Sweet Mercy | |
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Also known as | 6 by Six |
Origin | England |
Genres | House |
Years active | 1988–present |
Labels | Blip Music, 10, Grass Green Records, Boo Records Inc. |
Members | Eric Gooden Eric Powell |
Sweet Mercy are an English house music duo formed in the late 1980s, consisting of Eric Gooden and Eric Powell. In 1992 in Manchester, the duo founded their own house and techno record label, Bush Records.
Their single "Happy Days" featuring singer Joe Roberts charted on the UK Singles Chart in early 1996.
Also in 1996, under the alias 6 by Six, the duo scored a UK chart hit with "Into Your Heart".
The vocals of singer Rowetta in the duo's 1990 song "Reach Out" has been sampled by many artists such as the Black Eyed Peas, Slam, Peshay, DJ Zinc, Todd Terry, Matrix & Futurebound, Steve Angello, Laidback Luke and Oliver Heldens. [1] [2] In 2008, "Reach Out" was remixed and re-released with mixes by J Nitti, Peter Presta [3] and Mobin Master, among others. [4]
In 1991, Eric Gooden and Melanie Williams under the name Temper Temper scored a minor chart hit with the single "Talk Much" [5] and also released the self-titled album Temper Temper .
Gooden is also credited as having contributed backing vocals on the song "Last Time Lover" by the Spice Girls, from their 1996 debut album Spice . [6]
As 6 by Six
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