East 17 are an English pop boy band. They were formed in 1991 by Tony Mortimer, Brian Harvey, John Hendy, and Terry Coldwell. The current lineup of the band consists of Coldwell, Robbie Craig, and Joe Livermore. The group achieved 18 top-20 singles and four top-10 albums.
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East 17 are an English pop boy band. They were formed in 1991 by Tony Mortimer, Brian Harvey, John Hendy, and Terry Coldwell. The current, official lineup of the band consists of Coldwell, Robbie Craig, and Joe Livermore. The group achieved 18 top-20 singles and four top-10 albums, and were one of the UK’s most popular boy bands during the early to mid-1990s. They have sold over 18 million albums worldwide and according to the British Phonographic Industry, they have been certified with sales of 1. 8 million albums and 2. 4 million singles in the UK. Their biggest hit, \”Stay Another Day\”, was the UK Christmas number one in 1994. Their debut album, Walthamstow, reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It featured a string of Top 20 singles, including \”House of Love\” and \”Deep\”. The group was usually seen as a grittier, more political and hip-hop or rap-aligned group than rival boy band Take That.
They landed a record deal with Telstar Records after recording an album of self-written material in their home studios in their first wave of success. Their first single as E-17 was \”Each Time \”, which reached No 2 in theUK and No. 3 in Australia. In 1996, the group hit No. 2 with the track \”If You Ever\”, a duet with the singer Gabrielle. The lyrics to some of their songs had political undertones, talking about war, peace, equality, love, and other political issues. Their music was infused with hip hop and sold by the bucketload: 18 million records across Europe, compared with Take That’s paltry 17 million. In the great five-year battle that dominated British pop, East 17 were also on the winning side. In January 1997 Brian Harvey was engulfed in a drug-related controversy when he claimed that he had taken ecstasy pills on a night out, stating in the press that it’s cool to take drugs.
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