Wet Wet Wet

The band members were:

• Marti Pellow (real name, Mark Mclaughlin) - Vocals
• Tommy Cunningham - Drums
• Graeme Clark - Bass
• Neil Mitchell - Guitar
• Graeme Duffin - Guitar

The band scored their first hit in 1987 with their first single "Wishing I was Lucky" which reached number six in the UK charts. That year the band released their first album Popped in Souled out which also became a hit and produced several more hit singles including, "Sweet Little Mystery", "Temptation", and "Angel Eyes".

In 1988 Wet Wet Wet scored their first number one hit with a cover version of the Beatles song "With a Little Help From My Friends" recorded for charity. And the following year the band released their second album Holding Back the River, which was also a success and produced the hit single "Sweet Surrender".

In 1992 the band released a third album called High on the Happy Side which produced the hit single "Goodnight Girl"

In 1994 Wet Wet Wet had their biggest hit with a cover version of the Troggs single "Love is All Around" which was a huge international success and spent 15 weeks at number one in the British charts. The song was the soundtrack to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Several of the bands members left in 1997, and although Wet Wet Wet have not officially split, they have not had released any records for a number of years.

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