Grant & Forsyth

Biography

Julie and Dominic met for the first time in 1974 when they both answered an ad in the NME music paper and auditioned for a new girl/boy group that was being formed. The name of the group was to be Guy’s 'n' Dolls and they released their first single in March 1975 called ‘There's A Whole Lotta Loving’. The single was a huge hit and reached No2 in the UK singles chart. ’Guys 'n' Dolls’ toured the world constantly and worked with most of the greats in the recording industry including the legendary...

Julie and Dominic met for the first time in 1974 when they both answered an ad in the NME music paper and auditioned for a new girl/boy group that was being formed. The name of the group was to be Guy’s 'n' Dolls and they released their first single in March 1975 called ‘There's A Whole Lotta Loving’. The single was a huge hit and reached No2 in the UK singles chart. ’Guys 'n' Dolls’ toured the world constantly and worked with most of the greats in the recording industry including the legendary Frank Sinatra and Country music giant, Johnny Cash.

They decided to leave England and move to Holland to concentrate all there efforts into making records and touring in Europe and during the next six or so years, they recorded several albums and had countless hit singles including a cover of Cilla Black’s classic, ‘You’re My World’. In 1986, Guys 'n' Dolls disbanded and Julie and Dominic decided to go it alone as a duo.

1988 proved to be the defining year when Grant and Forsyth made their first mark on the charts with a hit recording of the Walker Brother's classic, ‘The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore’ and The Ronettes ‘Be My Baby’. Julie also found success as a songwriter, writing a song called ‘Go’ which came second in the Eurovision Song Contest, losing out by one point to the Swiss entry, sung by the then unknown, Celine Dion.

1990 was the turning point. The first album, 'Country Love Songs' went platinum in Holland in 1990 and this huge success was followed by a string of ‘Country Love Songs’ albums all of which earned gold and platinum award status. To date, Julie and Dominic have sold over 3 million albums in Holland alone making them the most successful husband and wife team in Europe!

In 2004, the duo released a comprehensive 3CD retrospective entitled, The Platinum Country Collection and their first commercial DVD release. 2005 saw the release of their latest album entitled, Most Beautiful Country Love Songs featuring a specially chosen selection of songs that were big hits in Holland.
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