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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Mary Kiani | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Mary McCloskey{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} | alias = Märy Kiani | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|27|df=y}} |birth_place =[[Drumchapel]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = | origin = | instrument = | genre = [[Dance music|Dance]] | occupation = [[Singer]] | years_active =1980-present | label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] | associated_acts = [[The Time Frequency]] | website = [http://www.marykiani.com MaryKiani.com] }} '''Mary Kiani''', usually spelled '''Märy Kiani''' on her records, is a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[singer]] (born '''Mary McKloskey'''{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} on 27 March 1965), who first had [[hit record|hit]] [[song]]s as [[singer|vocalist]] for [[dance music]] act [[The Time Frequency]] (TTF) in the early 1990s and later a solo career.<ref>{{cite news |title=the Razz: show buzz |newspaper=The Daily Record |date=21 November 2006 |page=14 |author1=Beverley, Lyons |author2=Liz Showbiz |lastauthoramp=yes }}</ref> Before TTF, Kiani was a [[session musician]] and has toured with [[Donny Osmond]] and performed vocals on [[The Simpsons]]' ''[[The Yellow Album|Yellow Album]]''. ==The Time Frequency== "Real Love", featuring Kiani, the group's only [[Top 40|Top 10]] hit in the [[UK Singles Chart]], peaked at #8 in November 1993.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 560}}</ref> Other charting singles with Kiani were "New Emotion" #36, and "The Ultimate High" / "Power Zone" #17. Hit singles for the group without Kiani were "Such A Phantasy" #25 and "Dreamscape '94" #32.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2"/> Kiani featured as vocalist on TTF songs; "Real Love", "New Emotion", "Supernature", "Higher Than Heaven", "The Ultimate High", "Take Me Away", "Real Love '93", "Real Love 2002", and "New Emotion 2000". ==Solo career== After leaving the Time Frequency, Kiani signed a [[solo (music)|solo]] [[recording contract]] with [[Mercury Records]]. She topped numerous club charts and her early [[single (music)|singles]] all made the UK chart. "[[When I Call Your Name (Mary Kiani song)|When I Call Your Name]]" made #18, the double A-side release "[[I Give It All To You" / "I Imagine]]" peaked at #35, and was followed into the charts by the cover of "[[Let the Music Play (song)#Mary Kiani version|Let the Music Play]]" which reached #19. Her fourth release "[[100% (Mary Kiani song)|100%]]", her last single to be remixed by [[Steve Rodway|Motiv8]] was another hit at #23, and "[[With or Without You (Mary Kiani version)|With or Without You]]" (a [[U2]] cover) peaked at #46.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 300}}</ref> All the singles were taken off her album ''[[Long Hard Funky Dreams]]'', which was commercially less successful. Kiani then disappeared from the music scene for a while resurfacing with an [[Australia]]n only single "Wrap You Up" in 1999, released on Jam Records. She contributed a track called "No Frills Love" to a few dance [[compilation album|compilations]], the main ones being ''The 2002 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Official CD'' and ''Gayfest 2003''. In the late 1990s, Kiani opened the [[Glasgow]] nightclub 'Slave' in the city's Clyde Street. She is still a popular performer on the [[gay club]] circuit. She returned in 2006 with her album, ''The Sydney Sessions'', which initially received an Australia only release. The album became available on iTunes, alongside the 2005 remix of "Let the Music Play". She toured Australia in support of the album, including a performance at the 2006 [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]], where she performed "I Imagine". She recorded a [[cover version]] of "After All I Live My Life" for [[Frankie Miller]]'s [[tribute album]], which was released in 2003 on [[Eagle Records]]. Kiani toured in Australia during 2007, as well as gave birth to her second child. Kiani's single, "Anything Is Possible", was released in October that year, through the Pumpin' UK label. Recently Kiani's older hits have experienced a resurgence in popularity, beginning with her single "100%", which appeared on Japan's ''We Love Tech Para: Mission Style II''. Kiani is now based in Sydney, Australia and following a singing career in her new home, appeared at The Midnight Shift birthday party in 2009, and performed at Slide in October 2009 with her 'Live and Intimate Show'. ==UK Hit Singles== *"Real Love" (released May '92)... #60 (with [[The Time Frequency]]) *"New Emotion EP" (December '92)... #36 (with The Time Frequency) *"The Power Zone EP" featuring "The Ultimate High" (May '93)... #17 (with The Time Frequency) *"Real Love 93" (October '93)... #8 (with The Time Frequency) *"When I Call Your Name" (July '95)... #18 *"I Give It All To You"/"I Imagine" (December '95)... #35 *"Let The Music Play" (April '96)... #19 *"100%" (November '96)... #23 *"With Or Without You" (June '97)... #46 *"Real Love 2002" (August '02)... #43 (with The Time Frequency) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107154846/http://www.pumpinuk.com/ "Pumpin' UK"] * [http://www.marykiani.com Official website] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aclQdEH_7Y "I Imagine"] * [http://myspace.com/marykiani Mary Kiani Official MySpace] * [http://www.eagle-rock.com Eagle Records] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mary+Kiani Discogs] * {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p277806}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiani, Mary}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:British dance musicians]] [[Category:Scottish female singers]] [[Category:Scottish pop singers]] [[Category:Musicians from Glasgow]] [[Category:Living people]]'