Deborah Currie (born 1974) is a British former journalist and a daughter of Edwina Currie. She released a cover version of "You Can Do Magic" by Limmie & Family Cookin', which charted at number 86 on the UK singles chart and was later revealed to be part of an investigation into chart-rigging by The Cook Report.
Debbie Currie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deborah Currie 1974 (age 49–50) Findern, England |
| Alma mater | University of Huddersfield |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Mother | Edwina Currie |
Life and career
editDeborah Currie[1] was born in 1974.[2] She graduated from Denstone College, and also read English and Communication Arts at the University of Huddersfield, where she worked as a lollipop lady[3] and at George Hotel, Huddersfield.[4] In 1997, Currie covered a version of Limmie & Family Cookin's "You Can Do Magic", with Sinitta providing her vocals.[5] To promote the single, she toured Scotland with pop band The Mojams,[6] claimed that she had enjoyed group sex and lost her virginity at fifteen,[7] told her mother Edwina Currie about the latter in Tesco,[3] and posed with fried eggs on her breasts.[5] Edwina used an interview after her 1997 United Kingdom general election defeat to promote the song.[6]
The song was released on 19 May 1997[8] on Barry Tomes' Gotham Records and was pulled three days later.[9] Credited to "Mojams featuring Debbie Currie", the song charted at number 86 on the UK singles chart.[10] Later that month, it was revealed that the single was part of a ruse by Roger Cook's The Cook Report to investigate the practice of chart-rigging,[7] that the track had been withdrawn because the programme's budget had run out,[9] and that Currie was in fact a trainee journalist for Central Television[8] who had been chosen for said ruse because of her tabloid history.[3] She later secured an actual recording contract,[1] before moving to the Peak District and taking a job as a gas-meter fitter. In October 2009, she stated that she had become a single mother by choice at age thirty and encouraged having children before finding a partner.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "ELECTION COUNTDOWN : Extra hot Currie may not be so spicy after all". The Independent. 30 March 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Currie, Edwina (18 September 2012). Edwina Currie: Diaries 1992–1997. Biteback Publishing. p. (Preface). ISBN 978-1-84954-469-6.
- ^ a b c "MUMMY'S GIRL". The Independent. 26 April 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Edwina Currie speaks at The George Hotel in Huddersfield". Yorkshire Live. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b Robinson, John (14 January 2006). "Notes of surprise". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b "This lady won't sing the blues". The Herald. 12 May 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Currie's spicy sauce was bait for Cook's confection". The Independent. 29 May 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b "What's cookin'?". The Independent. 1 June 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Music-Week-1997-06-07.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "MOJAMS FEATURING DEBBIE CURRIE". Official Charts. 31 May 1997. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Interviews of the week (Katherine Jenkins, Debbie Currie, James May)". The Times. 25 October 2009. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
Further reading
edit- "Mother never warned us, says Currie's daughter". The Telegraph. 13 October 2002. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- "Cover Story: Sleazy rider". The Times. 1 December 2002. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 April 2024.