Joanne Catherall

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joanne Catherall
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1962(1962-09-18)
Age	62
Birthplace	Sheffield
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Joanne Catherall Biography

Joanne Catherall is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on September 18, 1962 in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. Joanne Catherall (born 18 September 1962) is an English singer and one of the female vocalists from the English synth-pop group called Human League. Human League.

The year 1981 saw also the launch the cable TV channel MTV in the US. The channel was somewhat limited as music videos were still a new media, and there were only a handful available. The syndicating of Virgin Records of “Don’t You Want Me”‘s promotional video to MTV and the subsequent airplay, introduced The Human League to US publics. The subsequent interest in the song prompted Virgin Records to release Dare in the US in the same year that “Don’t You Want Me” was able to climb the US charts to the top spot thanks to the promo video.

In mid November 1981, with the Human League fully in the public eye, and sales of the album Dare soaring, Virgin records decided to release one more single from Dare. Oakey had always disliked the track “Don’t You Want Me”. Virgin Records had more faith; they commissioned an expensive and elaborate promo video to accompany the release of “Don’t You Want Me”. Shot on 35mm film rather than videotape, the promo was filmed in late November 1981 in Slough, Berkshire. The scenario was “a movie shoot for a murder mystery film”, and is lyrically a conflicting duet between Oakey and Sulley with backing vocals from Catherall.

In October 1981 The Human League released their next studio album Dare. By now The Human League were in their ascendancy and were becoming extremely popular with the mainstream British public.

In October of 1980, Catherall was an unknown 18-year-old girl in school when she as well as the girl she was best friends with Susan Ann Sulley were discovered in Sheffield’s Crazy Daisy Nightclub by Philip Oakey who was the lead singer and founder of the Human League. They later joined Oakey to form a new and then commercially successful lineup.

Joanne Catherall Net Worth

Joanne Catherall is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joanne Catherall 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At this point the music video had grown extremely popular on broadcast television. With the help of pre-filmed promotional videos and live TV shows The band began to tweak their personal designs for commercial audiences. Catherall adopts the striking black kohl eye makeup and bright red lipstick , which became her signature style in the early 1980s. fashion.

When they returned in Sheffield in December of 1980, both girls were admitted as fully-time participants in The Human League.

Premiering in December 1981, the video was played on British television frequently. The memorable opening scene of the video has Catherall, in a fur coat standing on a rural road corner. The night is freezing, she is surrounded by swirling mist and accompanied by the deep opening synth chords. The effects of the music and emotional lyrics, as well as the cinematic production values, helped propel “Don’t You Want Me” to the UK number one spot.

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With Oakey working on side projects, rumours that the band had split were perpetuated in the press. However, in 1986, Virgin Records paired The Human League with US production team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The band decamped to the USA to record. Creative tensions disturbed their time there, both in the band and with the production team. Sulley and Catherall, who had fortunately absolved themselves of any creative responsibility in 1981, were exempted from the bickering but were homesick and unhappy in the US. Creatively, the US recordings ended in acrimony but not complete disaster.

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Catherall and bandmate Philip Oakey began a relationship during this time. At one time the British media erroneously reported that Catherall and Oakey had married, a story which is occasionally still repeated. Catherall and Oakey split amicably in 1990, remaining friends and colleagues. Catherall subsequently married in 1995.

Is Joanne Catherall married?

Personal life. Catherall and Philip Oakey had a relationship. They split amicably after several years, remaining friends and colleagues. Catherall subsequently married.

Why did The Human League split up?

The Human League was booked to conduct a tour of the UK and Europe from October to November 1980, but the lack of success after two years of hard work and perceived lack of faith by Virgin set about severe internal conflict within the band.

Where is Joanne Catherall from?

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Who is the blonde in Human League?

It transpired that, of the two Human League girls, the blonde one, Susan Anne Sulley , sang lead and played the role of the “waitress in a cocktail bar” in the video, whereas it was actually the brunette one, Joanne Catherall, who was Oakey’s real-life lover.

How Old Is Phil Oakley?

66 years (October 2, 1955)