Candie Payne
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Candice "Candie" Payne is an English
singer and songwriter
from Liverpool
. She released her debut album, I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
, on Deltasonic
in May 2007. She is the sister of singer/songwriter Howie Payne
, former frontman of band The Stands
and Sean Payne, the drummer of The Zutons
.
in 1983. Aged four, her family she relocated to New York City
before moving back when Payne was 10. Initially shunning music, Payne pursued a career in visual art, attending art college and working in a vintage clothing
shop in Liverpool town centre. However, Payne became disenchanted with her studies and, after performing with a friend's band, exchanged her interest for music.
with whom she began composing songs.
In 2006, Payne release two singles, "By Tomorrow" and "Take Me". These preceded her debut album, I Wish I Could Have Loved You More, which was released in May 2007. The single version of "One More Chance", produced by Mark Ronson
, followed in September of that year.
In November 2007, The Times
Magazine looked ahead to Liverpool's year as the European City of Culture in 2008 by featuring Payne on its cover alongside Liverpudlian singer Cilla Black
and Abi Harding of the Zutons, who was engaged to Payne's brother Sean - "How Liverpool got its mojo back".
In December 2007, she sang a version of "Oh My God
" with Mark Ronson and Ricky Wilson
on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
. Soon after this appearance, Ronson asked Payne to appear on his 'Version' tour in 2008. The tour covered the UK, Europe and the US and major festivals including the Glastonbury festival
, Global Gathering
and the Montreux Jazz Festival
. Payne, however, found the tour intense for personal reasons. Payne says it "was an incredible opportunity and I gained so much experience from it, but it was also an escape because I was going through a devastating breakup at the time.".
In 2010, Payne formed The Big House with guitarist Paul Molloy of The Zutons
.
and Roberta Flack
are among her influences. Her pet hate is 'over-singing'."
Some fashion writers reflected on Payne's influence, and that of Abi Harding of the Zutons, on Liverpool's "underground band scene", drawing a contrast with the "brassier" style of local WAGs
such as Alex Curran
and Coleen McLoughlin
(wives of footballers Steven Gerrard
and Wayne Rooney
). Sunday Times Style remarked early in 2008 that the fashionable Korova
bar in the city's Fleet Street "is so cool, you can sense Liverpool evolving from a city full of in-your-face show-offs into something far more knowing":
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
from Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. She released her debut album, I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
I Wish I Could Have Loved You More is the début album by British pop artist Candie Payne.-Background:Tracks 4, 8 and 12 contain backing vocals by Payne's brother Sean Payne, his fiancee Abi Harding and Russell T Pritchard, all of the Zutons....
, on Deltasonic
Deltasonic
Deltasonic is an English record label based in Liverpool, England. Previously joint ventured with Sony Music, it is now totally independent. It was formed by Alan Wills, the former drummer with Liverpool bands Shack and Top.-History:...
in May 2007. She is the sister of singer/songwriter Howie Payne
Howie Payne
Howard Eliott "Howie" Payne is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Liverpool, England. Having played in numerous bands since the early 1990s Payne formed The Stands in 2002...
, former frontman of band The Stands
The Stands
The Stands were an English band from Liverpool.-Biography:The Stands were formed by Howie Payne in 2002. There was no fixed line up in the band originally and local musicians Martyn Campbell Sean Payne Russel Pritchard and Robby Stevenson all contributed to early shows...
and Sean Payne, the drummer of The Zutons
The Zutons
The Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004. They achieved their biggest hits with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album...
.
Early life
Payne was born in LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
in 1983. Aged four, her family she relocated to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
before moving back when Payne was 10. Initially shunning music, Payne pursued a career in visual art, attending art college and working in a vintage clothing
Vintage clothing
Vintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from a previous era. The phrase is also used in connection with a retail outlet, e.g...
shop in Liverpool town centre. However, Payne became disenchanted with her studies and, after performing with a friend's band, exchanged her interest for music.
Career
Candie Payne originally began performing with Liverpool band Tramp Attack and Edgar Jones & The Joneses in the early 2000s. She was then introduced to Simon Dine of Noonday UndergroundNoonday Underground
Noonday Underground are a British band consisting of DJ Simon Dine and singer Daisy Martey. Dine had previously been a member of Adventures in Stereo. Martey was for a time the singer in Morcheeba. The band name came from a book about The Who...
with whom she began composing songs.
In 2006, Payne release two singles, "By Tomorrow" and "Take Me". These preceded her debut album, I Wish I Could Have Loved You More, which was released in May 2007. The single version of "One More Chance", produced by Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....
, followed in September of that year.
In November 2007, The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
Magazine looked ahead to Liverpool's year as the European City of Culture in 2008 by featuring Payne on its cover alongside Liverpudlian singer Cilla Black
Cilla Black
Cilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
and Abi Harding of the Zutons, who was engaged to Payne's brother Sean - "How Liverpool got its mojo back".
In December 2007, she sang a version of "Oh My God
Oh My God (Kaiser Chiefs song)
"Oh My God" is a song by Kaiser Chiefs, initially released as their debut single by the Drowned In Sound label on May 17, 2004. It only hit #66 in the UK charts. "Oh My God" was re-released on February 21, 2005, just two weeks before the release of their debut album Employment...
" with Mark Ronson and Ricky Wilson
Ricky Wilson
Ricky Wilson may refer to:*Ricky Wilson , guitarist of The B-52's*Ricky Wilson , singer of Kaiser Chiefs*Ricky Wilson , former NBA player...
on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross was a British comedy chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 2 November 2001. The programme featured Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band...
. Soon after this appearance, Ronson asked Payne to appear on his 'Version' tour in 2008. The tour covered the UK, Europe and the US and major festivals including the Glastonbury festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
, Global Gathering
Global Gathering
GlobalGathering is an annual dance music festival by Angel Music Group. Festivals are held in countries such as the UK, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and feature leading electronica artists from across the globe...
and the Montreux Jazz Festival
Montreux Jazz Festival
The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...
. Payne, however, found the tour intense for personal reasons. Payne says it "was an incredible opportunity and I gained so much experience from it, but it was also an escape because I was going through a devastating breakup at the time.".
In 2010, Payne formed The Big House with guitarist Paul Molloy of The Zutons
The Zutons
The Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004. They achieved their biggest hits with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album...
.
Style
Payne sings 60s-inspired pop. Soul singers Minnie RipertonMinnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in the summer of 1979. They had two children - music engineer Marc Rudolph and actress/comedienne Maya...
and Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music...
are among her influences. Her pet hate is 'over-singing'."
Some fashion writers reflected on Payne's influence, and that of Abi Harding of the Zutons, on Liverpool's "underground band scene", drawing a contrast with the "brassier" style of local WAGs
WAGs
WAGs is an acronym, used particularly by the British tabloid press, to describe the wives and girlfriends of high-profile footballers, originally the England national football team. The term came into common use during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, although it had been used occasionally before that...
such as Alex Curran
Alex Curran
Alex Curran is an English model, fashion columnist for the Daily Mirror and the wife of Liverpool and England footballer Steven Gerrard. She is described as a leading "WAG" of the England national football team, along with women such as Victoria Beckham and Coleen Rooney...
and Coleen McLoughlin
Coleen McLoughlin
Coleen Mary Rooney is best known for being the wife of Manchester United and England football star Wayne Rooney...
(wives of footballers Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role, but he has also been used as a second striker and right winger...
and Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...
). Sunday Times Style remarked early in 2008 that the fashionable Korova
Korova
Korova may refer to:* Korovakill, an Austrian band formerly named Korova.* Korova , a Scottish band.* Korova , an American band.* Korova , a record label.* Korova , a bar in Liverpool, England....
bar in the city's Fleet Street "is so cool, you can sense Liverpool evolving from a city full of in-your-face show-offs into something far more knowing":
The girls here are different from their brassier neighbours. Yet, if they're indie, they're still a glossy version. Peroxide bobs, red lipstick, polka-dot shirts, good heels ... They are inspired by local success stories such as Abby [sic] from the Zutons and Candie Payne - and united in their dislike of Curran and co ... "Lots of girls think she [Curran] is itIt girl"It girl" is a term for a young woman who possess the quality "It", absolute attraction.The early usage of the concept "it" in this meaning may be seen in a story by Rudyard Kipling: "It isn't beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just 'It'."...
, but it's a pretty sad life to be 25 and only go shopping".
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
|||
| 2006 | "All I Need to Hear" | – | I Wish I Could Have Loved You More |
| "Take Me" | – | ||
| "By Tomorrow" | – | ||
| 2007 | "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More" | 84 | |
| "One More Chance" (Mark Ronson version) | 122 |
Guest appearances
- Edgar Jones – Soothing Music for Stray CatsSoothing Music for Stray CatsSoothing Music For Stray Cats is the debut solo album by Liverpudlian musician, songwriter and vocalist Edgar 'Jones' Jones released on the 09 of May 2005 on The Viper Label...
(2005) - Kevin AyersKevin AyersKevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...
- The UnfairgroundThe UnfairgroundThe Unfairground is an acclaimed 2007 album by Kevin Ayers, recorded with members of Ladybug Transistor, Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Roxy Music. It is his sixteenth studio LP and his first new set of recordings in fifteen years. It was recorded in New York,...
(2007) - Kings Have Long ArmsKings Have Long ArmsKings Have Long Arms are an English "rocktronica" act, formed in Sheffield and masterminded by Salford-born Adrian Flanagan . Kings Have Long Arms have collaborated with Philip Oakey from The Human League on the track "Rock and Roll is Dead", Marion from The Lovers and Mira from Ladytron...
featuring Candie Payne – "Big Umbrella" (2008) - Howard Eliott Payne – Bright Light BalladsBright Light BalladsBright Light Ballads is the debut solo album by English singer-songwriter Howard Eliott Payne, formerly of the Liverpool band The Stands.The album was produced by Ethan Johns and released digitally on 14 April 2009, and physically 4 May 2009.-Track listing:All songs written by Howard Eliott...
(2009) - David ByrneDavid ByrneDavid Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
& Fatboy SlimFatboy SlimNorman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...
– Here Lies LoveHere Lies LoveHere Lies Love is a concept album and rock musical made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave...
(2010) - The Chanteuse and The Crippled Claw – "Are You One?" (2010)
- The Wild SwansThe Wild Swans (band)The Wild Swans are a post-punk band from Liverpool, England, which originally formed in 1980 shortly after Paul Simpson left The Teardrop Explodes and teamed up with Jeremy Kelly , Ged Quinn , James Weston and Justin Stavely...
– The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years (2011) - The Wild Swans – Tracks in Snow EP (2011)