White Town

White Town is a British musical act and is a solo project of Jyoti Prakash Mishra. White Town's song "Your Woman" reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997. "Your Woman" also peaked at number one in Spain, as well as number two in Australia, number four in Canada, Denmark and Finland and number 23 in the United States. White Town was formed by Mishra in 1989 after he saw The Pixies play. Initially there were other members on guitar, bass and drums playing support gigs for various bands including Primal Scream. In 1990 he released his first self-financed record, White Town EP, on 7" vinyl. This featured Nick Glyn-Davis on drums and Sean Deegan on bass with Mishra on guitar and vocals. Glyn-Davis left and was replaced live by a drum machine and Leon Wilson on guitar. The rest of the band drifted away in Autumn 1990 and from then on Mishra mainly worked on his own, using other musicians to record with, including Gary Thatcher of the Derby band The Beekeepers on guitar. After a troubled working relationship with EMI, Mishra was dropped from the label in 1997. Since then, he has gone back to working with indie labels and still makes record till this day.
== Links To Peel ==
Peel first played White Town in 1992 many years before his one hit wonder 'Your Woman' in the late 90's. The track Peel played in 1992 was called 'Heather's Party' from a compilation album. Peel never played any of White Town's other material until 1996, when listeners voted 'Your Woman' in the 1996 Festive Fifty reaching number 31. A month after the Festive Fifty, the track peaked number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. White Town never had any success in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart after 'Your Woman'.
'Your Woman' sampled Nat Gonella's trumpet solo from 'My Woman' by Lew Stone's Monseigneur Band featuring singer Al Bowlly, a record made in 1932. Although Peel never played the track, other items by Bowlly with Stone's band were included in the Pig's Big 78 feature of his shows. 
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*1996 Festive Fifty: Your Woman #31
== Shows Played ==
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;1992
*19 September 1992: 'Heather's Party (Compilation 7"-Blaster!....Rides Again)' (Blaster Rides Again)
;1996
*22 December 1996: 'Your Woman (EP->Abort, Retry, Fail?_ (Your Woman))' (Chrysalis) FF #31
== See Also ==
* UK Singles Chart Number Ones
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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