In The Swing Of It

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When he recovered, Martin joined EastEnders and has since had an admirable can-do attitude to his career, saying: “I love doing new things, going, ‘I never thought I’d get to do that. In December 2017, he appeared as Captain Hook in Peter Pan - The World's Biggest Pantomime at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham and the SSE Arena in Wembley alongside Bradley Walsh as Smee. I bought is for myself and also my parents who where around when the songs where released - they love it!

In October 2020, Kemp with his wife Shirley published Shirlie and Martin Kemp: It's a Love Story, an autobiography-cum- relationship advice book. Kemp was born to Frank and Eileen Kemp at their house in Islington, north London, [1] and attended Rotherfield Junior School. Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English musician and actor, best known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in EastEnders. We now have the time,” explains Martin, as he celebrates the release of his first album, In The Swing Of It, with wife Shirlie.I love every song and can't get overdosed as the energy as husband and wife really feeds their love in each song. I never know what’s going to come in, whether it’s how to cook the perfect ruby or going to live on an island off Panama with Bear Grylls for a month. who went on to form Pepsi and Shirlie with fellow bandmate Pepsi DeMacque – and in doing so made the puffball skirt an 80s fashion statement. I used to say to Pepsi that I would love to do a swing album one day, it didn’t happen and I never thought any more of it. He went on to become popular for his role as villain Steve Owen in the BBC's top soap opera, EastEnders, from December 1998.

The session was the start of something magical, and made them realise how much they enjoyed recording together going onto work on a carefully selected track listing of uplifting Swing covers, chosen by the couple to reflect on their relationship. A lot of people have made swing albums, but we’re not two singers singing in different studios around the world.Spandau Ballet went on to have a great deal of success in the New Romantic era, with four of their albums reaching the top ten of the UK Albums Chart. In case Roman’s own heartthrob status wasn’t a clue, Martin and Shirlie are both still so good-looking (without any cosmetic work) it’d be frankly sickening if they weren’t also enjoying their lives, and being great company while they’re at it. Speaking about the album, Martin said, “when we sing those love songs together, there is a truth behind it.