Kim Appleby

Kim Loraine Appleby born 28 August 1961 is an English pop singer and songwriter She participated in the duo Mel and Kim with her sister Melanie Appleby Kim released her first solo album Kim Appleby in November 1990 The album included songs cowritten with Mel for what was intended to be the next Mel and Kim album alongside other songs that Kim had composed following Mels death One of these songs Dont Worry was selected as the first single and reached number two in the British charts in November 1990 as well as being a hit in Europe As a result Dont Worry was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song in 1991 A followup single GLAD was a UK No 10 hit Subsequent singles from her debut album were Mama No 19 and If You Cared No 44 Kims second album Breakaway only received a limited release However she released three further singles Light of the World No 41 1993 Breakaway No 56 1993 and Free Spirit No 51 1994 which saw her reunite with Stock and Aitken In 1994 Appleby decided that she wanted to take a break from being a recording artist to concentrate purely on song writing for other acts As a result she spent some time in Sweden working with songwriter Anders Bagge cofounder of the Murlyn Music Group She has also collaborated with Michael Garvin Never Give Up on A Good Thing as well as Sheppard Solomon Britney Spears Kelly Clarkson Natalie Imbruglia She also worked closely with the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors BASCA where she chaired the Ivor Novello Awards judges panel for Best Contemporary Song for over ten years and previously the Best Song Musically and Lyrically for two years A download only single called High was released in 2007 In December 2010 the single Took a Minute by Levthand featuring Kim Appleby was released in Europe In September 2016 a promo CD was issued for a new song called Whats Not to Love which was cowritten with Dominic King In January 2018 a previously unreleased track Where Is Love was released through Dancing Nation Records In 2018 Kim returned to performing live after 20 years In 2018 Kim copresented the threepart series on BBC Four Smashing Hits The 80s Pop Map of Britain and Ireland with Midge Ure In October 2019 Cherry Red Records released a Mel and Kim singles box set Source Article Kim Appleby from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30