Collette Roberts
| Collette | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Collette Roberts |
| Born |
1968 (age 47–48) 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] | ||||||||||||||
| 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) – AUS #366[3]
- Collette E.P. – (Sony Music, 2001)
References
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Discography Collette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- "This Will Be (Everlasting Love)": "Response from ARIA to chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- "You Can Run But You Can't Hide": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- Attitude: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 9 November 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- The Very Best of Collette and Sharon O'Neill: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 13 September 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- 1 2 "charts.org.nz > Discography Collette". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart 1989". ARIA. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ↑ "Where Are They Now Australia – Collette (pop singer)". YouTube. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ↑ "Official Charts > Collette". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
