Extremely sorry to know in regards to the loss of Diane Charlemagne yesterday, the Moss Side singer / songwriter succumbing to lung cancer tumors, aged just 51.
We became alert to Diane straight right back during the early ’80s Manchester – she’d dominate as lead vocalist into the Factory documents band 52nd Street after past singer, Beverley McDonald left the team. Just like the rest of 52nd Street she had been a normal at Legend, we had been all greatly area of the exact same scene, plus it ended up being great to see her have such exremely popular later later on, in 1993, utilizing the exceedingly catchy dance track ‘The Key The Secret’, as an element of Urban Cookie Collective (alongside the song’s journalist, Rohan Heath, another person In addition knew, but individually to Diane).
One evening through the duration we wasn’t deejaying, switching down my head, relaxing, and floating downstream we had exactly exactly what could be termed a second of quality. More