Mel & Kim / Kim Appleby Greatest Hits 1986 - 2007

Mel and Kim were a British pop duo, consisting of sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby. Originally managed by Alan Whitehead, they achieved success between 1986 and 1988, before Melanie died in January 1990 at the age of 23.
The duo reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with their 1987 single "Respectable" ,which also topped the US dance chart.
They had three other UK Top 10 hits with "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" (1986), "F.L.M." (1987) and "That's the Way It Is" (1988).
In 1988, they were nominated for a Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act.

im released her first solo album Kim Appleby, in November 1990.
The album included songs co-written with Mel for what was intended to be the next "Mel and Kim" album, alongside other songs that Kim had composed following Mel's death.
One of these songs, "Don't Worry", was selected as the first single, and reached number two in the British charts in November 1990, as well as being a huge hit in Europe.
As a result, "Don't Worry" was nominated for a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song in 1991.

A follow up single "G.L.A.D." was a UK #10 hit. Subsequent singles from her debut album were "Mama" [#19] and "If You Cared" [#44].

Kim's second album, Breakaway, only received a limited release.
However, she released three further singles, "Light of the World" [#41, 1993], "Breakaway" [#56, 1993] and "Free Spirit" [#51, 1994] which saw her reunite with Stock and Aitken.

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[ExplorHits]

I had to use the '94 remix of 'Don't Worry' cause Youtube kept blocking the 1990 original version.

[JsJo]

Mel & Kim are one of the girl groups in the UK and they had many hit songs on the charts were written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman

[Scotti_o]

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