Birth name Carol Ann Decker Name Carol Decker Movies 9 Dead Gay Guys | Years active 1986–present Spouse Richard Coates (m. 2006) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Role Musician · tpau.co.uk | |
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Carol decker of t pau performing heart and soul at let s rock bristol 2014
Carol Ann Decker (born 10 September 1957) is an English musician. She is best known as the singer and front woman for the band T'Pau, which had international success in the late 1980s. Although Decker's music is mainly associated with the group, she also released "One Heart," a solo single in 1995, to support the centenary of the Halifax World Cup Rugby League
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- Carol decker of t pau performing heart and soul at let s rock bristol 2014
- Carol decker of t pau at glastonbury
- Life and career
- Personal life
- References
Decker's personal record label is named GnatFish. She also worked in Dukes butchers Chandlers Ford as a Saturday girl in the 1980s.
Carol decker of t pau at glastonbury
Life and career
Decker was born in Huyton, Merseyside and educated in Wellington, Shropshire.
In addition to her musical achievements, Decker also has acted on both stage and screen, including a part in the film Nine Dead Gay Guys. 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 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".
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 the single "Just Dream" in download-only format in September 2007.
Personal life
T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her boyfriend at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs.
Decker began dating restaurateur Richard Coates in 1996. They have two children, Scarlett (born 1998) and Dylan (born 2002), and married in 2006. That same year, Decker became a joint tenant of the Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row near Henley, which Coates had established. It closed in 2012.