ArtistInfo

Working Week

Band, *1983 GB
Jazz and Electronic

Working Week were a British jazz-dance musical ensemble, active in the 1980s and 1990s.Working Week were formed in 1983, by guitarist Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry Stabbins, out of the ashes of the proto new wave jazz-pop band Weekend, which ceased to exist when singer Alison Statton left to become a schoolteacher. Weekend also paved the way for other Brit jazz-pop bands that followed such as Everything But The Girl and Swing Out Sister.The duo released their debut single "Venceremos - We Will Win" the following year, a tribute to Chilean protest singer Victor Jara featuring vocal contributions from Robert Wyatt and Tracey Thorn from Everything but the Girl. It became the band's sole entry in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #64. Singer Julie Tippetts provided vocals for the fo

Members

	Juliet Roberts voc, bvoc *1962 GB
	Julie Tippetts voc
	Larry Stabbins sax, ts, ss *1949 GB
	Simon Emmerson g, key, man *1956 GB
	Roy Dodds dr, perc *1958 GB
	Kim Burton p GB
	Nic France dr *1956 GB
	Eyvon Waite voc