The following year Dennis won the Best Dance Recording Grammy for writing " Come into My World". In 2001, Kylie Minogue had a worldwide hit with the Dennis and Rob Davis penned song " Can't Get You Out of My Head". 11), and her last solo single, "When Your Dreams Turn to Dust" (UK No. 25), " Waterloo Sunset" - a cover of The Kinks' song (UK No. Three singles from the album were released: "West End Pad" (UK No. The resulting album, Am I the Kinda Girl?, was more in keeping with the Britpop sound of bands such as Blur and performers such as Stephen Duffy, and featured collaborations with Guy Chambers of The Lemon Trees and Andy Partridge of XTC. In 1996, Dennis changed her musical style: away from the dance-pop sound of previous releases, to a more traditional singer-songwriter approach. She wrote her first song for another artist by writing a song for Dannii Minogue called " Love's on Every Corner". Only one song from the recording sessions was ever released, "S.O.S.", which can be found on the Beverly Hills 90210: The College Years soundtrack. The title track was recorded with Todd Terry, along with another song "Is There Life After You". She also provided background vocals on PM Dawn's US Top 10 and UK Top 20 hit "Looking through Patient Eyes", released in 1993.ĭennis began to record a third album, Inspiration. In Japan, the album was called Into the Skyline +1, and featured three extra tracks: "Nothing Moves Me", a previous B-side, and two tracks that were both released as singles, "It's My Style", and "Love's a Cradle". Dennis experienced a brief peak of fame, making a cameo in Beverly Hills, 90210 singing the songs "Moments of Love" (a minor US Adult Contemporary chart hit), "Why" (in the episode, not to feature D Mob) and "Touch Me (All Night Long)". 8 in the UK Albums Chart, whilst in the US Billboard Hot 100, "You Lied to Me" was a Top 40 hit - her final American Top 40 single as a performer - and "Irresistible" made the Adult Contemporary Top 10 however, the album descended the chart rapidly. The album featured the singles "You Lied to Me", "Irresistible", "Moments of Love," "Falling", and "Why" – the latter was credited to D Mob with Dennis. Subsequent releases were only minor hits.ĭennis released her second album, Into the Skyline, in September 1992, written with a focus toward the US market. During this period, she recorded a song called "Find the Key to Your Life" with David Morales, for the soundtrack to the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. She dropped out on the third date, later publicly accusing one of Milli Vanilli's members (the tour's headline act) of sexual harassment. It was around this time Dennis agreed to join Club MTV's first tour, booked for six weeks. 1 Adult Contemporary hit in the United States. 1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and its follow-up, "Too Many Walls", which Dennis co-wrote with Anne Dudley of Art of Noise (who also co-wrote the ABC track "All of My Heart"), was a No. The song was a cover and lyrical reworking of a 1984 single by Wish featuring Fonda Rae, which had peaked at No. 1 spot by Hi-Five's "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" in the first week, and Mariah Carey's " I Don't Wanna Cry" in the second week. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and was kept out of the No. "Touch Me (All Night Long)" stayed at No. 16), which is probably her most remembered hit to date and " Too Many Walls" (UK No. 14), which featured D Mob on backing vocals a cover of the Wish and Fonda Rae 1984 club hit " Touch Me (All Night Long)" (UK No. The three solo hits were: " Just Another Dream" (UK No. She enjoyed considerable success in Japan in the early 1990s. She subsequently scored three solo hits, all of which reached the UK Top 20 and the US Top 10. It was followed by Dennis's debut album, Move to This. It is regarded as an underground classic in the dance music field, and a second collaboration with D Mob, "That's the Way of the World", was also a hit. Performing career ĭennis achieved her first success as a vocalist with D Mob, when their single " C'mon and Get My Love" (which was credited as "introducing" Dennis) reached No. In 1986, Simon Fuller signed Dennis when she was only 17 to his 19 Management company and to label Polydor, and this began a career-long association with the impresario, that has seen Dennis provide songs for many Fuller-related artists and projects. At the time she was working for Norwich Union. Educated at Taverham High School, as a teenager she was spotted recording Stevie Wonder-influenced demos at The Kitchen in Norwich with her father (himself an experienced musician and local restaurateur) on piano.
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