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Michelle Lena "Shelly" Poole (born 20 March 1972) is an English songwriter and singer.
Poole married Ally McErlaine, the lead guitarist from the Scottish band Texas, in Glasgow on 5 October 2001. 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. Red Sky July were one of the first of a new wave of UK Country artists securing playlists on BBC Radio 2 and released three albums that entered the UK country charts in the top three. Poole signed to Gary Barlow's publishing company, San Remo Live. 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.
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 record 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 Extended play, which included a remix of "Totally Underwater" by Andy Bradfield, and two tracks "One Kiss" and "What You Feel Like".
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