‘QUEEN OF LOVER’S ROCK’
RAISED IN THE GOSPEL TRADITIONS OF HER GRANDMOTHER’S house, and the church she was minister for, Carroll’s vocal and musical talents soon became evident.
Studying classical piano from the tender age of eight, by the time she was twelve she scored first place in the National Youth Convention with her own composition ‘I KNOW HE IS WITH ME’. By the time she left college with a business degree and teaching diploma, Carroll was running her own production company and Record label. As songwriter and producer Carroll experienced her first real chart success. The timeles ‘I'M SO SORRY’ shooting straight to number one in the British Reggae Charts.
With the release of singles like ‘SIMPLY IN LOVE’, ‘JUST A LITTLE BIT’, ‘HAPPY SONG’ and ‘YESTERDAY’ and her classic debut solo album HOPELESSLY IN LOVE she was quickly established as one of the UK’s finest female vocalist affectionately dubbed the QUEEN OF LOVERS ROCK selling over 750,000 worldwide.
SINGLES
• I’M SO SORRY • YESTERDAY • JUST A LITTLE BIT • HAPPY SONG • SIMPLY IN LOVE • HOPELESSLY IN LOVE • BURN DOWN A RHYTHM • OPERATOR • I’M STILL WAITING • JOY AND HEARTBREAK • FREE
ALBUMS
• HOPELESSLY IN LOVE • CARROLL THOMPSON • OTHER SIDE OF LOVE • LOVE SONGS VOL.1 • FULL CIRCLE • FLYING • SIDE BY SIDE • SONGBIRD
COLLABORATIONS
• MAXI PRIEST • SUGAR MINOTT • MAD PROFESSOR • COURTNAY PINE • JANET KAY • PAUL OAKENFOLD • PET SHOP BOYS • MICHEAL JACKSON • STEVIE WONDER • LOOSE ENDS • BILLY OCEAN • BOY GEORGE • NATALIE COLE • MOVEMENT 98 • ASWAD • SADE, • GARY MOORE • RODDY FRAME • JAZZ JAMAICA • LEE SCRATCH PERRY, • MADNESS • CHAKA KHAN, NATALIE COLE • BB KING • JOOL HOLLAND • GOTA • M PEOPLE • ROBBIE WILLAMS • ETERNAL • SUPERGRASS, • TOM JONES • ANGIE STONE • KYLIE MINOGUE
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE COMPOSED by CARROLL THOMPSON FOR TV/ FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES
• KNIGHTS AND EMERALDS • BABY MOTHER • BBC1 • BBC2 • CHANNEL 4 • FORMATION FILMS • OXFORD FILMS/TV, • INITIAL TV • COMEDY CENTRAL USA • KING AND QUEEN OF COMEDY featuring BERNIE MAC and STEVE HARVEY, WHOOPI GOLDBERG and ELLEN • THE HISTORY OF JEWISH COMEDY featuring ROSEANNE BARR • THE KINGS OF HIP HOP COMEDY Featuring Chris Rock, • THE HISTORY OF BLACK COMEDY Featuring Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy
ADVERTS (VOCALS BY CARROLL THOMPSON)
• 'AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH' for DHL • ‘I'M EVERY WOMAN’ for Pot Noodles and Woman magazine, • EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY for Mars Bar.
RADIO
• Co Presenting BBC Radio London ‘Sunday Night Special” • Co Presenting BBC 5 Live
AWARDS
• UK's 100 BEST BLACK BRITONS published by the EVENING STANDARD & DAILY MIRROR • BBC Radio ‘Queen of Lovers’ • Barclays ‘Woman of Merit’
For further details contact: 0208 368 2517 (0ffice) 07708569412 (mobile) Email:carrolltee@hotmail.com www.carrollthompson.co.uk info@carrollthompson.co.uk
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