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One episode called for the duo to sing "[[Unchained Melody]]". Subsequently [[ITV]] was inundated by people looking to buy the song, and the pair were persuaded by [[Simon Cowell]] to release it as a single. Simon Cowell enlisted top music producers [[Mike Stock]] and [[Matt Aitken]], with whom he had worked many times, to produce the single. It stayed at No.1 for 7 weeks in [[UK Singles Chart|UK Chart]], selling more than a million copies and making it the [[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)|best-selling single of the year]].
One episode called for the duo to sing "[[Unchained Melody]]". Subsequently [[ITV]] was inundated by people looking to buy the song, and the pair were persuaded by [[Simon Cowell]] to release it as a single. Simon Cowell enlisted top music producers [[Mike Stock]] and [[Matt Aitken]], with whom he had worked many times, to produce the single. It stayed at No.1 for 7 weeks in [[UK Singles Chart|UK Chart]], selling more than a million copies and making it the [[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)|best-selling single of the year]].

Their other Number 1 of 1995 "I Believe"/"Up on the Roof" kept [[Wonderwall]] by Oasis off the top of the charts in November of that year.


Subsequently they had two further #1 singles produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and two #1 albums.
Subsequently they had two further #1 singles produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and two #1 albums.

Revision as of 09:07, 31 May 2009

Robson & Jerome were an English pop duo, featuring TV actors Robson Green and Jerome Flynn, who were best known for their British TV series Soldier Soldier.

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Robson & Jerome's first CD Album release. (1995)

One episode called for the duo to sing "Unchained Melody". Subsequently ITV was inundated by people looking to buy the song, and the pair were persuaded by Simon Cowell to release it as a single. Simon Cowell enlisted top music producers Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, with whom he had worked many times, to produce the single. It stayed at No.1 for 7 weeks in UK Chart, selling more than a million copies and making it the best-selling single of the year.

Subsequently they had two further #1 singles produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and two #1 albums.

They released 3 singles, two studio albums and a greatest hits album.

Discography

Albums

  1. Robson & Jerome (1995) #1 UK
  2. Take Two (1996) #1 UK
  3. Happy Days: The Best of Robson & Jerome (1997) #20 UK

Singles

  1. Unchained Melody/White Cliffs Of Dover (1995) #1 UK
  2. I Believe/Up on the Roof (1995) #1 UK
  3. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted/Saturday Night At The Movies/You'll Never Walk Alone (1996) #1 UK

See also

References

  1. "BBC article on Unchained Melody". Retrieved 2006-03-24.