Rebecca Onslow
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Rebecca 'Beki' Onslow nicknamed Boo Boo by her friends is a Welsh
singer song writer dancer who is most famous as a lead singer and a member of the 1990s English Girlband Solid HarmoniE
. Onslow was one of the original members of the group, arguably the founder of Solid HarmoniE
. Solid HarmoniE was fairly successful in Europe and Asia - their album went gold, winning thousands of fans worldwide with their music. The group split in 1999.
, Wales
. She has two elder brothers named Stuart and Avi. She went to the same school as Emma Bunton
of the Spice Girls
. Beki had an enormous interest in the world of showbiz from childhood. She was inspired by musical artists like Belinda Carlisle
, Bananarama
and Madonna
. By the time she was nine she started modelling regularly for local TV and print ad campaigns, as well as acting at local theater. Onslow attended a London college for performing arts (with a full scholarship from Cameron Macintosh for musical theater), where she caught the attention of a top London agent, which led to a 1995 audition for a German-based British female vocal trio that eventually came to be known as Solid HarmoniE
.
in 1995. They found Melissa Graham
playing in a popular Irish band Calvary
in 1996 and this was the time when they released their first single "Got 2 Have Ya". Shortly after the release Mariama quit the band due to her mother's illness. Melissa and Onslow did a tour in Germany, but they needed a third member. Elisa Cariera
joined them the following year when the two were in Orlando, Florida USA with their management. Soon they became a four-piece as Mariama rejoined the group.
This was the time when the group had tasted most of its success as a girlband
with their debut eponymous albums along with numerous successful singles. Solid HarmoniE
enjoyed considerable success and popularity in Germany
, Netherlands
, and few countries like Philippines
, Japan
, Hong Kong
in Asia
where they had toured on different occasions during 1997-98. However there were problems between their management and the recording label Jive Records
and soon two members abandoned Solid HarmoniE. Mariama
joined the R&B group Honeyz
and Melissa
went for a solo career. Onslow and Elisa
decided to stay with Solid HarmoniE and went back to Orlando, Florida in 1999 where they had several successful tours. The two soon picked up a new member, Jenilca Giusti
after an audition held in Elisa's hometown Orlando, Florida and soon started recording for a new album. Their new album had more of R&B influence rather than their previous girlband scheme. The new album included songs produced by such heavyweights as Tony Battaglia (Mandy Moore
), Billy Chapin
(Backstreet Boys
, Leslie Carter
) and Andy Goldmark (Jennifer Paige
). The new Solid harmoniE trio was on the cover of TeenFaces Magazine on its October 2000 issue. However, their new album was never released as they could not come to an agreement with their record label, or find a new one once they were with out a label. In 2003, the new version of Solid HarmoniE broke up and both Onslow and Elisa decided to go their separate ways to pursue solo careers.
was not officially over until late 2002 or early 2003, Onslow started working on her solo record from a lot earlier than that and her first solo single "Wake up" was released on 15 January 2002 released by Logic Records/BMG
, composed along with DJ/producer Guido and remixed by Johnny Vicious. This is her only released single to date known to the media and her fans.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
singer song writer dancer who is most famous as a lead singer and a member of the 1990s English Girlband Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...
. Onslow was one of the original members of the group, arguably the founder of Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...
. Solid HarmoniE was fairly successful in Europe and Asia - their album went gold, winning thousands of fans worldwide with their music. The group split in 1999.
Biography
Onslow was born in Swansea and grew up in LlanelliLlanelli
Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. She has two elder brothers named Stuart and Avi. She went to the same school as Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
of the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
. Beki had an enormous interest in the world of showbiz from childhood. She was inspired by musical artists like Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...
, Bananarama
Bananarama
Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
and Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
. By the time she was nine she started modelling regularly for local TV and print ad campaigns, as well as acting at local theater. Onslow attended a London college for performing arts (with a full scholarship from Cameron Macintosh for musical theater), where she caught the attention of a top London agent, which led to a 1995 audition for a German-based British female vocal trio that eventually came to be known as Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...
.
Music career
She started Solid Harmonie with MariamaMariama Goodman
Mariama Goodman is an English dancer and singer who has been a member of the bands Solid HarmoniE and the Honeyz but started her career as a dancer.-Biography:...
in 1995. They found Melissa Graham
Melissa Graham
Melissa Ashley Graham nicknamed Diva, Queenie, or Maggie is an English singer who is most famous as a lead singer and a member of the 90's English girlband Solid HarmoniE. She joined the group in 1995 and had success in the following few years until their split up in 1999...
playing in a popular Irish band Calvary
Calvary
Calvary or Golgotha was the site, outside of ancient Jerusalem’s early first century walls, at which the crucifixion of Jesus is said to have occurred. Calvary and Golgotha are the English names for the site used in Western Christianity...
in 1996 and this was the time when they released their first single "Got 2 Have Ya". Shortly after the release Mariama quit the band due to her mother's illness. Melissa and Onslow did a tour in Germany, but they needed a third member. Elisa Cariera
Elisa Cariera
Elisa Cariera nicknamed "Princess" is an American singer, songwriter and best known as a member of the 90's English girlband Solid HarmoniE....
joined them the following year when the two were in Orlando, Florida USA with their management. Soon they became a four-piece as Mariama rejoined the group.
This was the time when the group had tasted most of its success as a girlband
Girlband
Girlband can refer to:*A general name for an all-female band*Girlband *Girlband, a group on the fifth UK series of The X Factor...
with their debut eponymous albums along with numerous successful singles. Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...
enjoyed considerable success and popularity in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and few countries like Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
where they had toured on different occasions during 1997-98. However there were problems between their management and the recording label Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
and soon two members abandoned Solid HarmoniE. Mariama
Mariama Goodman
Mariama Goodman is an English dancer and singer who has been a member of the bands Solid HarmoniE and the Honeyz but started her career as a dancer.-Biography:...
joined the R&B group Honeyz
Honeyz
Honeyz were a British-based R&B girl group formed in 1997.-Early years:The lineup was initially made up of Heavenli Roberts , Naima Belkhiati, and Célena Cherry...
and Melissa
Melissa Graham
Melissa Ashley Graham nicknamed Diva, Queenie, or Maggie is an English singer who is most famous as a lead singer and a member of the 90's English girlband Solid HarmoniE. She joined the group in 1995 and had success in the following few years until their split up in 1999...
went for a solo career. Onslow and Elisa
Elisa Cariera
Elisa Cariera nicknamed "Princess" is an American singer, songwriter and best known as a member of the 90's English girlband Solid HarmoniE....
decided to stay with Solid HarmoniE and went back to Orlando, Florida in 1999 where they had several successful tours. The two soon picked up a new member, Jenilca Giusti
Jenilca Giusti
Jenilca Franchesca Giusti is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actress commonly known as Jenilca. Jenilca is a participant of the third season of Objetivo Fama and principal actress in the Broadway musicals Fame and Grease, which were presented at the CBA Luis A...
after an audition held in Elisa's hometown Orlando, Florida and soon started recording for a new album. Their new album had more of R&B influence rather than their previous girlband scheme. The new album included songs produced by such heavyweights as Tony Battaglia (Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
), Billy Chapin
Billy Chapin
Billy Chapin is an American former child actor, known for a considerable number of screen- and TV-performances from 1943 to 1959 and best remembered for both his roles as the “Diaper-manager” Christie Cooper in the 1953 family feature The Kid from Left Field, starring Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft and...
(Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...
, Leslie Carter
Leslie Carter
Leslie Barbara Carter is an American singer.- Family :Carter was born in Tampa, Florida, the daughter of Jane Elizabeth and Robert Gene Carter. She is the older sister of Aaron Carter and younger sister of Nick Carter. Aside from her brothers, Nick and Aaron, she also has two sisters: Angel and...
) and Andy Goldmark (Jennifer Paige
Jennifer Paige
Jennifer Paige is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success with the 1998 pop hit "Crush". She is considered to be one of the 1990s' biggest one-hit wonders.-Biography:...
). The new Solid harmoniE trio was on the cover of TeenFaces Magazine on its October 2000 issue. However, their new album was never released as they could not come to an agreement with their record label, or find a new one once they were with out a label. In 2003, the new version of Solid HarmoniE broke up and both Onslow and Elisa decided to go their separate ways to pursue solo careers.
Solo career
Even though Solid HarmoniESolid HarmoniE
Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera...
was not officially over until late 2002 or early 2003, Onslow started working on her solo record from a lot earlier than that and her first solo single "Wake up" was released on 15 January 2002 released by Logic Records/BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
, composed along with DJ/producer Guido and remixed by Johnny Vicious. This is her only released single to date known to the media and her fans.
Personal life
Onslow has moved to the United States of America after getting married to her boyfriend Paul Russo, an American business owner, and is now working hard to make a name for herself as a solo artist in America. Recently she gave birth to a child.Discography
| Year | Title | Chart |
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| Albums with Solid HarmoniE Solid HarmoniE Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera... |
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| 1998 | Solid HarmoniE |
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| Singles with Solid HarmoniE Solid HarmoniE Solid HarmoniE were a British pop girl group, formed in 1996. Initially, the band was made up of Rebecca Onslow, Melissa Graham and Mariama Goodman, however Goodman left in 1997 to care for her mother. She was replaced by Elisa Cariera... |
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| 1997 | "I'll Be There For You" |
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| 1998 | "I Want You To Want Me" |
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| 1998 | "I Wanna Love You" |
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| 1998 | "To Love Once Again" |
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| Singles Solo | ||
| 2002 | "Wake up" | |