Working Week

Working Week were a British jazz-dance band active in the 1980s and 1990s. Working Week was formed in 1983 by guitarist Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry Stabbins from the band Weekend, which ended when singer Alison Statton left to become a chiropractor. Initially a floating ensemble of nine players including trombonist Annie Whitehead, vocalist Julie Tippett, pianist Keith Tippett and percussionist Bosco D'Oliveira, Working Week released their debut single "Venceremos" during the following year. The song was a tribute to Chilean protest singer Víctor Jara, with vocals by Robert Wyatt and Tracey Thorn. It became the band's highest placing in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 64. Booth and Stabbins then recruited Juliet Roberts as permanent vocalist and started working on an album. The debut album Working Nights was released on Virgin Records in April 1985. Produced by Robin Millar and mixing many styles such as soul, jazz and latin music, the album was a success with 150 000 UK and overseas sales. Roberts continued as singer on the 1986 album Compañeros and Surrender, released in 1987, but left the band after that year's single, "Knocking on Your Door". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)