Yazoo (aka "Yaz" - as those strange 'Muricans call them) was an English synthpop duo from Basildon, UK.Yazoo were formed in early 1982 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke (synthesizers) and English singer Alison Moyet (vocals) and signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom.Their debut single "Only You" was released on 15 March 1982 and rose to number 2 on the UK charts. They also released two studio albums: Upstairs at Eric's in 1982 and You and Me Both in 1983.Shortly after the release of the second album, Moyet and Clarke decided to break up. Moyet pursued a solo career while Clarke first founded (the short lived) The Assembly......
Yelle is a trio formed in Saint-Brieuc, France in 2005, of lead singer Julie Budet (aka Yelle) and Jean-François Perrier (aka GrandMarnier), with Tanguy Destable (aka Tepr) joining prior to their début album.Budet rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled "Short Dick Cuizi", dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC.With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Budet has recorded a début album Pop-Up, after her hit single "Je veux te voir" (a finalised version of "Short Dick Cuizi"). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers' 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. She was also......
Yello is a popular Swiss electronic band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are probably best known for their single Oh Yeah, which featured a rich mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals. The song became famous after being featured in the American movies Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Secret of My Success, and more recently Soul Plane. The song is the theme for Duffman on The Simpsons. In the UK they are probably best known for the Number 7 hit The race. This song was also from 1988 to 1990 the title track of the german music video TV-show "Formel Eins" (=Formula One) and was a Number 4 hit in Germany.Yello was originally formed by Boris......
There are at least two bands with the name Yesper:1) Yesper is an indie acoustic duet from Norfolk, VA formed in 2007. They have recorded a slew of home demos and released their first official EP, The Cables EP, in mid-2008.2) Yesper is a Swedish indie/pop singer-songwriter signed to LOVEBAT Recordings, formed in 2006.
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BiographyGerman pop group Yoomiii hit the ground running in spring of 2006. Kristin Siegel, Nina Alexandra Filipp, and Bouchra Nisha Tjon Pon Fong were signed by the Na Klar label, under BMG Berlin.The young ladies were thrown headlong into a rigorous schedule of photo shoots, TV appearances, choreography training, and countless interviews with the German teen-oriented press. Pop star boot camp not only prepped the young performers for the market, but vice versa as well.By the time their first single, "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme," hit the airwaves, European youth were already quite familiar with the name Yoomiii. The song debuted on May 6, 2006, at number 14 in Germany,......
