Gabrielle (singer)

Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born April 16 1970, London) is an English singer who records under the name Gabrielle. She has a problem with one eye and usually wears an eyepatch or dark glasses.

Her debut single "Dreams" topped the UK charts in June 1993. A sample of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" was requested but refused. The single entered the British charts at #2, which was the highest chart entry a debut act ever scored in the UK at that time. The following week it climbed to the top spot and spent the next three weeks there.

Using a sample from Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door", "Rise" became Gabrielle's second UK number one in 2000. The album of the same name also reached the topspot and even spent 87 weeks in the chart.

Other notable singles include "Give Me A Little More Time", "Walk On By" (a cover of the Dionne Warwick classic), "If You Ever" - a duet with East 17 and "Out of Reach" from the soundtrack to Bridget Jones's Diary.

Discography

Albums

1993: Find Your Way (#9 UK)
1996: Gabrielle (#11 UK)
2000: Rise (#1 UK)
2001: Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (#2 UK, #16 ITA)
2004: Play To Win (#10 UK)

Singles

1993: "Dreams" (#1 UK, #4 AU, #35 US)
1993: "Going Nowhere" (#9 UK)
1993: "I Wish" (#26 UK)
1994: "Because of You" (#24 UK)
1996: "Give Me a Little More Time" (#5 UK)
1996: "Forget About the World" (#23 UK)
1996: "If You Really Cared" (#15 UK)
1996: "If You Ever" East 17 (#2 UK, #16 AU)
1997: "Walk on By" (#7 UK)
1999: "Sunshine" (#9 UK)
2000: "Rise" (#1 UK, #44 AU)
2000: "When a Woman" (#6 UK, #50 AU)
2000: "Should I Stay" (#13 UK)
2001: "Out of Reach" (#4 UK, #9 AU)
2001: "Don't Need the Sun to Shine (to Make Me Smile)" (#9 UK)
2004: "Stay the Same" (#20 UK)
2004: "Ten Years Time" (#43 UK)
2004: "You Used to Love Me" (never released)

External links

http://www.gabrielle.co.uk/enter.html

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Discography

Albums

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