Rowetta, the Glossary
Rowetta Idah (born 5 January 1966), also known as Rowetta or Rowetta Satchell, is a British singer.[1]
Table of Contents
56 relations: A Matter of Time (Shed Seven album), Amateur, BBC, BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio Manchester, Big in Japan (phrase), Bury Grammar School, Celebrity Scissorhands, Children in Need, Contemporary R&B, Cornershop, Drowned in Sound, Elektra Records, Factory Records, Footballers' Wives, Freebass, Gaydio, Gut Records, Happy Mondays, He's Gonna Step on You Again, Inner City (band), Lady Marmalade, Laidback Luke, Manchester, Manchester Evening News, Manchester Pride, Manchester United F.C., Maria Friedman, Marti Webb, Michael Winterbottom, Nigerians, Palace Theatre, Manchester, Peter Hook, Peter Hook & the Light, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, Salford City Radio, Sampling (music), Shed Seven, Sheila Ferguson, Simon Cowell, Simply Red, Sister Act, Slam (DJs), Soul music, Stephen Gately, Steve Angello, Suranne Jones, Sweet Mercy, The O2, The Weakest Link (British game show), ... Expand index (6 more) »
- Happy Mondays members
- People educated at Bury Grammar School (Girls)
- Peter Hook and The Light members
A Matter of Time (Shed Seven album)
A Matter of Time is the sixth studio album by British rock band Shed Seven.
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Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music.
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BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Manchester is the BBC's local radio station serving Greater Manchester, north-east Cheshire and north-west Derbyshire.
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Big in Japan (phrase)
Big in Japan is an expression that can be used to describe Western (especially North American or European) musical groups who achieve success in Japan but not necessarily in other parts of the world.
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Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School is a 3–18 private day school for boys in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, that has existed since c.1570.
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Celebrity Scissorhands
Celebrity Scissorhands is a reality television show that is part of the BBC's Children in Need charity campaign, in which celebrities attempt to cut people's hair to raise money for the campaign while trained and watched by professional hairdresser Lee Stafford.
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Children in Need
BBC Children in Need (also promoted as Plant mewn Angen in Wales) is the BBC's UK charity.
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Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.
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Cornershop
Cornershop are an English indie rock band best known for their single "Brimful of Asha", originally released in 1997 and, in a remixed version, topping the UK chart in 1998.
Drowned in Sound
Drowned in Sound, sometimes abbreviated to DiS, was a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway.
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Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.
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Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.
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Footballers' Wives is a British television drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives, broadcast on ITV from 2002 to 2006.
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Freebass
Freebass were an English rock supergroup consisting of, originally, three bassists - Andy Rourke (formerly of The Smiths), Peter Hook (formerly of Joy Division & New Order) and Gary "Mani" Mounfield (of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream) - and singer Gary Briggs (formerly of Haven).
Gaydio
Gaydio is a radio station for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) community in the United Kingdom, and is broadcast on 88.4 FM in Greater Manchester, 97.8 FM in Brighton, on DAB digital radio in Greater London, parts of the Home Counties, Manchester, Stockport, Brighton, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne and Portsmouth, and online through its website, mobile apps, Smart Speakers and the UK Radio Player.
Gut Records
Gut Records was a British independent record label, based in Maida Vale in London, England.
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays is an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980.
He's Gonna Step on You Again
"He's Gonna Step on You Again" (also known as "Step On") is a song originally performed by John Kongos, co-written by Kongos and Christos Demetriou, and first released in 1971 by Fly Records.
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Inner City (band)
Inner City is an American electronic music group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1987.
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Lady Marmalade
"Lady Marmalade" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan that is famous for the French refrain of "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?", which is a sexual proposition that translates into English as: "Do you want to sleep with me, tonight?" The song first became a popular hit when it was recorded in 1974 by the American funk rock group Labelle and held the number-one spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for one week, and also topped the Canadian RPM national singles chart.
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Laidback Luke
Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen (born 22 October 1976), better known under his stage name Laidback Luke, is a Dutch-Filipino DJ and music producer.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
Manchester Evening News
The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868.
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Manchester Pride
Manchester Pride is a charity that campaigns for LGBTQ+ equality across the United Kingdom, predominantly in Greater Manchester.
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Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
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Maria Friedman
Maria Friedman (Freedman; born 19 March 1960) is a British actress and director, best known for her work in musical theatre.
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Marti Webb
Marti Webb (born 1943) is an English actress and singer, who appeared on stage in Evita, before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one-woman show Tell Me on a Sunday in 1980.
Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director.
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Nigerians
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria.
Palace Theatre, Manchester
The Palace Theatre is one of the main theatres in Manchester, England.
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Peter Hook
Peter Hook (born 13 February 1956) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division and its successor New Order. Rowetta and Peter Hook are Peter Hook and The Light members.
Peter Hook & the Light
Peter Hook & The Light are an English post-punk band, formed in May 2010 by bassist and vocalist Peter Hook, formerly of the influential post-punk bands Joy Division and New Order.
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Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches is the third studio album by the English rock band Happy Mondays, released on 5 November 1990 by Factory Records.
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Salford City Radio
Salford City Radio is a community radio station based in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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Sampling (music)
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.
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Shed Seven
Shed Seven are an alternative rock band, formed in York in 1990.
Sheila Ferguson
Sheila Diana Ferguson (born October 8, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and author, who has worked primarily in the United Kingdom.
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Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive.
Simply Red
Simply Red are an English soul and pop band formed in Manchester in 1985.
Sister Act
Sister Act is a 1992 American musical crime comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick (as Joseph Howard).
Slam (DJs)
Slam are a Scottish producer/DJ duo from Glasgow, Scotland, consisting of Stuart McMillan (born 1966, Glasgow) and Orde Meikle (born 1964, Oxford).
Soul music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Stephen Gately
Stephen Patrick David Gately (17 March 197610 October 2009) was an Irish singer, who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone; all of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third being their most successful internationally.
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Steve Angello
Steven Patrik Josefsson Fragogiannis (Στέφεν Πάτρικ Γιόζεφσον Φραγκόγιαννης; born 22 November 1982), better known by his stage name Steve Angello, is a Greek–Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and record label owner.
Suranne Jones
Sarah Ann Akers (née Jones; born 27 August 1978), known professionally as Suranne Jones, is an English actress and producer.
Sweet Mercy
Sweet Mercy are an English house music duo formed in the late 1980s, consisting of Eric Gooden and Eric Powell.
The O2
The O2 (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, England, including an indoor arena, a music club, a Cineworld cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars, restaurants, and a guided tour to the top of the O2.
The Weakest Link (British game show)
The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two and BBC One.
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The X Factor (British TV series)
The X Factor is a British reality television music competition, and part of the global X Factor franchise created by Simon Cowell.
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The X Factor (British TV series) series 1
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a £1 million recording contract with the Syco Music record label.
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Todd Terry
Todd Norton Terry (born April 18, 1967) is an American DJ, record producer and remixer in the genre of house music.
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 15 June 1979, by Factory Records.
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Yes Please!
Yes Please! is the fourth studio album by British rock band Happy Mondays, released on 22 September 1992 through Factory Records.
24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British biographical comedy drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records.
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See also
Happy Mondays members
People educated at Bury Grammar School (Girls)
- Amy Nuttall
- Bury Grammar School (Girls)
- Diane Coyle
- Emma Jane Unsworth
- Janet Thornton
- Nicola Shindler
- Rowetta
- Sylvia Law (planner)
- Victoria Derbyshire
- Victoria Wood
Peter Hook and The Light members
- Fred Sablan
- Martin Rebelski
- Peter Hook
- Rowetta
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowetta
Also known as Rowetta Satchell.
, The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor (British TV series) series 1, Todd Terry, Unknown Pleasures, Yes Please!, 24 Hour Party People.