Pauline Henry
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pauline Henry
| image =
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Pauline Deloris Henry{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/40260-Pauline-Henry|title=Discogs > Pauline Henry|publisher=discogs|accessdate=1 February 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|1|29 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pauline-henry-mn0000034299|title=Allmusic > Pauline Henry > Artist Biography|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=1 February 2017}}
| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 1989–present
| label = CBS Records, Sony Soho2, Universal
| associated_acts = The Chimes
| website = https://paulinehenry.com/
}}
Pauline Henry (born 29 January 1961) is a Jamaican-British recording artist. She was the vocalist in the Scottish band the Chimes, best known for their 1990 cover version of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", between 1988 and 1991.{{cite book|first=Stewart|last=Allan|year=2016|title=The Chimes > Stronger Together... (from the liner notes of the 2016 re-issue of The Chimes CD)|publisher=Big Break Records}} Following her departure from the group, Henry embarked on a solo career, releasing her solo album, Pauline (1993), and achieved five UK top 40 singles between 1993 and 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29055/pauline-henry/|title=Official Charts > Pauline Henry|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=1 February 2017}}
Early life
Henry emigrated from Jamaica to the United Kingdom when she was 10 years old, and settled in London. Before commencing her recording career, she worked as a hair stylist and make-up artist, but also worked occasionally as a session singer.
Career
In early 1988, Edinburgh-based Mike Peden and James Locke were looking to form a band to record some songs they had written, but had not yet found a suitable vocalist. Henry's name was passed on to them, and after hearing a tape of her voice played over the telephone, they arranged to meet her. Initially intending for Henry to record songs they had already written, the group soon evolved into a partnership where Henry also contributed to the songwriting. Naming themselves the Chimes, the group were signed to CBS Records after a representative from the label saw them perform live in Edinburgh.
The group's first single, "1-2-3", produced by Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper, was released in August 1989 and peaked at No. 60 in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25610/chimes/|title=Official Charts > Chimes|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=1 February 2017}} Their version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" found the group greater success, reaching No. 6 in the UK the following year. The Chimes' self-titled debut album was released in 1990, and reached the top 20 in the UK, Australia,{{cite web|title=australian-charts.com > The Chimes in Australian Charts|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Chimes|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=1 February 2017}} Austria,{{cite web|title=The Chimes in der Österreichischen Hitparade|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Chimes|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=1 February 2017}} and New Zealand.{{cite web|title=charts.nz > The Chimes in New Zealand Charts|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Chimes|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=21 February 2019}} With subsequent singles faring less well on the charts, the band split up in 1991.
Henry then embarked on a solo career, with her first solo single, "Too Many People", reaching No. 38 in the UK in September 1993. Her next single, a cover version of Bad Company's "Feel Like Making Love", was a top 20 hit in the UK, Australia,Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pauline+Henry|title=australian-charts.com > Pauline Henry in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=1 February 2017}}
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|page=127}}
- "Too Many People": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/IJOucko.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 07 Aug 1994|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|accessdate=12 February 2017}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Watch the Miracle Start" and Do Over: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/sJBs6TQ.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 19 July 2017|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=19 July 2017}}
- "Love Hangover": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/pd4F2Ze.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=13 June 2017}}
- All ARIA chart peaks to 6 February 2018: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/fTBdwSH.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: Pauline Henry ARIA chart history, received 6 February 2018|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=9 March 2018}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. and New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pauline+Henry|title=charts.nz > Pauline Henry in New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=21 February 2019}} Henry's debut album, Pauline, was released in 1993, and reached the top 50 in the UK and Australia. A second solo album, Do Over, consisting of cover versions of others artists' songs, followed in 1996.
Henry then took a hiatus from her recording career, and obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree and a master's degree in Intellectual Property Law.{{cite web|url=https://paulinehenry.com/about/|title=Pauline Henry > About|publisher=paulinehenry.com|accessdate=1 February 2017}}
In 2016, Henry recorded a new version of the Chimes' song "Heaven" for the expanded re-issue of the Chimes' only album.
Discography
=Albums=
==Studio albums==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:35px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:80px;"| Album ! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| style="width:35px;"| UK ! style="width:35px;"| AUS |
| scope="row"|1993
| style="text-align:left;"|Pauline | 45 | 37 |
| scope="row"|1996
| style="text-align:left;"|Do Over | — | 173 |
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
==Compilations==
- 1998: Heaven – The Very Best of Pauline Henry & the Chimes
=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"|UK ! style="width:35px;"|AUS ! style="width:35px;"|GER ! style="width:35px;"|IRE ! style="width:35px;"|NZ ! style="width:35px;"|US |
| rowspan="2"| 1993
| style="text-align:left;"|"Too Many People" | 38 | — | — | — | 32 | — | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Pauline |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Feel Like Making Love"
| 12 | 13 | 85 | 21 | 17 | 5 | |
| rowspan="3"| 1994
| style="text-align:left;"|"Can't Take Your Love" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Watch the Miracle Start"
| 54 | 213 | — | — | — | — | |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Too Many People" (Australian re-release)
| — | 76 | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| style="text-align:left;"|"Sugar Free" | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| Do Over |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Love Hangover"
| 37 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rowspan="2"| 1996
| style="text-align:left;"|"Never Knew Love Like This" (featuring Wayne Marshall) | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| style="text-align:left;"|"Happy"
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"|"If I Can't Have You" | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"| Non-album singles |
| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"|"I'm in Heaven" (Madd Forest featuring Pauline Henry) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2014
| style="text-align:left;"|"Sunshine (Happiness)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"|"I Got the Feeling Right" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"|"Heaven (The DJ Spen & Reelsoul Remixes)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | | style="text-align:left;"| The Chimes 2016 re-issue |
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
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