Blue_Pearl

Blue Pearl

Blue Pearl

English electronic music duo


Blue Pearl are an English electronic music duo consisting of American female singer Durga McBroom and British musician Youth (Martin Glover).[1] They charted six times on the UK singles chart[2] and had two songs reach the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

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"Naked in the Rain" was a No. 4 hit in the UK Singles Chart and a No. 5 dance hit in the US in 1990, which was originally issued on blue vinyl.[1] It was followed by "(Can You) Feel the Passion" (whose melody samples Bizarre Inc's "Playing with Knives"),[1] which hit No. 1 on both Billboard's Dance Club Play and the UK Dance Chart in 1992, reaching No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had a Top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart in November 1990 with the No. 31 hit, "Little Brother".[3]

As McBroom is a backing vocalist for Pink Floyd, their records feature guest appearances from David Gilmour and Richard Wright. A couple of decades later, both Youth and McBroom went on to be involved in the completion of Pink Floyd's 2014 album The Endless River, which charted at number 1 in the UK charts.[1]

Discography

Albums

Singles

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See also


References

  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 42. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 66. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. Peak positions for U.K.:
  4. "Blue Pearl – German Chart". charts.de. Retrieved 2 April 2014.[dead link]
  5. "Blue Pearl – US Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2014.



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