Collette Roberts
| Collette | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Collette Roberts |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) New Zealand |
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Disco, dance pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1989-1995 |
Collette Roberts (born 1968), who performed under the stage name Collette, is a New Zealand-born, Australian model turned disco/pop star in Sydney during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1][2] She had a top five single on the Australian and New Zealand singles chart in 1989 with a cover version of Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell".[3][4] "Ring My Bell" was certified gold in Australia by ARIA.[5] Sometimes considered a one hit wonder, Collette had two other top 40 Australian hits in 1989 with "All I Wanna Do Is Dance" and "That's What I Like About You".[3]
Biography
Early in her career, Collette performed in bright fluorescent lycra clothing, especially bike shorts, bras, and braces. In 1990, she appeared with a new image of short hair and black clothing in an attempt to cast aside the bike shorts image and for her music to be taken more seriously. Collette appeared briefly as Isabelle Britton on the Australian soap opera Home and Away in late 1991.
After her second album Attitude (1991) and its singles yielded little commercial success, Collette retired from the music industry and pursued a career as a stylist and make-up artist. She appeared on Channel 7's Where Are They Now? in 2006, revealing that she does some volunteer work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.[6] She occasionally performs "Ring My Bell" at gay-related events wearing the original "Ring My Bell" regalia.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
NZ [4] |
UK [7] |
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| 1989 | "Ring My Bell" | 5 | 4 | 93 | Raze the Roof | |||||||||||
| "All I Wanna Do Is Dance" | 12 | 21 | — | |||||||||||||
| "That's What I Like About You" | 31 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | "Who Do You Think You Are?" | 56 | — | — | Attitude | |||||||||||
| "Upside Down" | 91 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | "This Will Be (Everlasting Love)" | 122 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" (with The Nation) | 149 | — | — | non-album single | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||||
Albums
- Raze the Roof (1989) AUS #48[3]
- Attitude (1991) AUS #107[3]
- The Very Best of Collette and Sharon O'Neill (J&B Records, 1991)
- Collette E.P. – (Sony Music, 2001)
References
- General
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- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[8] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ↑ McFarlane 'Collette' entry. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) COLLETTE entry. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
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