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Cheshire-born Gary Barlow entered a BBC Pebble Mill at One competition called A Song For Christmas aged 15, with a song called "Let's Pray For Christmas". After getting through to the semi-finals he was invited to London's West Heath Studios to record his song. This inspired Barlow to perform on the northern club circuit, singing cover versions and Barlow's own songs. Aged 18 he decided to record a single in Manchester under the stage name Kurtis Rush, Gary Barlow then went to an agency in Manchester, where he met Nigel Martin-Smith. He liked Gary so much, he had already selected him as a member of his band and as his favourite.
Break dancer, DJ, model and vehicle sprayer Howard Donald performed in clubs with a dance troupe called RDS Royal. Painter and decorator Jason Orange had performed in street dancing and body-popping competitions, and was picked to appear regularly in TV pop show The Hitman and Her. When Donald was already impressed with fellow dancer Orange, and when they met they formed a new troupe Streetbeat, which was later spotted by Martin-Smith.
In 1990 Martin-Smith knew that since the break-up of Bros, there was a gap in the UK Charts for a successful British band, and one based on the NKOTB boy-band formula. Martin-Smith thought teaming Barlow's song writing and Owen's singing, together with the dance performance artistry of Howard and Orange would create such a boy-band. However, he also recognised they probably needed something extra, and a linking talent - someone who could sing and dance.
The mother of Robbie Williams read Martin-Smith's advert in Stoke-on-Trent, and so urged the recently failed salesman to try. Williams applied and annoyed Martin-Smith from his first audition, but Martin-Smith recognised the talent and signed Williams to form the classical and record breaking Take That line-up.

The break through single was a cover of the 70's Tavares hit "It Only Takes A Minute". With a high tempo beat and an athletic yet trendy dance video with the boys clothed in "street" gear the single reached #7 on the UK charts.
This success was then followed by the first Gary Barlow ballad "A Million Love Songs" and then by the track "I Found Heaven" - both top 20 hits, and neither, to Barlow's relief, featuring dance video backing. Their cover of the Barry Manilow and Donna Summer disco hit "Could It Be Magic" gave them their biggest hit to date, and secured them a place in the public consciousness. Their first album, Take That and Party, was released in 1992, and contained all the so far released hit singles - a mix of covers and Barlow ballads.
1993 saw the release of Take That's most successful original album Everything Changes, based mainly on Barlow's original material. It spawned four UK number one singles - their first number one "Pray", then "Relight My Fire", "Babe" (beaten to Christmas number one by Mr Blobby), and the title track "Everything Changes". The fifth single "Love Ain't Here Anymore" reached number three on the UK charts. "Everything Changes" also saw Take That become an international success, although the US market still proved elusive ("Love Ain't Here Anymore" was even remixed for American release with a more rhythm & blues sound but did not garner much attention). However, they were at their highest peak of celebrity in the UK - highs included having tea with Lady Diana at Kensington Palace, and sitting on Elton John's sofa shouting out requests for him to play on the piano.
Their 1995 album Nobody Else, was launched with the release of number one single "Sure". Their second release would become their biggest hit single (and only American hit), "Back For Good". The album was also noted for its cover, which (outside of North America) was a parody of the cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover sleeve.
On 13 February 1996, Take That announced that they were splitting. This would break the hearts of millions of fans worldwide - to an extent that hotlines were set up around the UK to cope with fans' grief. This was followed by the Greatest Hits compilation in 1996, which contained a new recording, a cover of The Bee Gees "How Deep Is Your Love" (featuring the remaining members tied to chairs in the video in what was proposed by the media as the way they felt about their management and recording contracts), which went on to become what appeared to be the band's final number one.

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