These days, Mark Wahlberg is an established Hollywood actor. But before he got into acting, he had a successful short music career particularly the States with Good Vibrations reaching #1 and a version of Lou Reed's "Wild Side" peaking in the top 10. In the UK, "Good Vibrations" was his only hit.
| Artist | Marky Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Good Vibrations | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 14 |
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#19: Bill Tarmey
Bill Tarmey was best known for portraying Jack Duckworth in the British Soap, Coronation Street. Tarmey was a bit of musician and actually released 4 studio albums. He had 3 singles that reached the UK Top 75 with two of them reaching the top 40. Bette Midler's "Wind beneath my wings" scraped in at #40 in February 1994 but his biggest hit was a cover of Barry Manilow's "One voice" in April 1993. Tragically, Bill passed away in November 2012 after a fatal heart attack.
| Artist | Bill Tarmey | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | One Voice | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 2 | Peak (UK) | 16 |
#18: Darren Day
Darren Day is an actor (credits include Hollyoaks, The Bill, Holby City) and presenter (You Bet!). In 1997, he was cast lead role in the musical "Summer Holiday" and consequently released the title number and scored a UK Top 20 hit.
| Artist | Darren Day | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Summer Holiday | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 17 |
| Links | Facebook instagram Twitter SoundCloud | ||
#17: Danny John Jules
Danny John Jules is a British actor who is best known for appearing as the Cat in Red Dwarf and Death in Paradise. During the early and arguably peak days of Red Dwarf, Danny released the song, "Tongue Tied".
| Artist | Cat | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Tongue Tied | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 17 |
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#16: Sophie Lawrence
Sophie Lawrence is best known for portraying Diane Butcher in Eastenders and after she left the show, she tried to launch a pop career. However that was short-lived with just one hit, the old Donna Summer song, "Love's unkind" in 1991.
| Artist | Sophie Lawrence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Love's unkind | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 21 |
#15: Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson is an American actress who has appeared in so many TV shows (e.g. The Crown and Sex Education) and movies (e.g. Last King of Scotland, Great Expectations, Johnny English Reborn). But it is X-Files for which she is best known for. During that era, there were 11 TV seasons and 2 feature films. The theme tune itself had two versions that made the UK chart. Mark Snow's original version reached #2 in March 1996 and DJ Dado's remix reached #8 in April 1996. HAL had the idea of cashing in on Gillian's fame by featuring her on the song, "Extremis". The moody video was quite bizarre that it looked like was from an episode of the X-Files.
| Artist | (HAL featuring) Gillian Anderson | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Extremis | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 23 |
| Links | Facebook instagram Twitter | ||
#14: Prince Naseem
Naseem Hamed better known by his nickname Prince Naseem (or Naz for short) was a British professional boxer winning multiple world featherweight titles during his career. He was memorable for his cocky but charmastic out of the ring antics. In 1996, he collaborated with Manchester hip-hop outfit Kaliphz on "Walk like a champion".
| Artist | (Kaliphz featuring) Prince Naseem | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Walk like a champion | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 23 |
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#13: Denise Welch
Denise Welch is a British actress and presenter. She is best known for her appearances in Coronation Street and Loose Women. In 1995, she released a double-A side of Dusty Springfield's "You don't have to say you love me" and Julie London's "Cry me a river" on the back of her performance in TV drama, "Soldier Soldier".
| Artist | Denise Welch | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | You don't have to say you love me/Cry me a river | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 23 |
| Links | instagram Twitter | ||
#12: Caroline Quentin / Leslie Ash
Quentin and Ash are both British actresses and together starred in "Men behaving badly". The duo ventured into music with their only release, "Tell him".
| Artist | Quentin and Ash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Tell him | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 25 |
| Links | instagram Twitter instagram Twitter | ||
#11: Michael Barrymore
Michael Barrymore is an English entertainer best known for presenting the gameshow, "Strike it Lucky/Rich" and "My kind of music". He even appeared in the Spice Girls film, "Spiceworld". In 1995, he released a song for Christmas, called "Too much for one heart" and that peaked at #25. Coincidentally, he started alongside fellow chartee Darren Day in drama, Bob Martin in 2001.
| Artist | Michael Barrymore | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest Hit | Too much for one heart | ||
| UK Top 40 Hits | 1 | Peak (UK) | 25 |
| Links | instagram Twitter | ||
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