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Crush Information And Discography

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The Saint Etienne connection: Sarah Cracknell's mother was Crush's manager. The duo use three Sarah Cracknell penned tracks on their debut self titled album: Crush were Donna Air (Byker Grove, MTV Select) and Jayni Hoy (also Byker Grove), a teenage girl duo formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1996. They released two singles in the UK Jellyhead and Luv'd Up, and their debut album Teenage Kicks (which included a cover of The Go-Go's We Got The Beat) on Telstar was shelved (although it did get issued in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Asia).

At this point, Jayni quit the duo and a replacement was drafted in, in the form of Luciana Caporaso. This line up released a remixed version of the debut album, now called Crush, in the USA on Robins Records, in 1997. Much more dance/europop orientated than the indie-pop of previous singles (Jellyhead appears here as the Motiv8 Mix), this album retains the original vocals from Jayni on 8 of the 12 tracks, including all the Sarah Cracknell compositions.

This version of Crush split up. Donna Air moved into TV Presenting, whilst Luciana turned up in Shooter and then fronting electro-rock act Portobella, releasing 2 singles (Covered In Punk, Viva Le Difference) and a promo sampler for the forthcoming album, which seems to have been shelved. Luciana has provided vocals on numerous club tracks over the years post Portobella in 2004. Jayni Hoy seems to have ended up living in Canada.

Media
Melody Maker The Rumour Mill (Feb 10, 1996)
Article
PA Ad (Jun 1, 1996)
Ad
Donna Air Wikipedia
Wikipedia

Discography

Byker Grooove!

Note: prior to Crush Jani and Donna belonged to an outfit called Byker Groove which released a single called Love Your Sexy in 1994 on 7 Inch and CD Single. The outfit also included fellow Byker Grove teen show alumnus Vicky Taylor. The interesing piece to this was that the track was produced by Saint Etienne Producer Ian Catt and was written by Janey Lee Grace of Cola Boy.

Love Your Sexy Single 1994
UK CD Single

Crush
note: this is only a selection of formats from the Crush Discography
Please see the Crush section of the Sarah Cracknell Discography for more details on Sarah penned tracks and where they can be found.
Teenage Kicks Album 1996
Crush Album 1997
Jellyhead Single 1996
UK CD Single
Luv'd Up Single 1996
UK CD Single
We Got The Beat Single 1996
Penthouse Girl, Basement Boy Single 1997
Love's Hold Single 1998

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