Carmel the drum is everything rar4/13/2023 ![]() ![]() With the critical and commercial success awarded to both The Falling and the follow-up album Everybody's Got a Little. "Sally", the first single lifted from the album, sold 200,000 copies in France alone, and led to McCourt featuring in a duet, "J'oublierai ton nom" with French rock singer Johnny Hallyday. The following album, The Falling (produced by Brian Eno, Hugh Jones and David Motion) had considerable success in France, achieving gold disc status, and also charted in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The resulting singles, "Bad Day" and "More, More, More", both went top 25 on the UK Singles Chart. Paris and Darby conjured the effect of a full ensemble backing to McCourt's vocals, and alternated between soulful ballads, gospel, blues and jazz. ![]() Their second album, The Drum Is Everything (produced by Mike Thorne) drew some praise. 13 in the UK Independent Chart and they were then signed to London Records. The band consisted of Carmel McCourt, Jim Paris and Gerry Darby.Ĭarmel was formed in Manchester when two students, Carmel McCourt and Jim Paris got together with drummer Gerry Darby (Paris's cousin). Carmel are an English jazz/ soul group active since the early 1980s.
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