T'Pau

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T'Pau in 2010

T'Pau are an English pop-rock band. They formed in Shrewsbury, England in 1986. Carol Decker is the lead singer for the band. They had a number of top 40 hits around the United Kingdom and United States. They were "Heart and Soul", "China in Your Hand"[1] and "Valentine".

Their first hit was the 1987 pop-rock ballad "Heart and Soul". It was did badly at first in the UK charts. It became a hit on the United States Billboard Hot 100.[2] It hit #4 after being shown in a Pepe Jeans advertisement. It repeated the upswing on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Their first album, Bridge of Spies (called TPau in the USA) hit #1 in the UK and went quadruple platinum.

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  1. "China in Your Hand". UK Top 40. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. "Heart and Soul". The Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. "Heart and Soul". UK Top 40 Charts. Retrieved August 12, 2020.