Very sorry to hear about the death of Diane Charlemagne yesterday, the Moss Side singer / songwriter succumbing to lung cancer, aged just 51.
I became aware of Diane back in early ’80s Manchester – she would take over as lead vocalist in the Factory Records band 52nd Street after previous singer, Beverley McDonald left the group. Like the rest of 52nd Street she was a regular at Legend, we were all very much part of the same scene, and it was great to see her have such a big success later down the line, in 1993, with the extremely catchy dance track ‘The Key The Secret’, as part of Urban Cookie Collective (alongside the song’s writer, Rohan Heath, someone else I also knew, but separately to Diane).
Diane Charlemagne Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Charlemagne
RIP – Such a beautiful voice, One of my favourite songs is this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gi70AmwLY brought tears to my eyes listening to it again this morning.