Occupation(s) Musician Role Musical Group Name White Town | Website whitetown.co.uk Years active 1989–present | |
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Albums Women in Technology, Socialism, Sexism & Sexuality Members Jyoti Mishra, Frankie Machine, Nick Glyn-Davies, Sean Phillips, Leon Wilson, Sean Deegan Genres Alternative rock, Alternative dance, Electronica, Trip hop Similar EMI Records, Chumbawamba, Tasmin Archer, Babylon Zoo, Charles & Eddie Profiles | ||
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White Town is a British musical act and is a solo project of Jyoti Prakash Mishra. His song "Your Woman" reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997. It also peaked at number one in Spain, as well as number two in Australia, number four in Canada, Denmark and Finland and number 23 in the United States. With no significant follow-up successes to "Your Woman", White Town became a one-hit wonder; Mishra commented that such a status is "better than being a no-hit wonder".
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White town your woman
Early life
Mishra was born in Rourkela, India, on 30 July 1966, but emigrated to the United Kingdom with his family at age three.
Musical career
White Town was formed by Mishra in 1989 after he saw the Pixies play. Initially there were other members on guitar, bass and drums playing support gigs for various bands including Primal Scream. In 1990 he released his first self-financed record, White Town EP, on 7" vinyl. This featured Nick Glyn-Davies on drums and Sean Deegan on bass with Mishra on guitar and vocals. Glyn-Davies left and was replaced live by a drum machine and Leon Wilson on guitar. The rest of the band drifted away in Autumn 1990 and from then on Mishra mainly worked on his own, using other musicians to record with, including Gary Thatcher of the Derby band The Beekeepers on guitar.
After a troubled working relationship with EMI, Mishra was dropped from the label in 1997. Since then, he has gone back to working with indie labels such as Parasol Records. Except for the minor hit UK "Undressed," Mishra has yet to have another charting song.
In 2005, White Town contributed the song "The PNAC Cabal" to the charity album, Voyces United for UNHCR.
A New Surprise EP was released in September 2006 by the Swedish indie label Heavenly Pop Hits, and was followed up by the album Don't Mention the War, which launched Mishra's own Bzangy Records label.
Your Woman was the beaten finalist in the December 2014 'One Hit Wonder World Cup' feature on the Steve Lamacq show on BBC radio station BBC Radio 6 Music. The winner was Jilted John by Jilted John.
A 7" White Town single titled "I Wanna Be Your Ex" with b-side "Rainy Day" was released by Golly Jane Records in November, 2014.