Originally from Barbados, Janice joined M&S when she was 17 and worked in our Exports Department at our head office building in London, focusing on exports to Canada.
Janice sang at several M&S staff social events and was supported by the business in her singing career, including a charity album that M&S funded and produced in 1973 called I’m a Winner when Janice was 22.
The album was recorded at Trident Studios, famously used for recording The Beatles’ White Album, as well as hosting other superstars like Daivd Bowie and The Rolling Stones. Janice appeared on the TV show New Faces and went on to have a successful recording career, both as a solo artist and providing vocals on records by Pete Townsend, Heaven 17, Mica Paris and on Paul Hardcastle’s 1985 hit single 19.
Janice also became a familiar face on TV – in 1978 she became the first West Indian woman to host a quiz show on British television, in the show Mr and Mrs.
