Chloë (Australian singer)

Chloë
Birth name Chloë Jane Walton
Born Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active 2003–2006
Labels Epic/Sony BMG

Chloë Jane Walton, who performed mononymously as Chloë, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She had a top 10 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with her cover version of the Primitives' 1988 track, "Crash", in September 2005.

Biography

Chloë Jane Walton,[1] grew up in Melbourne with "an artistic family background."[2] Her mother is a visual artist and her father is a writer and teacher.[3] She was classically trained in piano and voice. In 1997 she travelled to Vancouver, to continue studying music and taking up the guitar, where she "landed an internship at Nettwerk Records."[2][3]

Chloë's debut single, "Stars", was released in Australia on 24 September 2004 through Epic/Sony BMG and peaked at number 66 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[2] It was co-written by the singer with Michelle Lewis and Dan Petty.[1] Her debut album, Beyond Coming, was scheduled for release "early next year" but it did not appear.[2][4] Ten tracks were recorded at the Garage studio, Los Angeles, with Paul Fox producing and guest musicians including Dorian Crozier on drums and Curt Schneider on bass guitar.[3] In September 2005 she released a cover version of the Primitives' 1988 track, "Crash", as her second single, which peaked at number 10.[5]

Discography

Singles

List of singles
Year Title Peak chart
positions
AUS
[2][5]
2004 "Stars" 66
2005 "Crash" 10

References

  1. 1 2 "'Manhattan Skyline' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 May 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas, Tara (4 October 2004). "Week Commencing ~ 4th October 2004 ~ Issue #762" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (762): 2–3, 8, 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Chloe – People and Organisations". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Eliezer, Christie (21 September 2004). "New Signings #2: Sony and Chloe". In Music & Media (423). Archived from the original on 28 February 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discography Chloe". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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