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'{{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Katie White | image = The Ting Tings (Optimus Alive 2009).jpg | caption = Katie White performing at [[Optimus Alive!]] in [[Oeiras Municipality, Portugal|Oeiras]], [[Lisbon]] | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Katie Rebecca White<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1780476&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1|title=Works written by: WHITE KATIE REBECCA|work=ACE Title Search|publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]|accessdate=9 August 2008}}</ref> | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lowton]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] | death_date = | instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass drum, cowbell, bass guitar, keyboards | genre = [[Dance-punk]], [[dance-pop]], [[new rave]], [[pop music|pop]] | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, rapper | years_active = 1998–present | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/Red Ink | associated_acts = [[The Ting Tings]], TKO, Dear Eskiimo | website = | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Katie Rebecca White''' (born 18 January 1983) is a British musician and member of the pop duo [[the Ting Tings]]. After some success with a [[girl group]] [[punk rock|punk]] trio TKO, which supported [[Steps (group)|Steps]] and [[Atomic Kitten]], her father David White brought in [[Jules De Martino]] to write songs for TKO.<ref name="Mirror" /> Katie and De Martino subsequently formed the Ting Tings in 2007.<ref name="Ting Tings"/> ==Early life== Katie White was raised on a farm in [[Lowton]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Published on Wednesday 16 April 2008 11:38 |url=http://www.leighreporter.co.uk/leisure/Katie-enjoys-the-fame-game.3986824.jp |title=Katie enjoys the fame game - Leisure |publisher=Leigh Reporter |date=2008-04-16 |accessdate=2012-01-01}}</ref> with her father David K. White, mother Lynne C. (Sharples) and sister Helena. Katie went to [[Lowton Church of England High School|Lowton High School]] in Lowton, which has a large [[performing arts]] department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lowtonhs.digitalbrain.com/lowtonhs/News%20Pages/News%20Archive%20Pages/Archive%20Articles/December%202008%20Newsletter%20Page%201/ |title=December 2008 Newsletter |accessdate=7 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630220754/http://lowtonhs.digitalbrain.com/lowtonhs/News%20Pages/News%20Archive%20Pages/Archive%20Articles/December%202008%20Newsletter%20Page%201/ |archivedate=30 June 2009 }}</ref> When she was 12 years old, Katie's grandfather Ken White won £6.6million on the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] and gave each of his three sons, David, Stephen and Richard, £1million. As well as buying ponies for Katie and Helena, David used his share of the money to start a music management company.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/05/24/how-feud-tore-ting-tings-star-s-family-apart-115875-20427681/|title=How feud tore Ting Tings star's family apart|accessdate=7 March 2009}}</ref> ==Career== ===TKO=== White started her music career aged 14 in 1997 in a [[girl group]] [[punk rock|punk]] trio TKO – short for [[Knockout#Technical_knockout|Technical Knock Out]] – with two friends from Lowton school, Joanne Leeson and Emma Lally. TKO was managed by White's father's music management company. They had some success, and supported [[Steps (group)|Steps]] and [[Atomic Kitten]]. TKO also appeared on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[CD:UK]]''. In March 2001 David White brought in songwriter [[Jules De Martino]] who wrote four songs for TKO.<ref name="Mirror" /> TKO were not able to secure a record deal but released a single on the internet.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} ===Dear Eskiimo=== White got back in touch with Jules De Martino when she was at [[Leeds University]] and he moved to Manchester. They formed a band called Dear Eskiimo (often misreported as ''Dead Eskimo'') with a DJ friend Simon Templeman. The name was intended to be as nomadic, tribal and independent as possible. There were already several bands called "Eskimo" but Jules, who wrote the lyrics, wanted his songs to tell good stories as if in a letter, hence "Dear Eskiimo" with the odd spelling of 'Eskimo" with two 'I"s to make it stand out.<ref name="Sainted">{{cite web|url=http://www.saintedpr.com/roster/deareskiimo.html |title=Dear Eskimo Biography |accessdate=8 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111080021/http://www.saintedpr.com/roster/deareskiimo.html |archivedate=11 January 2009 }}</ref> Their first performance was as a support between two rock bands but it went well and they were signed up by [[Mercury Records]] at the end of 2004. Creative differences and the management style of the record label caused them to split up.<ref name="MEN1">[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/rock_and_pop/s/1008/1008617_ting_tings__the_hottest_party_in_town.html Ting Tings – the hottest party in town]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Manchester Evening News – 8 June 2007</ref> ===The Ting Tings=== [[File:Katie White-Variety Playhouse.JPG|right|250px|thumbnail|White playing the guitar at [[Variety Playhouse]] in Atlanta, Georgia on 23 October 2008]] {{main|The Ting Tings}} White and De Martino started a band in 2007 with White on vocals, guitar, piano and bass drum and De Martino on vocals, drums, bass, guitar and keyboards. They started writing songs together and doing short concerts. White was working in a boutique with a Chinese girl called "Ting Ting," which sounds like [[Mandarin Chinese]] for "[[band stand]]" ([[Chinese pavilion|亭]]) or "listening" (聽) and Katie used it as the name for the band.<ref name="Ting Tings">{{cite web|url=http://www.thetingtings.com/us/the-band |title=The Band |accessdate=13 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201120325/http://www.thetingtings.com/us/the-band |archivedate= 1 December 2008 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Just Doing Their Ting | accessdate =10 July 2008 | url = http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2287682,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Laura | last=Barton | date=28 June 2008}}</ref> The Ting Tings started by playing for private parties at the Islington Mill arts centre in [[City of Salford|Salford]] and their debut album, ''[[We Started Nothing]]'', was released on 19 May 2008.<ref name="MEN1" /> Their follow-up album, ''[[Sounds from Nowheresville]]'', was released on 27 February 2012 in the UK, and 15 March in the United States. ==Discography== {{main|The Ting Tings discography}} The Ting Tings released their debut album, ''We Started Nothing'', on 19 May 2008. Their follow-up album, ''Sounds from Nowheresville'', was released on 27 February 2012 in the UK, and 15 March in the United States. Their third album, ''[[Super Critical]]'', was released on 27 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Fred|title=Super Critical review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/super-critical-mw0002703359|website=Allmusic|publisher=RhythmOne|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Super Critical by The Ting Tings|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/super-critical/the-ting-tings|website=MetaCritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{The Ting Tings}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Katie}} [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British dance musicians]] [[Category:British female singers]] [[Category:British female guitarists]] [[Category:British pop musicians]] [[Category:British pop singers]] [[Category:British singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Music in Wigan Borough]] [[Category:Musicians from Manchester]] [[Category:People from Lowton]] [[Category:English female pop singers]]'