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Wild Strawberries is a Canadian pop rock band consisting of married couple Roberta Carter-Harrison (vocals) and Ken Harrison, who are also, respectively, a physiotherapist and a doctor by trade. They have released a number of albums, their latest being ''Go Project'' (2013). ==History== Wild Strawberries was established during the couple's time at university, during which they would hold jam sessions with friends. In 1988, the band submitted the song "Crying Shame" to Toronto radio station CFNY for its new music search contest; it won the contest, and received airplay from the station.〔 Harrison established a studio,〔 enabling the band to produce its early releases independently, and led to the founding of the Strawberry Records label. The album ''Grace'' drew the attention of record label A&M Records of Canada, which would distribute its next release, the album ''Bet You Think I'm Lonely''.〔 The success of ''Bet You Think I'm Lonely'' resulted in a national concert tour and a contract with Nettwerk, a Vancouver-based independent record label, for the production of their albums.〔 Two albums were released under that label; a third album, ''Twist'', was initially sponsored by Nettwerk, but creative differences resulted in the dissolution of the partnership. The band has since eliminated all dependence on record labels, preferring instead independent production and promotion; the band has adopted a strategy to promote themselves directly to fans. With the release of ''Deformative Years'', the band simultaneously released an extended web film utilizing music from the album. The costs of producing this video were substantially lower than a music video production for television music stations, such as MTV or MuchMusic. The success of ''Bet You Think I'm Lonely'' also earned the band a 1995 Juno Award nomination for Best New Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best New Group (1995) )〕 Other early hits for the duo included "Life-Sized Marilyn Monroe" and "Crying Shame". The song "I Don't Want To Think About It" is part of the soundtrack of the 1996 film ''Foxfire''.〔 Other songs by the band have been included in the soundtrack for the films ''At Satchem Farm'',〔 ''The Highwayman'' (2000), ''Stir of Echoes'' (1999), ''Suspicious River'' (2000), and ''Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms'' (1998). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wild Strawberries (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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