Deuce (band)
British pop band
Deuce were a British pop group that found moderate success in the mid-1990s. A two-male, two-female quartet, they released four top-30 singles in the UK charts during 1995 and 1996, before splitting up in 1997.
Career
The band was formed in 1994 by Tom Watkins, who had managed the Pet Shop Boys, 2wo Third3, Bros and East 17; and Kelly O'Keefe who was doing work experience in his office. He admired her distinctive vocals, style and kitsch sensibility, and they decided to put together a boy/girl band with O'Keefe as lead vocalist. O'Keefe was a student of The BRIT School, studying music, and recruited her school friend Lisa Armstrong, a dancer. Watkins then discovered Craig Robert Young. The original line-up featured a male member named Ashley who was quickly replaced by Paul Holmes and at this point the group were fully formed.
Their debut single, "Call It Love", entered the UK Singles Chart at number 21 on 21 January 1995 and climbed to a peak of number 11. The follow-up "I Need You" was entered into the UK's pre-selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest but came third (the selected entry was by Love City Groove). The single went straight to number 10 on release in April 1995.
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