Katrina And The Waves were a successful, female-fronted, four piece
rock band during the 19
80s and
90s, built around the infectiously melodic, sixties-influenced songs of Kimberly Rew (former guitarist for
The Soft Boys) and the distinctively powerful vocals of Katrina Leskanich. The group were best known for their evergreen, step-lightening 1985 hit single "
Walking On Sunshine" and their landslide 1997 Eurovision Song Contest victory with the song "
Love Shine A Light". The band’s earliest incarnation was as the Waves, a group that played in and around Cambridge,…
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