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Biography
refimprove|date=December 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Tymes 4| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = London | genre = pop music|Pop | years_active = 2001& ndash;2005| label = Avex Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Melissa Garrick Taymah Gaye Leah Tribe Natalie Edwards Holly Mallett| notable_instruments = Tymes 4 were a four piece girl group|girl band from London . They released two album s and three single (music)|singles .
History
Their first single was "Bodyrock", released in August 2001 in the United Kingdom . It was promoted around the United Kingdom|UK , appearing on different television program|television shows and with Tymes 4 doing a mini concert tour|tour around selected schools. The track reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart ,cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | pages= 571 with a three week residence. Their second single was "She Got Game" and featured on BBC Television 's Children in Need show Live & Kicking , The Saturday Show and Pepsi Chart Show . This was also a Top 40 hit in the United Kingdom reaching #40, http://www.top40-charts.com/song.php? sid=2726& sort=chartid Top40-charts.com in December 2001.
The band went quiet for about six months but returned in mid 2002 with the news that band member Holly James (her name was Holly Mallet at the time of being in Tymes 4) had left the band to go solo (music)|solo and do some actor|acting . They found another member called Leah Tribe, and they got back to work. In mid 2002 they re-released their debut single "Bodyrock" in Europe with a new cover and new remix es. One of the remixes called "Bodyrock" (Full Crew R'N'B Remix) had different lyrics than the original. The re-release was a flop and did not record chart|chart .
The band returned in April 2003 with a new single "Hooked", co-written by band member Taymah Gaye, and released later that month after promotion campaign in the Netherlands . Tymes 4 appeared on Top of the Pops and Box Fresh , and reached #69 in the Netherlands. Their debut album 4 Story followed, and they concentrated on the Japan market, where they signed a recording contract with Avex Records . In January 2005 their second album, The Covers , appeared which featured cover version s of various contemporary musician|artists tracks, including Mariah Carey (" Always Be My Baby "), TLC_(band)|TLC (" No Scrubs ") and Cyndi Lauper (" Time_After_Time_(Cyndi_Lauper_song)|Time After Time ").
The band then split; ex member Holly James guest vocalled on a Jason Nevins song "I'm In Heaven", which entered the UK Singles Chart at #9. More recently, Melissa Garrick guest vocalled on a track by Supafly called "Moving Too Fast" in 2006, which reached #23 in the UK. Taymah Gaye has retired from the music industry and has given birth, while Leah Tribe and Natalie Edwards have also moved on.
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External links
http://www.myspace.com/tymes4 Myspace
Category:British girl groups
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