Cathy Dennis

 07/24/2008 07:31:44  ♥ written by vu ()

Cathy Dennis - All Night Long (Touch Me) Cathy Dennis Discography [1991] Move to This [1992] Into The Skyline [1996] Am I the Kinda Girl? Read More UK pop star enjoys new life as hit songwriter http://news.yahoo... NEW YORK (Billboard) - UK Singer/songwriter Cathy Dennis stormed America at the beginning of the...

So, I caught the news about how 90s dance diva/pop singer, Cathy Dennis, is still making a living in the music business - not as a performer, but as a music writer. She's responsible for huge hits for Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, S Club Juniors, and Janet Jackson, just to name a few. I'm happy to see her doing so well!

Anyway, this news caused me to flashback of my high school youth. I had seen her beautiful 60s haircut and neon green album cover and fell in love with her. I got her debut album, Move to This through my primary way of purchasing semi-cheap CDs: BMG Music Club (which I'm still currently a member).

I think at the time, she had "Just Another Dream" as a hit single, a dancey number with that catchy line "is it for real or is it just another dream (just a dream)", followed by "Touch Me (All Night Long)" which shows off her dancing skills on MTV.

Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls

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Once I had the album, I was drawn to her sweet lullaby love song, "Too Many Walls". This song, complete with the violin parts, did really well on the Billboard charts.... and I believe it was the last time we heard from her in the States.

I don't know what happened really, she disappeared as quickly as she appeared on pop radio.

Looking at her discography, I can tell you that she did release two other albums, and a greatest hits, but as far as I know, they were only a blimp on the radar in the US. I'm sure she fared far better in her home country.

As luck would have it, Discopop reported a brand new Cathy Dennis album called Sexcassettes should be out in 2008:

Her manager, Spice Girls svengali Simon Fuller, adds that the album has “a real contemporary guitar feeling” - which is less encouraging.

I don't know about 'less encouraging', but it should be interesting to hear her new original songs.

Dennis, from the recent Yahoo article, adds more details:

Actually, yes. I've been working for the last year-and-a-half with a band I put together called Sexcassettes. We're shooting a video for the first single, "Killer Love," this month, and I hope to have it out by the end of the year. It's more of a band sound than produced pop. As usual, I have no idea what to expect.

Links: wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Dennis