Editing Clare Grogan (section)

==Music career==
Grogan developed her singing career as the lead singer of [[Altered Images]], originally a five-piece band that included [[Johnny McElhone]] (later of the Scottish [[rock band]] [[Texas (band)|Texas]]), whom she met while studying for her [[Higher (Scottish)|Highers]] exams. It became a four-person band with the departure of two members and the addition of Stephen Lironi, who played both [[guitar]] and [[drum kit|drums]]. The band had several hits in the early 1980s, including "[[Happy Birthday (Altered Images song)|Happy Birthday]]", "[[Don't Talk to Me About Love]]", "[[I Could Be Happy]]" and "See Those Eyes". The group split up after the release of their third album, ''[[Bite (Altered Images album)|Bite]]'' (1983).

In 1984, Grogan made a cameo appearance in the music video to "[[Young at Heart (Bananarama song)|Young at Heart]]" by [[The Bluebells]].

Grogan later attempted a [[solo (music)|solo]] career, but after her [[single (music)|single]] "Love Bomb" failed to gain chart success in 1987, her album ''Trash Mad'' was never released. Grogan formed Universal Love School in 1989 with Lironi, performing a series of gigs around the UK. However, it was short-lived and produced no hit singles. In 2000, she contributed vocals to the song "Night Falls Like a Grand Piano" on [[The 6ths]]' album ''[[Hyacinths and Thistles]]''. She recorded a version of "Angels with Dirty Faces" for the [[Frankie Miller]] tribute album. The track "Her Hooped Dream" appears on ''The Ultimate Celtic Album''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Celtic-Album-Various-artists/dp/B005FY0E5M|access-date=9 February 2020|title=The Ultimate Celtic Album|website=Amazon UK }}</ref>

In 2002, Grogan performed as Altered Images on the [[Here and Now Tour]] which featured other well known artists from the 1980s. She performed on similar tours in 2005, 2008 and 2009. She appeared with [[Chesney Hawkes]], [[Toyah Willcox]] and [[Limahl]] as The 80s Supergroup in the 2011 series of ''[[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1NWMGqXS1Rwy5Svp726DqK1/contestants-the-final|access-date=9 February 2020|title=Contestants – The Final}}</ref>

Grogan sometimes covers for radio presenters on [[BBC 6 Music]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

Grogan appeared in Series 2, Episode 2 of [[John Shuttleworth (character)|John Shuttleworth's]] Lounge Music on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 27 November 2016.<ref name = "John Shuttleworth" />

Clare Grogan is the inspiration for the song "[[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]" by [[Spandau Ballet]].<ref>{{cite news|title=How we made: Gary Kemp and Steve Norman on True|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/may/14/how-we-made-true-spandau-ballet|access-date=13 May 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

Grogan began presenting shows on [[Absolute Radio 80s]] from 11 September 2017, presenting Monday to Thursday 8-9pm and Sundays 7-9pm.<ref name="Absolute" />

In 2021, Grogan duetted with Sharleen Spiteri on the track "Look What You've Done", from ''Hi'', the tenth album released by Johnny McElhone's band Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/texas-announce-new-album-hi|title=Texas Announce New Album 'Hi'|website=Clash Magazine|date=6 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/texas-announce-new-album-hi-and-unveil-new-single-mr-haze__32835/|title=Texas announce new album Hi, share new single Mr Haze|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.totalntertainment.com/music/mr-haze-the-new-single-from-texas-out-now/|title='Mr Haze' the new single from Texas out now|date=6 April 2021}}</ref>