Joanne Catherall was born on 18 September 1962 and is an English singer who is one of two female vocalists in the English synth-pop band The Human League.
12 Facts About Joanne Catherall
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In 1980, Catherall was a 17-year-old school girl when she and her best friend Susan Ann Sulley were discovered in Sheffield's Crazy Daisy Nightclub by Philip Oakey, the lead singer and a founding member of the Human League.
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Joanne Catherall has remained in the band ever since, working constantly over the next 30 years.
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Joanne Catherall is a joint business partner in the band, which continues to record and tour.
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Joanne Catherall immediately noticed Catherall and Sulley dancing together in the Crazy Daisy and now states that they stood out from all the other girls in the club due to their unique dress sense, immaculate make-up, and idiosyncratic but sophisticated dance moves.
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Joanne Catherall now states that she knew it was a genuine offer, as Oakey was well known in Sheffield; she and Sulley already had tickets to see The Human League on the Doncaster leg of their tour.
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Joanne Catherall recalls dodging several beer cans thrown at her during the tour and was often heckled.
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The first Joanne Catherall knew about her first appearance on TV was when Sulley's mother rushed to collect her and Sulley from school mid-lessons for the drive to the London studios.
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Joanne Catherall adopted the striking black kohl eye make-up and bright red lipstick, which became her trademark early-1980s style.
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Sulley and Joanne 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.
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In 1997, Joanne Catherall became a mother, giving birth to a son named Elliot.
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Joanne Catherall is the only member of the trio to have children.