Indeed, the film seemed so inconsequential that she forgot to tell Epic anything about it. Clare takes up the story: “I got a call at my parents’ house from Epic’s head of press asking, ‘Clare, I’ve just read something about you being in a film?’ ‘Yeah…’ ‘Why have you never mentioned this to us?’ Of course, these days everyone would be hooked in for joint campaigns months beforehand. I just hadn’t seen how Gregory’s Girl was relevant to the band.” Read more: Top pop songs of 1981 Read more: Top pop songs of 1982 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrateded.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.16. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Offiziellecharts.de – Altered Images – Happy Birthday" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 23 July 2020. Grogan appeared in Series 2, Episode 2 of John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music on BBC Radio 4 on 27 November 2016. [22] For Clare Grogan, both happened in the same summer as soon as she left Notre Dame High in Glasgow in 1980 – Altered Images were snapped up by Epic after some well-received John Peel sessions, and Clare’s acting at Scottish Youth Theatre led to her being cast as John Gordon Sinclair’s new infatuation Susan in Bill Forsyth’s coming-of-age classic Gregory’s Girl.

I reached a landmark birthday this year (Clare turned 60 in March) and a lot of people asked me how I felt about it. I kind of recognised that I don’t want to be restricted by anything in life, certainly not by a number. I have a really lovely life in terms of what I get to do – great job, with great people most of the time.

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He lives the round the corner,” she says. “I’ve known Bernard a long time and I’ve always been a huge admirer, but we’d always just been those people waving across the street or chatting in the supermarket, then I just thought, ‘Clare, come on’, so I said, ‘Bernard, I would really like to write some music with you’.” You will never be as young again as you are today, have fun. But be careful, because you have never been this old before. Happy birthday.

I was saved from having too crazy a time, because I was religiously promoting Altered Images or Gregory’s Girl. I was always on someone’s breakfast show somewhere, so it was a lot of early nights. That saved me from being as off the rails as I could have been.” I had also eaten all the crisps, drank all the wine and watched all the boxed sets, so it really felt like I had to do something creative.” My life’s brightest joys illuminate your path, and may each day’s journey bring you closer to your dreams!Grogan began presenting shows on Absolute Radio 80s from 11 September 2017, presenting Monday to Thursday 8-9pm and Sundays 7-9pm. [24] Clare Grogan to host nightly on Absolute 80s". Radio Today. 11 September 2017 . Retrieved 5 October 2017. Birthdays come around every year, but friends like you only come once in a lifetime. I’m so glad you came into my life. Best wishes on your special day. I hope your birthday is as sweet as the cake. And the year to follow is filled with as much joy as you bring your friends!

Thinking of you with Love on your Birthday and wishing you everything that brings you happiness today and always. University of Glasgow – MyGlasgow – Archives & Special Collections – Scottish Theatre Archive". www.gla.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. The best things are always those which we cannot have, what we wait for years. Those are always the most beautiful dreams, colorful and from a fairy tale world. Today, on your birthday, I wish you receive what you always dreamt of! All the Best to you. Clare Grogan: Kissing Ian Beale wasn't so bad, actually (interview)". Metro. 10 April 2003 . Retrieved 5 February 2010. I just want to tell you today that since you were born your smile makes the world a better place. Happy birthday!

I don’t know about you, but I love a big night out,” she told STV entertainment show What’s On Scotland. “I started thinking how a big night out is a little like life itself: the anticipation, the preparation, the going out, the falling out, the falling in love and waking up the next morning with smudged eyes.”