Post by valerie davenport on Jul 23, 2007 5:57:58 GMT -5
Clare Grogan (born Claire Patricia Grogan, 17 March 1962, in Glasgow) is a Scottish actress (credited when acting as C. P. Grogan) and singer.Already in the band Altered Images, Grogan was discovered by film director Bill Forsyth when she was waitressing in a Glasgow restaurant. She shot to fame at 19 as Susan, the girl who finally got her man in the film, Gregory's Girl.
Her first love was singing, and Grogan decided to develop her career in that direction as the lead singer of Altered Images, a five piece including Johnny McElhone (later of Texas), and later a four-piece after two members left, with the addition of Stephen Lironi who played both guitar and drums. The band had a string of hits in the 1980s including "Happy Birthday", "Don't Talk To Me About Love", "I Could Be Happy" and "Bring Me Closer". The group split up after the mixed reception of their third album, Bite.
Grogan did attempt a solo career, but after her single "Love Bomb" flopped in 1987, her album, Trash Mad was never released. In 2000 she contributed vocals to the song "Night Falls Like A Grand Piano" on the Magnetic Fields side project the 6ths album, Hyacinths and Thistles. She recorded a version of "Angels With Dirty Faces" for the Frankie Miller Tribute album. The track "Her Hooped Dream" appears on The Ultimate Celtic Album.
Altered Images reunited in name only, as just Grogan performed, in a Here and Now tour in 2005.
Altered Images tour dates Sun 29 Jul Party!:
Bananarama + Belinda Carlisle + T'Pau + Nick Hayward + Toyah + Here And Now (1) + Altered Images Tatton Hall (Tatton Park)
Knutsford
Sat 18 Aug Picnic Concert:
Bananarama + Belinda Carlisle + Midge Ure + Altered Images + Here And Now (1) Marble Hill House
Twickenham
Her first love was singing, and Grogan decided to develop her career in that direction as the lead singer of Altered Images, a five piece including Johnny McElhone (later of Texas), and later a four-piece after two members left, with the addition of Stephen Lironi who played both guitar and drums. The band had a string of hits in the 1980s including "Happy Birthday", "Don't Talk To Me About Love", "I Could Be Happy" and "Bring Me Closer". The group split up after the mixed reception of their third album, Bite.
Grogan did attempt a solo career, but after her single "Love Bomb" flopped in 1987, her album, Trash Mad was never released. In 2000 she contributed vocals to the song "Night Falls Like A Grand Piano" on the Magnetic Fields side project the 6ths album, Hyacinths and Thistles. She recorded a version of "Angels With Dirty Faces" for the Frankie Miller Tribute album. The track "Her Hooped Dream" appears on The Ultimate Celtic Album.
Altered Images reunited in name only, as just Grogan performed, in a Here and Now tour in 2005.
Altered Images tour dates Sun 29 Jul Party!:
Bananarama + Belinda Carlisle + T'Pau + Nick Hayward + Toyah + Here And Now (1) + Altered Images Tatton Hall (Tatton Park)
Knutsford
Sat 18 Aug Picnic Concert:
Bananarama + Belinda Carlisle + Midge Ure + Altered Images + Here And Now (1) Marble Hill House
Twickenham
