Joanne Catherall (born 18 September 1962 in Sheffield) is one of the two female vocalists of the veteran English synthpop band The Human League.
In October 1980, Catherall was an unknown 18 year old school girl when she and her best friend Susan Ann Sulley were discovered in Sheffield's Crazy Daisy Nightclub by Philip Oakey, the lead singer and a founder member of The Human League. At short notice she and Sulley were invited to join the band's European tour that was in crisis after the original group had split. The pair then joined Oakey in forming a new and commercially successful line-up of The Human League, in turn making an international pop star of Catherall.
Catherall has remained in the band ever since, working constantly over the previous 30 years. Today, she is a joint business partner in the band, which continues to record and tour.
Read more about Joanne Catherall: Sheffield 1980 and "The Crazy Daisy" Story, 1981 and The Release of "Dare", Remaining 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Today, Influence, Film and Television, Awards, Further Reading