Shelly Poole

Michelle Lena "Shelly" Poole (born 20 March 1972) is an English songwriter and singer.

Career Shelly Poole is the daughter of the 1960s recording artist Brian Poole, of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Poole went on to achieve success writing songs and producing for other artists throughout the late 1990s, and to the present day.

In late 2008, she formed the alternative country band Red Sky July, with McErlaine, and Charity Hair. After San Remo, Poole signed to Stage Three Music, then three years later to BMG as a writer. Poole is currently with Be Unique.

Shelly is also a guest in the band the Dark Flowers, a collective of writers and artists started by Paul Statham.

Recordings and songwriting As a songwriter, Poole has written tracks for Janet Jackson, Jack Savoretti, Ronan Keating, Boyzone, Westlife, Ward Thomas, Michael Gray, Mark Ronson, Massive Attack, Roachford, and many more. Poole, along with Andy Hill, also wrote the single "I'll See You Again", for the album by Westlife, Where We Are.

Her solo album, Hard Time for the Dreamer, was released in September 2005 on the Transistor Project record label, and reached the Top 10 of the French and United Kingdom iTunes chart. Two songs from the album, "Anyday Now" and "Totally Underwater", were featured on an instore Starbucks album in 2006. Included on the album were two duets with Jack Savoretti.

She co wrote and sang on Michael Gray's dance release of 2006, "Borderline", which reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the ARIA club chart. In May 2006, Poole released "Lost in You". Her following release was "Totally Underwater", an EP, which included a remix of "Totally Underwater" by Andy Bradfield, and two tracks "One Kiss" and "What You Feel Like".