonka's 2004 album 84 ("Believe" and "Follow You"), and also features on Levthand's 2010 album Taxidrive.

Appleby was on the judging panel of the 2010 Ivor Novello Awards

Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and were first introduced in 1955.Nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place...

.

In December 2010 the single "Took a Minute" by Levthand featuring Kim Appleby was released in Europe.

Albums

• 1990 Kim Appleby (#23 UK) - (Gold)
• 1993 Breakaway
• 1993 Breakaway - Extended Mixes (8-Track Promo CD of exclusive extended versions of the album tracks)

Singles

• 1990 "Don't Worry
  Don't Worry (Kim Appleby song)
  "Don't Worry" is the debut solo single of English artist Kim Appleby from her eponymous debut solo album.The song addresses the process of getting over being heartbroken....
  
  " #2 UK, #5 Ireland
• 1991 "G.L.A.D." #10 UK, #7 Ireland
• 1991 "Mama" (#19 UK)
• 1991 "If You Cared" (#44 UK)
• 1993 "Light Of The World" (#41 UK)
• 1993 "Breakaway" (#56 UK)
• 1994 "Free Spirit" (#51 UK)
• 2004 "Believe" (Whiteman feat. Kim Appleby) [German Promo CD]
• 2007 "High"
• 2010 "Took a minute" (German Release "Download Only" - December 2010)
• 2011 "Took a minute" (UK Release)
• 2011 "The World Today is a Mess"

Kim Appleby (album tracklisting) |1990| Parlophone

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1. "Don't Worry"
2. "Mama"
3. "If You Cared"
4. "Downtown Clown"
5. "I'll Be There"
6. "G.L.A.D."
7. "Hey You"
8. "What Did I Do Wrong?"
9. "Dodgy People"
10. "Teach Me"

Breakaway (album tracklisting) |1993| Parlophone

Parlophone

Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in 1927 by the Columbia Graphophone Company which...

1. "Breakaway"
2. "Missing You"
3. "Light of the World"
4. "Love Will Find A Way"
5. "Strong Love"
6. "Loving You Boy"
7. "The Tables Have Turned"
8. "I’m Not Your Property"
9. "Good to Me"
10. "That’s Life"
11. "Everybody Needs Someone"
12. "Little Child"

B-Sides/Other tracks

• "Shame" (included on the "Light of the World" CD Single) (1993)
• "Believe" (on Tonka's 84 album) (2004)
• "Follow You" (on Tonka's 84 album) (2004)
• "Something Pour Moi" (2007)
• "Just Took a Minute" (2007)
• "Keep trying" (on Levthand's Taxidrive album) (2010)
• "The world is a mess" (on Levthand's Taxidrive album) (2010)

Unreleased Songs

• "Don't give up"
• "Happy you're mine" (1996)
• "I think of you"
• "Let's talk about it"
• "Turn on the night"
• "Out there"
• "Two of us"
• "Up where I belong" (Kim's version) (1996)
• "Mistakes (we all make)" (2006)
• "One minute you're hot"
• "Wonderful"
• "Everybody needs somebody"
• "Symphony of life"
• "I can hear your voice"
• "Material love"

There's very little known of unreleased Kim Appleby songs, but plans to return for Kim were always in the pipeline and she never stopped recording throughout the years. She worked with a string of different producers like Anders Bagge (Madonna, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears), Michael Garvin (Jennifer Lopez), Sheppard Solomon (Dido) Terry Roland (Dannii Minogue) and many others. The above list of unreleased songs are titles that have been registered on ascap.com and bmi.com under Kim Appleby songs.

Mike Stock stated that they also worked on two-three additional songs at the time they recorded "Free Spirit".

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