Sep 18, 2026 · 14 min · 8 segments
Send us Fan Mail Alison Wheeler - former singer of the British pop-group The Beautiful South has released her debut solo single, "If Life Could…
Alison WheelerGuest
Phil RichardsHost
I'd been in amateur dramatics in choirs as a child and keen dancer but at university I joined a covers band and it was at that moment where I thought hold on I really enjoy this and then maybe that's what I want to do with my life so yeah I discarded my law and Japanese degree and tried to make it in the music industry.
So what sort of covers did you do I believe you did a lot of indie music didn't you?
All sorts, really, bearing in mind it was the 90s, so it would have been all the 90s contemporary songs of the time.
I mean, it didn't bring in any revenue, but it meant we could get access to all these wonderful events and balls that Cambridge put on and Oxford as well.
I'd been in amateur dramatics in choirs as a child and keen dancer but at university I joined a covers band and it was at that moment where I thought hold on I really enjoy this and then maybe that's what I want to do with my life so yeah I discarded my law and Japanese degree and tried to make it in the music industry.
So what sort of covers did you do I believe you did a lot of indie music didn't you?
All sorts, really, bearing in mind it was the 90s, so it would have been all the 90s contemporary songs of the time.
I mean, it didn't bring in any revenue, but it meant we could get access to all these wonderful events and balls that Cambridge put on and Oxford as well.
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