The Puppini Sisters
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The Puppini Sisters are a vocal trio. Arion Berger described them as part of "Retro's
futuristic vanguard" and described their sound as "swing-punk". The group has sought to be associated with a burlesque
revival.
The members are Italian
Marcella Puppini
and English
Stephanie O'Brien and Kate Mullins. Although the three are not related, they chose their name in tribute to The Andrews Sisters
. Puppini first studied fashion design
at St. Martins School of Art, and later music at Trinity College of Music
where she met Stephanie O'Brien and Kate Mullins. The Puppini Sisters are currently supported by a three-piece band featuring Blake Wilner on guitar and Henrik Jensen on double bass.
(2003). In 2005 they were signed by UCJ (Universal Classics and Jazz).
The Puppini Sisters' debut single, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
", is a cover of the hit single by The Andrews Sisters
.
The Puppini Sisters television appearances include This Morning
, Loose Women
, The Alan Titchmarsh Show
, Big Brother's Little Brother, Hell's Kitchen, CBeebies
' Space Pirates
and The View (on ABC
).
The Puppini Sisters' second album, The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo
includes original compositions by Puppini, O'Brien and Mullins.
The group appeared in the 2009 Jonathan Creek
New Year's special "The Grinning Man
", (performing their 2007 single "Spooky
"). The band also features on the soundtracks for US TV series Greys Anatomy and Chuck
.
The group performed at Glastonbury Festival 2009
on 27 June. as well as performing at Goodwood Vintage Festival on 15 August.
, The Boswell Sisters, Marlene Dietrich
, Fred Astaire
and Ginger Rogers
, Kate Bush
, Mike Flowers, Joan Crawford
, The Smiths
, and Tom Waits
.
According to Marcella Puppini the group sings about modern and risque subjects in a quaintly old fashioned way. This comes from their interest in 1940s songs such as "Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)" that have sexual undertones despite their overtly innocent lyrics.
The Puppini Sisters website won the 2008 Cream of Yorkshire awards "Gold Award" for best website. The digital advertising agency twentysix won the top award the "overall Grand Prix award" for its design of a website for Universal Music showcasing the group.
recorded with Michael Bublé
for his end of year album.
The group recorded a close harmony version of the song "Apart of Me", by Stephen Coates of The Real Tuesday Weld
, and acted in the video for the song, playing "a corpse, murdering waitresses, worms and chickens". Two versions of the song exist, one being that which was used for the video and the other is a track on The Real Tuesday Weld
2008 CD The London Book of the Dead.
The group used period piece costumes designed by Vivienne Westwood
in their video for Jilted, an original song written by Marcella Puppini
(not to be confused with the 1954 Theresa Brewer country number).
Retro
Retro is a culturally outdated or aged style, trend, mode, or fashion, from the overall postmodern past, that has since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of "retro" style iconography and imagery interjected into post-modern art, advertising, mass media, etc...
futuristic vanguard" and described their sound as "swing-punk". The group has sought to be associated with a burlesque
American burlesque
American Burlesque is a genre of variety show. Derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall and minstrel shows, burlesque shows in America became popular in the 1860s and evolved to feature ribald comedy and female striptease...
revival.
The members are Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
Marcella Puppini
Marcella Puppini
Marcella Puppini is a singer and song-writer. She is the founder of The Puppini Sisters, a musical trio specializing in 1940s-style close harmony vocal music.-Biography:...
and English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
Stephanie O'Brien and Kate Mullins. Although the three are not related, they chose their name in tribute to The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews...
. Puppini first studied fashion design
Fashion design
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories....
at St. Martins School of Art, and later music at Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music
Trinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
where she met Stephanie O'Brien and Kate Mullins. The Puppini Sisters are currently supported by a three-piece band featuring Blake Wilner on guitar and Henrik Jensen on double bass.
History
The group was founded in 2004 by Marcella Puppini after she was inspired by the animated film Les Triplettes de BellevilleLes Triplettes de Belleville
The Triplets of Belleville is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom...
(2003). In 2005 they were signed by UCJ (Universal Classics and Jazz).
The Puppini Sisters' debut single, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was a major hit for The Andrews Sisters and an iconic World War II tune. This song can be considered an early jump blues recording...
", is a cover of the hit single by The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews...
.
The Puppini Sisters television appearances include This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
, Loose Women
Loose Women
Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
, The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime TV chat show broadcast between 3 and 4pm weekdays on the ITV Network.-Format:The programme made its debut on ITV in 2007. It focused on the theme of "The Best of British" focusing on food, entertainment and celebrities in a mid-afternoon slot...
, Big Brother's Little Brother, Hell's Kitchen, CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
' Space Pirates
Space Pirates (series)
Space Pirates is a British children's television series originally shown on CBeebies. It is a mixture of live action and animation, set aboard a space ship which orbits Earth. It stars Luke Toulson as Captain DJ, and features the voice of Radio 1 newsreader Dominic Byrne as an alien...
and The View (on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
).
The Puppini Sisters' second album, The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo
The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo
The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo is the second album of the close harmony trio The Puppini Sisters. It was released in the U.K. on October 1, 2007 and in the U.S...
includes original compositions by Puppini, O'Brien and Mullins.
The group appeared in the 2009 Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek is a British mystery series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. Primarily a crime drama, the show is also peppered with broadly comic touches...
New Year's special "The Grinning Man
The Grinning Man (Jonathan Creek)
"The Grinning Man" is a feature-length episode of the BBC crime drama series Jonathan Creek, first broadcast on 1 January 2009. The episode marked the series' return to television following a five year hiatus, and saw the return of Alan Davies as the show's titular sleuth...
", (performing their 2007 single "Spooky
Classics IV
The Classics IV were a band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1965, given credit for beginning the "soft southern rock" sound...
"). The band also features on the soundtracks for US TV series Greys Anatomy and Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
.
The group performed at Glastonbury Festival 2009
Glastonbury Festival 2009
The 2009 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 24–29 June 2009.- Registration :In a similar way to previous festivals, tickets for the 2009 event required pre-registration through the festival website...
on 27 June. as well as performing at Goodwood Vintage Festival on 15 August.
Influences
According to the Puppini Sister's MySpace page acts that have influenced them are The Andrews SistersThe Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews...
, The Boswell Sisters, Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
, Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute...
and Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century....
, Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
, Mike Flowers, Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....
, The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
, and Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
.
According to Marcella Puppini the group sings about modern and risque subjects in a quaintly old fashioned way. This comes from their interest in 1940s songs such as "Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)" that have sexual undertones despite their overtly innocent lyrics.
Awards
The Puppini Sisters won a Gold Disc for international sales of their first CD, Betcha Bottom Dollar, in 2007.The Puppini Sisters website won the 2008 Cream of Yorkshire awards "Gold Award" for best website. The digital advertising agency twentysix won the top award the "overall Grand Prix award" for its design of a website for Universal Music showcasing the group.
Singles
- "Boogie Woogie Bugle BoyBoogie Woogie Bugle Boy"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was a major hit for The Andrews Sisters and an iconic World War II tune. This song can be considered an early jump blues recording...
" (2006) - "Jingle BellsJingle Bells"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
/Silent NightSilent Night"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
(Little Match Seller)" (December 2006) iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
-only release - "SpookySpooky (classic song)"Spooky" was originally an instrumental song performed by saxophonist Mike Sharpe , written by Shapiro and Harry Middlebrooks, Jr., which first charted in 1967 hitting #57 on the US pop charts. Its best known version was created by The Classics IV when guitarist James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie...
" (2007) - "Crazy in Love" (2007)
- "Jilted" (2008)
- "Apart of Me" with The Real Tuesday WeldThe Real Tuesday WeldThe Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on...
(2008) - "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" (2011)
Videos
- "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (2006)
- "Spooky" (2007)
- "Apart of Me" with The Real Tuesday WeldThe Real Tuesday WeldThe Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on...
directed by Alex de CampiAlex de CampiAlex de Campi is a British-American music video director and comics writer.-Biography:De Campi was educated at Princeton University, majoring in Art History. Prior to her writing career, she worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong...
(2007) - "Jilted" directed by Alex de CampiAlex de CampiAlex de Campi is a British-American music video director and comics writer.-Biography:De Campi was educated at Princeton University, majoring in Art History. Prior to her writing career, she worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong...
(2008) - "(I Can't Believe I'm Not a) Millionaire" directed by Alex de CampiAlex de CampiAlex de Campi is a British-American music video director and comics writer.-Biography:De Campi was educated at Princeton University, majoring in Art History. Prior to her writing career, she worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong...
(2008) - "Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend" directed by Alex de CampiAlex de CampiAlex de Campi is a British-American music video director and comics writer.-Biography:De Campi was educated at Princeton University, majoring in Art History. Prior to her writing career, she worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong...
(2011)
Albums
- Betcha Bottom DollarBetcha Bottom DollarBetcha Bottom Dollar is the debut album of the close harmony trio The Puppini Sisters. It was released in the U.K. on July 31, 2006 and in the U.S. on May 1, 2007.-Track listing:#"Sisters"#"Mr...
(July 31, 2006 U.K., May 1, 2007 U.S., March 2008 FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
). According to the official website the album reached number two on the U.S. JazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
Charts and number nine on the U.S. new artist chart - The Rise and Fall of Ruby WooThe Rise and Fall of Ruby WooThe Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo is the second album of the close harmony trio The Puppini Sisters. It was released in the U.K. on October 1, 2007 and in the U.S...
(October 1, 2007 U.K.), (February 2008 U.S., January 2009 FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) featuring classic covers, 1940s style reworkings of contemporary music, and a selection of original compositions. According to BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s official website, the album peaked at number 5 in the US Jazz Charts in 2008. - Christmas with the Puppini Sisters (October 5, 2010 USA), reworkings of classic Christmas songs on Verve RecordsVerve RecordsVerve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
- Hollywood (Autumn 2011 FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), (December 26, 2011 UK), Hollywood musical themed tracks and one original UniversalUniversal StudiosUniversal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
Compilations
- Could It Be MagicCould It Be Magic"Could It Be Magic" is a song by Adrienne Anderson and Barry Manilow. It was included on Manilow's 1973 debut album, Barry Manilow.Due to its popularity, it was released as a single in 1975, two years after it had originally been recorded, where it reached #6 in the United States.Manilow's...
appears on Magicians OST Universal (2007) - Crazy in LoveCrazy in Love"Crazy in Love" may refer to:*"Crazy in Love" *"Crazy in Love" *"Crazy in Love" , also recorded by Conway Twitty and Kenny Rogers*Crazy in Love , by Conway Twitty...
on Swing Style - Swing Beats for Dancing Feets Compiled and mixed by Gulbahar Kultur, Lola's World (2008), 100 Hits - Voices DEM (2009), Radio Modern - The ABC of Swing, Bop'n'Roll EMI Belgium (2010) - In The MoodIn the Mood"In the Mood" is a big band era #1 hit recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. Joe Garland and Andy Razaf arranged "In the Mood" in 1937-1939 using a previously existing main theme composed by Glenn Miller before the start of the 1930s...
appears on ActricesActricesActrices is a French film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, released in 2007. The film was presented in the official selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a Prix Spécial du Jury in the Un Certain Regard section.-Synopsis:...
OST Milan Music (2008) - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"It Don't Mean a Thing " is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a jazz standard. The music was written and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago's Lincoln Tavern and was first recorded by Ellington and his orchestra for...
appears on Jazzism 1 from Jazzism Magazine (2008) - I Will SurviveI Will Survive"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...
appears on Tom Middleton Presents Crazy Covers 2 UCJ (2007), Bolero Fashion Sound compiled by Olivier Rohrbach Universal (2007), Jazziz 8: Women compilation by Jazziz Magazine (2007), You're Beautiful - 40 Inspiring Songs UCJ (2007), Smile Style 2 compilation by DJ Weritos Lounge Wave Music (2009), Peppermint Candy UMTV (2011) - Jilted appears on Back To Soul - New Soul Queens and Legendary Divas UCJ (2008)
- Jingle BellsJingle Bells"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
appears on A Classic Christmas UCJ (2006), Now That's What I Call Xmas Virgin (2006), Now This Is Christmas 2008 UCJ (2008), Wonderland, Spectrum Audio (2008), Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3Now That's What I Call Christmas! 3 is a 2006 double-CD album from the hit franchise Now That's What I Call Music, released in the US on October 10, 2006.-Disc 1:-Disc 2: - External links :*...
UCJ (2009), Christmas With The Stars Spectrum Audio (2010), Merry Christmas Everybody Spectrum Audio (2010), Now That's What I Call Xmas EMI UK (2010) - LibertangoLibertangoLibertango is a composition by tango composer Ástor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974.The title is a portmanteau merging "Libertad" and "Tango", symbolizing Piazzolla's break from Classical Tango to Tango Nuevo....
appears on Lost Vagueness OST Universal (2007) - Mele KalikimakaMele Kalikimaka"Mele Kalikimaka" is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song that takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase, "Mele Kalikimaka," meaning "Merry Christmas." The phrase is borrowed directly from English, but, since Hawaiian has a different phonological system "Mele Kalikimaka" is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas...
appears on Christmas Tales 2010 Raar FM (2010) - Mr Sandman appears on The Jazz Album 2006 UCJ (2006)
- PanicPanicPanic is a sudden sensation of fear which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reaction...
appears on Jazz For Dinner UCJ (2006), Party Jazz UMGI (2010) - Side By SideSide by Side (1927 song)"Side by Side" is a popular song with lyrics by Gus Kahn and music by Harry M. Woods written in 1927, now considered a standard.It has been recorded by many artists, but is probably best known in a 1953 recording by Kay Starr.-Recorded versions:...
appears on Kit Kittredge: An American GirlKit Kittredge: An American GirlKit Kittredge: An American Girl is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by Patricia Rozema. The screenplay by Ann Peacock focuses on the American Girl character Kit Kittredge, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio during the Great Depression...
OST compilation from film of the same name by New Line RecordsNew Line RecordsWaterTower Music is an American record label owned by Time Warner and operates as a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Founded to release movie soundtracks, the label has grown beyond this initial purpose and has built a roster of indie rock acts such as The Sounds, OFFICE, Robbers on High...
(2008) - SpookySpookySpooky is a British house/techno duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May. They debuted with Gargantuan in 1993 after signing to Guerilla Records. In 1995 and 1996 they released three EPs on their own Generic Records label, followed quickly in mid-1996 by their second album, Found Sound...
appears on 100 Hits - Voices DEM (2009) - SwaySway (song)"Sway" is the English version of "¿Quién será?", a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. The most famous version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics are by Norman Gimbel...
appears on The Jazz Album 2006 UCJ (2006), 100 Hits - Voices DEM (2009), TSF Jazz 1999-2009 10 Ans Nova (2009) - Tu Vuo Fa L' Americano appears on The Very Best of Latin Jazz UCJ (2007), New York New York Compact Disc Club (2008)
- We Have All The Time In The WorldWe Have All the Time in the World"We Have All the Time in the World" is a James Bond theme and popular song sung by Louis Armstrong. Its music was composed by John Barry and the lyrics by Hal David. It is a secondary musical theme in 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the title theme being the instrumental "On...
appears on You Raise Me Up 2008 UCJ (2008)
Collaboration
Christmas 2011 saw the release of Jingle BellsJingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
recorded with Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
for his end of year album.
The group recorded a close harmony version of the song "Apart of Me", by Stephen Coates of The Real Tuesday Weld
The Real Tuesday Weld
The Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on...
, and acted in the video for the song, playing "a corpse, murdering waitresses, worms and chickens". Two versions of the song exist, one being that which was used for the video and the other is a track on The Real Tuesday Weld
The Real Tuesday Weld
The Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on...
2008 CD The London Book of the Dead.
The group used period piece costumes designed by Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.-Early life:...
in their video for Jilted, an original song written by Marcella Puppini
Marcella Puppini
Marcella Puppini is a singer and song-writer. She is the founder of The Puppini Sisters, a musical trio specializing in 1940s-style close harmony vocal music.-Biography:...
(not to be confused with the 1954 Theresa Brewer country number).