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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Interviews by Rich Pelley

‘I over-articulated to stop my braces sticking to my lips’: how Five Star made Rain Or Shine

Five Star, from left: Delroy, Lorraine, Deniece, Stedman and Doris Pearson, in London, 1987. Three women and two men pose surrounded by large silver pipes while wearing 80s outfits.
‘This is going to be a hit’ … Five Star, with Deniece in centre, in 1987. Photograph: Mike Prior/Redferns

Billy Livsey, co-writer

I had come to England from St Louis, Missouri, in the 1970s to do an album for a singer, and decided to stick around. I was in Slim Chance with Ronnie Lane for a while, and went on tour with Gallagher and Lyle. Then, come the 80s, I started doing more writing and co-wrote songs for Shakin’ Stevens, Elkie Brooks and Paul Young.

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