Euphoria were an Australian dance-pop trio formed in 1991. They were founded by producer and songwriter Andrew Klippel on keyboards and backing vocals with lead vocals and dancing by Holly Garnett and Keren Minshull. Euphoria had two number-one hits on the ARIA Singles Chart, "Love You Right" (November 1991) and "One in a Million" (April 1992). Their third single, "Do for You" (August 1992), peaked at No. 7. Their sole album, Total Euphoria (October 1992), reached No. 14 on the related ARIA Albums Chart. Model Jodhi Meares replaced Garnett after she left in 1992. The group disbanded in mid-1993. Holly Garnett died by suicide in October 1998, aged 29.
History
1991–1993
Euphoria were founded in Sydney in 1991 by producer Andrew Klippel (son of sculptor, Robert Klippel) on keyboards and backing vocals with lead vocals and dancing by both Holly Garnett and Keren Minshull. Klippel and Minshull were bandmates from Electric Soul. Sugarman provided the band's name after riding with a trucker and playing him the demo, who described it as "Euphoria". via ESP/EMI Music Australia.
The music video includes two E Street cast members, Kelley Abbey (who played JoJo Adams) and Simon Baker (Sam Farrell), as backup dancers. It peaked at No. 19 on the Recorded Music NZ Singles Chart in March 1992 and the top 80 in the UK Singles Chart in September. For "One in a Million" both Garnett and Minshull shared vocals and screen-time in the video. He formed the dance bands Elastic and A.K. Soul, the latter released singles "Free" and "Show You Love", featuring Brown, in 1997.
Minshull and Garnett undertook session vocals work and solo projects. Sugarman relocated to the United States and worked as a DJ, remixer and producer. Meares returned to modelling and later launched a fashion clothing line.
Holly Garnett died by suicide on Tuesday, 13 October 1998 at the age of 29. She was buried on Thursday, 22 October 1998 at Castle-Brook Memorial Gardens. She died partly due to the plight of her older brother, Martin Garnett (born 1966), who is a convicted drug trafficker and was arrested in Thailand in September 1993. Martin was in various Thai prisons and was placed on death row; when he completed his commuted sentence there in 2011, he was transferred to an Indiana prison due to smuggling drugs into that US state (while in a Thai prison). He served the final part of his sentence in Sydney before being freed in 2015.
Discography
Albums
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak positions
|-
!width=30| AUS<br/>
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD, cassette
|align="center"| 14
|}
Singles
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Single
! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications<br />
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
!width="30"| AUS<br/>
!width="30"| NZ<br/>
!width="30"| UK<br/>
|-
|1991
! scope="row"| "Love You Right"
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|76
|
- ARIA: Platinum
|rowspan=4| Total Euphoria
|-
|rowspan=3|1992
! scope="row"| "One in a Million"
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
- ARIA: Gold
|-
! scope="row"| "Do for You"
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will Never Leave You"
|align="center"|41
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|-
|1993
! scope="row"| "Elated"
|align="center"|66
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|rowspan="2"
|-
|1997
! scope="row"| "Love You Right ('97 Mixes)"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|
|-
|align="center" colspan="8" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
|
|-
| 1992
| "Love You Right"
| Best New Talent
|
|
|-
| 1993
| "One in a Million"
| Highest Selling Single
|
|
|-
See also
- List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart
References
External links
- Track listing at e.discogs.com