"Jo's ready to take centre stage"

SHE'S helped make the big stars sound better, now Jo Harrop is set to step into the spotlight.
The 26-year-old has spent the past few years singing backing vocals for the likes of LeAnne Rimes, Rod Stewart and Enrique Iglesias, but now her voice is taking centre stage after being voted number one on an unsigned artists music chart.
The singer/songwriter got the most public votes on music website Popworld Promotes, after a recommendation from former Blue singer Simon Webbe.
Now she's set to appear on C4 show Popworld next month in the hopes that she will bag a record contract when music executives hear her jazz/soul voice.
Jo said: "It was great to get voted number one, there were a lot of Indie bands on the site so I didn't expect it. It's really hard to get your stuff noticed so for people to be listening to my song is great."
Jo's song, Give It Away, may have hit the right note with music fans, but it's not the first time that the singer has tasted success.
After moving to London seven years ago from the family home in Dene Villas, Chester-le-Street, Jo began work as a successful backing singing.
Some of her most memorable gigs were singing with Latin superstar Enrique Iglesias on his number one single, Hero.
She said: "I worked on and off with Enrique for three years, usually when he was promoting his singles in the UK.
"We did Top of the Pops and all the daytime programmes like This Morning. He was a really cool guy and very gorgeous."
She's now focusing on her solo career and performs at venues
across London.
Her many live shows have included Sir Cliff Richard's annual charity event at Hampton Court Palace and she's also supported The Blind Boys of Alabama at London's famous Jazz Cafe.
It's a far cry from her earlier years singing at Lumley Castle's banquets, but she says it was this, and listening to her parents records, which got her interested in music.
The former Park View Community School pupil said: "I was never trained musically and I play everything by ear, so I had to learn from old records and develop my own sound from that."
She added: "I love all music, all genres, and I found it difficult to choose one and stick to it at first, but I always knew that deep down, I would go back to my roots of a, jazz/soul/blues lover and that's where I got my sound from."

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