Denise Johnson was on ‘Just A Little More’ by Fifth Of Heaven. Manchester’s a small place and if anyone’s got talent it’s difficult to not know them – and that record was a standout.
In the very early stages of Acid House in 1988, Donald Johnson and I were producing a track called ‘Acid To Ecstasy’ and we got Denise to sing on that.
That was the first time I worked with her. I produced some tunes by other artists and I got Denise to do backing vocals, and then we got Denise to come in and sing on A Certain Ratio’s album ‘ACR:MCR’.
That was in 1990 and she’s been with us ever since, right until our last gig and until we finished our last album in March this year.“It wasn’t only artists; it was everyone who liked Denise.
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