Genres Funk Labels SBK Records Genre Funk Record label SBK Records | Years active 1990–1991 Active until 1991 Origin United Kingdom (1990) | |
Associated acts Floy Joy, Desi Campbell | ||
Everyday People was a funk musical group formed in England who recorded one album and had success with a few singles across Europe.
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History
Following the commercial failure of Floy Joy's 1986 album Weak in the Presence of Beauty, both vocalist Desi Campbell and Shaun Ward went separate ways. However, by 1990, Campbell and Ward worked under the name Everyday People as a trio. Campbell had moved to Los Angeles and Ward moved to New York's club land. When both returned to Yorkshire, filled with enthusiasm, a reunification, this time alongside local guitarist, Lloyd Richards seemed the right option. The newly established record label SBK Records were sharpest to react and signed the band. The band soon won the Radio One UK battle of the bands competition, and also went to Japan to play in the international finals at the famous Budokan.
The band decided to work with producer Stewart Levine, as they opted for an organic sound for their debut album. In a 1990 interview with the group, Campbell noted "We'd had enough experience with producers and would really have preferred to do it ourselves. But Stewart didn't want to change a thing. He told us at the beginning that all he wanted to do was enhance what we already had, and that's exactly how it turned out." The band flew out to Bearsville, New York and recorded an entire album without sample or sequence. The band's only album You Wash... I'll Dry was released in 1990 via SBK Records. The album peaked at #26 in Germany. The band's first single was "Headline News" which gained some minor interest where it peaked at #99 in the UK, #83 in the Netherlands and #53 in Germany.
"I Guess It Doesn't Matter" followed as the second single and was the band's most successful release. The song peaked at #93 in the UK, #24 in Switzerland and #34 in Germany. The UK-only single "This Kind of Woman" failed to chart, however the fourth single "Second Nature" managed to peak at #54 in Germany in 1991. A fifth and final single, "Place in the Sun", did not find commercial success. During the year, the band toured Europe extensively, however the minor success caused the band to dissolve.
Members
Albums
Songs
More Than a Friend1990
This Kind of Woman1990
Place in the Sun1990