Liz McClarnon

Liz McClarnon
Birth name Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon
Born (1981-04-10) 10 April 1981
Origin Liverpool, England
Genres Pop, Country Pop
Occupation(s) Songwriter, Singer, Actress
Years active 1997–present
Labels Innocent Records (Virgin Records), All Around the World (EMI)/Hollywood Records
Associated acts Atomic Kitten
Website lizmcclarnon.com

Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon (born 10 April 1981) is an English pop singer, songwriter and actress. She is a member of the girl group Atomic Kitten, with whom she has scored three number-one singles and also two number-one albums. In 2006 she went solo and the group reformed in 2012 as part of ITV's The Big Reunion tv show, followed by two sellout UK arena tours. McClarnon co-wrote several Atomic Kitten songs, including the UK Top 10 hits "See Ya", "I Want Your Love" and "Someone like Me".

Atomic Kitten

In 1997, while McClarnon was still in secondary school, her music teacher arranged for her to take part in an audition with OMD frontman Andy McCluskey, who was aiming to create a new girl group. The group became Atomic Kitten, made up of McClarnon, Kerry Katona and Natasha Hamilton, and they released their first record in 1999. Katona left the group in 2001 and was replaced by Jenny Frost.

Atomic Kitten have had three UK number one singles, "Whole Again", "Eternal Flame", and "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)". They also had two UK number one albums, Right Now, and Feels So Good, both being certified double-platinum in the UK for sales of over 600,000 copies each. The total worldwide sales are estimated at 6.2 million singles and 10 million albums. Liz is the only member of the group to write any material.[1]

On 4 March 2012, it was confirmed that the original line-up of Atomic Kitten – McClarnon, Hamilton and Katona – would reform for The Big Reunion, along with five other pop groups of their time – 911, Honeyz, B*Witched, Five and Liberty X.[2]

Solo career

Liz was first signed as a songwriter to Universal Publishing in 1999, they hold the rights her extensive song catalogue until 2019.

Following Atomic Kitten, McClarnon was signed to All Around the World Records. She released her first solo single, a cover of Barbra Streisand's 1980 hit "Woman in Love", on 13 February 2006. The track was produced by Graham Stack along with Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who also originally co-wrote the song[3] and whom McClarnon accompanied on his 2005 tour.[4]

A video was released to promote the song featuring McClarnon in a Manhattan apartment, but it was actually filmed in several locations in McClarnon's home town of Liverpool, including a deconsecrated church. It was decided to release the single as a double A-side with a cover of Jackie Wilson's "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" that McClarnon was asked to record for a tv advertisement at the time. The single peaked at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart and, after more than six months on release, it peaked at number 16 in the Spanish charts on 22 October 2006.[5] Also prior to her solo release, McClarnon appeared in the video for "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" with the FHM Hot 100, which charted at number 10 in the UK.


McClarnon also recorded a single entitled "Lately", with friend Jaime Jay for the Global One Music Project. The same song has been recorded by different artists all around the world in different languages, and, in addition to English, McClarnon also recorded French and Spanish versions. The single was not released.

Liz is managed by UK based management company, FVP Global. www.fvpglobal.com.

On 27 December 2006 McClarnon was asked to appear in the ITV documentary “The Girl With the Golden Hair”, together with Richard O’Brien (“The Rocky Horror Show”). The documentary tells the story of the creation of the mini-rock opera of the same name, performed by the band ABBA during their 1977 Australian tour. McClarnon performs the three published numbers from that show, “Thank You for the Music”, “I Wonder (Departure)” and “I’m a Marionette”.[6]


Her debut TV show, Hotter Than My Daughter, aired at the beginning of February 2010 for six weeks, on BBC Three and ran for 2 series. It was the highest rated BBC Three debuting show at the time.

In late 2010 and early 2011, she played Beth in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.[7]

Following this, from 8 July to 17 September 2011, McClarnon was cast as Paulette in the first UK tour of Legally Blonde The Musical. She was followed by fellow Liverpudlian Claire Sweeney.[8] She starred in the 'Cinderella' pantomime in the Liverpool Empire in 2012, playing the lead role.

McClarnon joined the 2017/18 cast of the hit show "Elf The Musical" for its two month run in Plymouth and Manchester over Christmas. The show was also recorded and aired on Channel 5 on Christmas Day.

In 2018, Liz performed at the C2C: Country to Country festival at the O2 Arena, fulfilling her dream to be a part of that show.

Discography

Solo releases

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[9][10][11]		 AUS
[12]		 IRE
[13]		 SPA
[14]
2006 "Woman in Love"/"I Get the Sweetest Feeling"
5
77
21
16
 N/A
2007 "(Don't It Make You) Happy"
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References

  1. ↑ "Musicstop article". Retrieved 2011-03-09.
  2. ↑ "The 90s are back: reunions from Atomic Kitten, 5ive, and more". Gigwise. 10 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Gibb songs – projects (2005–) Archived 19 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 2 January 2006
  4. ↑ Biography of Liz McClarnon at PremierModelManagement Archived 18 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 28 July 2006
  5. ↑ Cadena.es, Chart for 15 October 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2006
  6. ↑ "Liz McClarnon: English Pop Singer, Dancer & Television Presenter Reveals Her Fitness Secrets - Women Fitness". Women Fitness. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  7. ↑ And my big anouncement [sic] is..... Blog Liz McClarnon. Retrieved 20 February 2011
  8. ↑ Woolman, Natalie (3 June 2011). "Liz McClarnon joins Legally Blonde tour cast". The Stage. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "UK Charts > Atomic Kitten". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-07-27. <
  10. ↑ "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending December 8, 2001". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (15): 3.
  11. ↑ "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending February 9, 2008". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (337): 3.
  12. ↑ "Australian Charts > Atomic Kitten". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  13. ↑ "Irish Charts > Atomic Kitten". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  14. ↑ "Spanish singles official site". Promuicae.es. Retrieved 2013-03-19.

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