Wet Wet Wet consists of Graeme Clark, Graeme Duffin, Marti Pellow, Neil Mitchell, Tommy Cunningham.
Wet Wet Wet were a successful Scottish pop band of the 1980s and 1990s and scored a number of hits in the British charts, and around the world. Wet Wet Wet were formed in Clydebank, Scotland in 1986. They took their name form the Scritti Politti song, Gettin, havin' and holdin' .
Marti Pellow - born Mark McLoughlin, on 23 March 1965, in Clydebank - vocals Tom Cunningham - born Thomas Cunningham, on 22 June 1963, in Drumchapel, Glasgow - drums Graeme Clark - born on 15 April 1965, in Glasgow - bass Neil Mitchell - born on 8 June 1965 in Glasgow - keyboards
Graeme Duffin - guitar (not an official member), but always given prominent billing by the rest of the band. Duffin also played with the now Radio Scotland broadcaster, Tom Morton.
The band scored their first hit in 1987 with their first single "Wishing I was Lucky" which reached number six in the UK singles chart. That year the band released their first album Popped In Souled Out which also became a hit, and produced three more hit singles, namely "Sweet Little Mystery", "Temptation", and "Angel Eyes". They also supported Lionel Richie on his UK tour.
In 1988 Wet Wet Wet scored their first Number 1 hit, with a cover version of the Beatles song " With a Little Help from My Friends" recorded for the charity ChildLine, run by Esther Rantzen. Another Beatles song, "She's Leaving Home", was equally-billed on the flip side, performed by Billy Bragg. In the same year, an album was released of their spell in the USA prior to hitting the big time, called The Memphis Sessions.
