Take That are an English pop boy band formed by Nigel Martin Smith in Manchester in 1990. After success in the 1990s as a five person act, a reformed four man version of the band achieved new success in the 2000s.
Take That sold 19 million records (9m albums and 10m singles) during the years 1990-1996. Between the band's first single release in 1991 and their breakup in 1996, the BBC described Take That as "the most successful British band since The Beatles in the UK, beloved of young and old alike". Take That's dance-oriented pop tunes and soulful ballads dominated the UK charts in the first half of the 1990s, unfortunatly not outscoring their nearest pop rival East 17 , spawning two of the best... Read Full Story
Take That are at the top of the UK albums chart. This is me on the front cover of a magazine with one of the band members, Mark Owen: Forever Friends is currently #2 and #3 in the P & E Readers' Poll. If the anthology can make it to #1 we will both be top of the charts! You can check out the current placings here: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/tally.html Please vote for Forever Friends , in the Anthologies category and the Book Cover Art category. I would also appreciate your vote for The... Read Full Story
Me and a pop star... I suppose that should be a pop star and me, since Mark Owen is far more famous than me. But we are both from Lancashire and we did appear together on the front page of a newspaper magazine -- Mark on the left and me on the right. If it's too small, click on the picture to see a bigger image. This is old news that recently became new when Take That decided to re-form and release a new CD. They used to write and perform songs for a young audience and recently made a come... Read Full Story
