Also in 1984, their song " Going Down to Liverpool" was covered by The Bangles, which added to their profile. In 1984, the group released a follow-up album in Canada ( Katrina and the Waves 2), with Leskanich now handling all the lead vocals. The album garnered enough critical attention and radio play to merit a Canadian tour. Consequently, although they were based in England, Katrina and The Waves' first album Walking on Sunshine was released only in Canada. The LP was shopped around to various labels, but only Attic Records in Canada responded with an offer. Rew wrote all the songs on this LP, while Leskanich sang eight of the album's ten tracks. In early 1983, the fledgling band recorded-at their own expense-an LP of their original material designed to be sold at gigs. Main article: Katrina and the Waves § History Early Canadian success (1983–84) He was not replaced, as de la Cruz took over on bass and the band was rechristened Katrina and the Waves. Around this time, bassist Jakins left the band. The Waves then issued their debut EP, Shock Horror!, later in 1982. The Waves made their initial recorded appearances on a 1982 single ("Nightmare"/"Hey, War Pig!") both tracks were included on the 1982 Rew solo album called The Bible of Bop. However, over the first year of the Waves' existence, Rew began to write material for Leskanich to sing, and she was soon the primary vocalist. In 1981, singer/songwriter/guitarist Kimberley Rew joined Mama's Cookin', and the five-piece group was quickly renamed The Waves after a band Rew and Cooper had been in together in the mid-1970s. Mama's Cookin' proceeded to gig steadily in England over the next two years, specializing in covers of songs by American acts. By late 1980, Alex Cooper had joined the band on drums, with Bob Jakins on bass. It featured Leskanich on vocals and keyboards, her then-boyfriend (and fellow American) Vince de la Cruz on vocals and lead guitar, and Marcos de la Cruz on drums. Mama's Cookin', a pop cover band hailing from Feltwell, Norfolk, England, was founded in 1978. She graduated from RAF Lakenheath high school in 1978. The family arrived in the United Kingdom in 1976. Katrina and her five siblings (four sisters and one brother) moved frequently as children. Her father was a Vietnam Veteran who became a colonel in the United States Air Force. Both of those songs were written by her long-term bandmate Kimberly Rew. In 1997, the band won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song " Love Shine a Light". Their song " Walking on Sunshine" was an international hit in 1985. Katrina Elizabeth Leskanich ( / l ɛ ˈ s k ɑː n ɪ tʃ/ leh- SKAH-nitch born April 10, 1960) is an American musician and the former lead singer of the pop rock band Katrina and the Waves.
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