Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis started their career by singing backing vocals at Sarm West Studios , the ZTT recording studios near All Saints Road, London. In 1993, Blatt, Lewis and Simone Rainford were signed to ZTT Records , and Sugababes music manager Ron Tom decided the trio should become a group. “One of the names was Spice, but we didn’t think it was good enough” admitted Simone. Some of the others names they considered included Slinky and Shifty, but ended up calling themselves All Saints 1.9.7.5. after the recording studio and the year of their births. They were launched as a trio for their first time at the Touch Magazine stage at the Notting Hill Carnival . But the problems started when the trio could not decide on what kind of music they wanted to make. They released their first single in 1994, ” Silver Shadow “, but it only peaked in the lower regions of the charts. Additionally, Rainford was not getting along very well with the other girls, and subsequently left the group in 1995. After one more release, the remaining duo was dropped by ZTT Records.
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