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Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (named after the song "Michelle" by The Beatles) was born in Phoenix, Arizona, United States on the 2nd of July, 1983. She is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She received a guitar from her parents for her 14th birthday. Three years later, after sending a demo tape to Hanson and opening for them on tour, had signed a deal with Maverick Records. She subsequently had four top ten hits. The inspiration for writing her own songs can be found by The Beatles and other bands. Songs like "Something To Sleep To" are musically inspired by...

Michelle Gayle was born on 2nd February 1971, in London, England and is an English actress and singer. She had success as a pop singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven top 30 singles in the UK, her two biggest hits to date being Sweetness (No.4, September 1994) and Do You Know? (No.6, February 1997). She released two top 30 albums under RCA records, but they parted company in 1997 and although Gayle recorded other albums, they were not released. As an actress she is best known for her work on British television, in particular playing Hattie Tavernier in BBC's...

LUCY MICHELLE AND THE VELVET LAPELLES are now FIELD TRIP Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles formed in 2007 in Twin Cities, MN. Lucy received an ukelele as a gift so she started writing songs and decided to form the band. According to their Twitter: "Combine a dash of equal parts; old-time, mountain, bluegrass, gypsy, rag, polka. folk., punk, pop, with the whistle of Andrew Bird." They were Geoff Freeman (drums), Ashley Boman (accordion), Chris Graham (guitar), Jesse Schuster (bass), Eamonn McLain (cello) and Lucy Michelle (vocals and ukelele). Tracks are available for listening at their myspace, http://www.myspace.com/lucymichelle www.lapelles.com .

Four young guys who ran away from home to form a band, and the result was The Michelles. They have a highly international feel, Tim is from America, Graeme is Welsh and Gustaf is from Sweden leaving Marc as the only Englishman amongst them. The current line up has been in place since November. They’ve had major label interest, are set to release their first single in April, along with a video to be shown on mtv2. They have a penchant for Hobnobs. .