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Rose Windross originally began as a singer and songwriter in the UK reggae scene. She recorded her first album, Just Rose, on the Ital Records label when she was still at school.
Windross both wrote and recorded Soul II Soul's first single "Fairplay" for Jazzie B, which is featured on the album, Club Classics Vol. One. In the U.S., although the single was pressed, "Fairplay" was never officially released as a single there, but it appeared on the B-side to the single "Feel Free".
In 1996, she performed vocals on Dpd's (one of Dillon & Dickins's aliases) cover version of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name" which was released on Higher State's sublabel 99 North.
Windross joined her brother Norris Windross in 1999 to launch W Records through his own booking agency, Da Boss Entertainments.
Soul II Soul are a British musical group formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and US Top 5 hit "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)". They won two Grammy Awards, and have been nominated for five Brit Awards – twice for Best British Group.
The group initially attracted attention as a sound system, playing records at house and street parties (where their clothing style, dubbed "Funki Dred", started a line of clothing). Founded by Jazzie B and featuring a changing roster of other musicians – notably Penny Ford, Nellee Hooper, Simon Law, Phillip 'Daddae' Harvey and Caron Wheeler – Soul II Soul's experiments in music-making of their own resulted in the dub plate "Fairplay," which secured them a recording contract with Virgin Records.
Their first singles in 1988 failed to make the UK Top 40, but the group went on to commercial success in 1989 with the singles "Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)", which topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks, and was the fifth best-selling single in the UK that year. Both tracks, which featured Wheeler on vocals, were taken from their debut album Club Classics Vol. One which reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In July 1989, the British music magazine, NME, reported that Soul II Soul had to pull out of their scheduled live appearance on BBC Television's Top of the Pops programme, following a dispute with the programme's producer.
Q: Has anyone seen the original Soul II Soul video for Fairplay? Thank God for the Internet. Now the lies are not so easily buried!!!! From the 1st uk album 'Club Classics Vol 1' that was re-named 'Keep on moving' for the Americas. Noted as an underground classic in Hip Hop history .Spot many trendy faces from the London rave scene of the past, and a very young jazzy b.
Delicious Ilford Massive gave me such a huge welcome xxx Probably because they didn't realise I am one in the same for LIFERIDE, FLOW, HEARTBEAT (which I sang as an extra) R&B;, HOUSE, GARAGE, Ima give yu everything!. We bubbled, we laughed and we definately have fun!!!!! Gsmalz....luv ya xxx
The Roundhouse in Canden: 04 March 2011. Soul II Soul Live event.
Musical arrangement - Jazzie B. Vocals - Rose Windross. Keyboards - Marco. Bass - Andrew Levy. Percussion - Crispin.
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A great acid jazz track from the talented Rose Windross, recorded in 1991 on Acid Jazz Records.
N'n'G featuring rose windross & mc creed - LifeRide (2001 remix) personally 1 of the best remixes of this classic tune!!
Cafe 432 feat. Rose Windross - Love Take Over [Soundstate Records]
Part 2 of 7....Rose Windross doing Soul II Soul Classics
There is a place
Where we could be as one
We all could live our lives together
There's something I know
I will break these chains around me
I will never be a part of their game
There's something I feel
I can make my dream come true
Whatever they try they won't break me
Cause I'm free to do what I want
To say what I need to say
I'm free to feel what they don't
To see what I wanna see
To be what I wanna be
Be free
I'm taking my time
I'll do what I believe in
I will never be a part of their games
I'm hoping to find
A way to make it real
Whatever they say they won't stop me
There is a place that I know
There is a way I can show
And you will see
That I'm free ...
There is a place
Where we could be as one