Carol Ann Decker is an English musician and lead vocalist for the bandT'Pau, which had international success in the late 1980s. Although Decker's music is mainly associated with the group, she also released "One Heart," a solo single in 1995, to support the centenary of the Halifax World Cup Rugby League. Decker's personal record label is named GnatFish.
Life and career
Decker was born in Huyton, Merseyside and educated in Wellington, Shropshire. In addition to her musical achievements, Decker also has acted on both stage and screen, including a part in the film Nine Dead Gay Guys. TV appearances include Hit Me, Baby, One More Time. Decker also appeared in the British comedy series Trigger Happy TV, in which she appeared in a "bull in a china shop" sketch, and in another sketch where she accompanied Dom Joly as he pretended to be a door-to-door salesman. In an interview with BBC, Decker claims to have invented rap music without being given a proper credit for her invention. In 2003 she appeared in the playMum's The Word at the Albery Theatre in London. Decker took part in the prime time BBC One show Just the Two of Us, which began on 2 January 2007. However, despite singing duets with Beverley Knight, Tony Christie and Natasha Hamilton, she and her singing partner Gregg Wallace were the first to be eliminated from the show after singing The Jacksons' "Blame It on the Boogie". Decker appeared in the video for Peter Kay and Matt Lucas's charity single "I'm Gonna Be " for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2007. She released the single "Just Dream" in download-only format in September 2007.
Personal life
T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her boyfriend at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs. Decker began dating restaurateurRichard Coates in 1996. They have two children, Scarlett and Dylan, and married in 2006. That same year, Decker became a joint tenant of the Cherry Tree Inn at Stoke Row near Henley, which Coates had established. It closed in 2012.
