years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
1991 & ndash ; 1993 mca beijing spring -lrb- band -rrb-
 sian russell katrina stevens group_or_band pop sussex , england beijing spring
beijing spring -lrb- band -rrb-

beijing spring was an english pop duo formed in 1991 , and subsequently signed by joe cokell , general manager of marketing at mca records in june 1991 .
as reported by `` the times '' , the deal was # 4m over five years .
that figure includes # 400,000 forwarded to the sussex based duo when the deal was closed in june 1991 .
it does not include the # 200,000 reportedly being lavished on the promotion of their single , `` i wan na be in love again '' .
the group composed of the singers , sian russell and katrina stevens .
the group was launched when tony williams , gordon mackay and allan wiseman decided to indulge their songwriting hobby by making demo tapes of some of their tunes .
they hired russell and stevens to sing on the demos , the intention being to try to sell the songs to major artists .
russell and stevens , who had not previously worked together , liked the songs enough to persuade williams/mackay/wiseman to let them `` keep them '' .
beijing spring was thus born .
the group played at its first gig in late 1992 as special guests on the curtis stigers and richard marx tours .
they failed to achieve mainstream success however , with just two minor hits on the uk singles chart .
