Shelly Poole
{{Short description|Musical artist (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Shelly Poole
| image = File:1998-08-04 Alishas Attic Shelly Poole Dingwalls.jpg
| caption = Shelly Poole performing as part of Alisha's Attic in August 1998
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Michelle Lena Poole{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=dGlyHpPEla7iuYtVY9X6Sg&scan=1|title=Index entry for Michelle Lena Poole|accessdate=12 June 2019|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|03|20}}
| birth_place = Barking, London, England
| genre = Pop, acoustic, alternative country
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 1996–2001 (Alisha's Attic)
2005–present (solo career)
| label = Shadowbirds
| website = {{URL|shellypoole.com}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Ally McErlaine|5 October 2001}}
}}
Michelle Lena "Shelly" Poole (born 20 March 1972) is an English songwriter and singer.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2010/06/14/guitarist-ally-mcerlaine-set-to-tour-with-texas-again-after-recovering-from-aneurysm-86908-22332116/|title=Guitarist Ally McErlaine set to tour with Texas again after recovering from aneurysm|last=Davidson|first=Lynn|date=14 June 2010|work=Daily Record|accessdate=30 May 2011}}
Career
Shelly Poole is the daughter of the 1960s recording artist Brian Poole, of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. With her sister Karen, she formed the band Alisha's Attic, and they released their debut album, Alisha Rules the World, in 1996.{{cite book|last=Henderson|first=Andrea|title=Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBk6AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=30 May 2011|date=April 2008|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-8075-6|page=75}} The band secured a Brit nomination and an Ivor Novello nomination for writing the million-seller single I Am, I Feel, and two years later a Capitol Radio award for most played song for The Incidentals. Alisha's Attic were also one of the UK highlights of the Lilith Tour started by Sarah McLachlan. After selling over one million records worldwide and having three top 20 albums, the duo split up in 2001, a year after The House We Built, their fourth album for Mercury Records, was released.
Poole married Ally McErlaine, the lead guitarist from the Scottish band Texas, in Glasgow on 5 October 2001.{{cite news|url=http://www.texasindemand.com/timeline2001.html|title=Texas in Demand|accessdate=4 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110211618/http://www.texasindemand.com/timeline2001.html|archivedate=10 November 2015}} Poole went on to achieve success writing songs and producing for other artists throughout the late 1990s, and to the present day.
In late 2008, she formed the alternative country band Red Sky July, with McErlaine, and Charity Hair. Red Sky July were one of the first of a new wave of UK Country artists securing playlists on BBC Radio 2 and released three albums that entered the UK country charts in the top three. Poole signed to Gary Barlow's publishing company, San Remo Live.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shelly-poole-mn0000569978/biography|title=Shelly Poole – Biography & History|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=25 March 2019}} After San Remo, Poole signed to Stage Three Music, then three years later to BMG as a writer. Poole is currently with Be Unique.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}
Shelly is also a guest in the band the Dark Flowers, a collective of writers and artists started by Paul Statham.
Recordings and songwriting
As a songwriter, Poole has written tracks for Janet Jackson, Jack Savoretti, Ronan Keating, Boyzone, Westlife, Ward Thomas, Michael Gray, Mark Ronson, Massive Attack, Roachford, and many more.{{cite web|url=http://www.thegirlsare.com/2014/06/12/interview-heather-peace/|title=Interview – Heather Peace|date=12 June 2014|website=Thegirlsare.com|accessdate=24 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shelly-poole-mn0000569978/credits|title=Shelly Poole – Credits|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=25 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-shelly-poole/29941|title=Interview: Shelly Poole |website=Songwritingmagazine.com|date=19 February 2016 |accessdate=25 March 2019}} Poole, along with Andy Hill, also wrote the single "I'll See You Again", for the album by Westlife, Where We Are.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Westlife-Where-We-Are/release/3081027|title=Westlife – Where We Are|publisher=discogs|accessdate=25 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/westlife/ill-see-you-again|title=I'll See You Again by Westlife |website=Songfacts.com|accessdate=25 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://tranquilitycremation.com/ill-see-westlife/|title="I'll See You Again" – Westlife – Tranquility Cremation|date=24 November 2017|website=Tranquilitycreation.com|accessdate=25 March 2019}}
Her solo album, Hard Time for the Dreamer, was released in September 2005 on the Transistor Project record label,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hard-time-for-the-dreamer-mw0000742667/releases|title=Hard Time for the Dreamer – Shelly Poole – Releases|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=25 March 2019}} and reached the Top 10 of the French and United Kingdom iTunes chart. Two songs from the album, "Anyday Now" and "Totally Underwater", were featured on an instore Starbucks album in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.inspiracy.com/shelly/latest.html|title=Totally Underwater – Latest Shelly Poole news!|website=Inspiracy.com|accessdate=25 March 2019}} Included on the album were two duets with Jack Savoretti.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Shelly-Poole-Hard-Time-For-The-Dreamer/release/2631900|title=Shelly Poole – Hard Time for the Dreamer|publisher=discogs|accessdate=25 March 2019}}
She co wrote and sang on Michael Gray's dance release of 2006, "Borderline",{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Gray-Feat-Shelly-Poole-Borderline/release/747501|title=Michael Gray Feat. Shelly Poole – Borderline|publisher=discogs|accessdate=25 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/composition/65d2bbc1-3bea-4fe5-81e7-a64aaa00eb3d-Borderline-Ian-Carey-Mix|title=Borderline (Ian Carey Mix)|publisher=discogs|accessdate=25 March 2019}} which reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the ARIA club chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18833/michael-gray-ft-shelly-poole/|title=MICHAEL GRAY FEAT. SHELLY POOLE – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=25 March 2019}} In May 2006, Poole released "Lost in You".{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Shelly-Poole-Lost-In-You/release/10677143|title=Shelly Poole – Lost in You|publisher=discogs|accessdate=25 March 2019}} Her following release was "Totally Underwater", an EP, which included a remix of "Totally Underwater" by Andy Bradfield,{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/composition/4232e5b2-86fd-4175-923a-26e6383aa3fa-Totally-Underwater-Remix-Full-Length|title=Totally Underwater (Remix) – Full Length|publisher=discogs|accessdate=25 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.recordproduction.com/record-producer-features/andy-bradfield.htm|title=Andy Bradfield – recording and mix engineer|website=Recordproduction.com|accessdate=25 March 2019}} and two tracks "One Kiss" and "What You Feel Like".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/totally-underwater-remix-ep/201501606|title=Totally Underwater (Remix) – EP by Shelly Poole on iTunes|date=16 October 2006 |access-date=25 March 2019|publisher=iTunes Store}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0690882|Shelly Poole}}
- [http://www.shellypoole.com official Shelly Poole website]
- [http://www.redskyjuly.com Official Red Sky July website]
- [http://red-sky-july.com Red Sky July Fan website]
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Category:English women guitarists
Category:English women songwriters
Category:People from Barking, London
Category:Singers from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Category:20th-century English women singers
Category:21st-century English women singers
Category:21st-century British guitarists