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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Doris_D > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Doris_D.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_D > Source revision: 1341413404 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British singer and dancer (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = Debbie Jenner (headshot).jpg | caption = Doris D in 1987 | birth_name = Debbie Jenner | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|2|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [Skegness](/source/Skegness), England | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * dancer }} | years_active = 1980–1986 (singer) | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | background = solo_singer | genre = [Pop](/source/Pop_music), [disco](/source/disco) | instrument = {{flatlist| * Vocals }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * [Lipps Inc.](/source/Lipps_Inc.) * [Doris D & The Pins](/source/Doris_D_%26_The_Pins) }} }} }} '''Doris D''' (born '''Debbie Jenner'''; 22 February 1959) is a British singer and dancer who spent her career in the Netherlands. ==Biography== Jenner was born in [Skegness](/source/Skegness), England, and settled in the Netherlands at the age of 20 to start a ballet school there. There, she was a featured dancer in the Dutch pop music television program ''[TopPop](/source/TopPop)'', and she worked with the [girl group](/source/girl_group) [Babe](/source/Babe_(Dutch_band)). In 1980, she was asked to become the face of the [studio band](/source/Session_musician) [Lipps Inc.](/source/Lipps_Inc.) in the Netherlands, which had a big hit with "[Funkytown](/source/Funkytown)". In spring 1980, the record also reached the number 1 position in the Netherlands on the then-three hit lists on the Dutch public radio station [Hilversum 3](/source/Hilversum_3): the [Dutch Top 40](/source/Dutch_Top_40), the National Hitparade and the [TROS](/source/TROS) Top 50. Jenner's striking appearance also caught the eye of [Piet Souer](/source/Piet_Souer), producer of fellow girl group [Luv'](/source/Luv'), and he asked her to become the lead singer in a new girl group he formed called [Doris D & The Pins](/source/Doris_D_%26_The_Pins). The first song Jenner sang for the group was "Shine Up", which was already finished by the time she joined the project. The background vocals on the song were provided by singer Trudy van den Berg, known as Saskia of [Saskia & Serge](/source/Saskia_%26_Serge). The stage name Doris D was an allusion to [Doris Day](/source/Doris_Day). In February 1981, the single reached the number 1 position of both the Dutch Top 40 and the TROS Top 50. In the National Hitparade it reached the second position. After the follow-up "Dance On" reached number 2 in the Dutch Top 40, the group's success started to slowly decline in 1981 with "The Marvelous Marionettes" only reaching number 8.{{cite web |title=Doris D and The Pins |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/doris-d-and-the-pins |website=Top 40 |language=nl |accessdate=20 January 2022}} followed by an album in which, in addition to Jenner, featured Van den Berg, {{ill|Jody Pijper|nl}} and Luv' singer [José Hoebee](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Hoebee). After breaking up with The Pins in 1982, who continued independently under the name [Risqué](/source/Risqu%C3%A9_(group)), Jenner put together a new The Pins with dancers from England. In 1983, Jenner, under the name Doris D, released an [aerobics](/source/aerobics) instruction LP ''Aerobic Dancing with Doris D.'' that became very popular. After a comeback with another new line-up of The Pins in 1984 yielded only a modest hit, she gave up her singing career to focus entirely on choreography, including for the [Dolly Dots](/source/Dolly_Dots), and aerobics instructional videos.{{Cite web |url=http://www.zingzing.nl/dorisdandthepinsbiografie.htm |title=Doris D and the Pins |website=Zing Zing |language=nl |date= |accessdate=20 January 2022}} In 1986, she choreographed the movie ''Mama is boos!'' ("Momma is angry!") and the TV series ''Reagan: Let's Finish the Job'' by {{ill|Edwin de Vries|nl}}. In addition, she was featured as an actress under her own name in the comedy television film ''Daar gaat de bruid'' ("There goes the bride"), alongside [Allard van der Scheer](/source/Allard_van_der_Scheer_(actor)), [Ina van Faassen](/source/Ina_van_Faassen), [Pieter Lutz](/source/Pieter_Lutz) and [Lex Goudsmit](/source/Lex_Goudsmit). In the early 1990s, two compilation CDs by Doris D & The Pins were released, both of which contained the same tracks. In 1998, Jenner performed with the original Pins at a one-time reunion concert in honor of the 1998 [Gay Games](/source/Gay_Games), which was held in Amsterdam. Since 2000, she has been involved almost exclusively in teaching [Pilates](/source/Pilates) courses and workshops. She opened her first studio in Amsterdam and received several well-known artists and top athletes as clients. In 2002, Jenner received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the EFAA for her efforts as a pioneer in the fitness world over the preceding two decades. In 2013, she returned to England to live in the countryside, but she still comes to the Netherlands for training and teaching instructors and physiotherapists. Since April 2020, she has also been teaching online classes to consumers and instructors through "Deb's Online Health Club". ==Discography== ===With Doris D & The Pins=== ====Albums==== * ''Doris D & The Pins'' (1981) * ''Aerobic Dancing with Doris D'' (1983) * ''Starting at the End'' (1984) * ''Shine Up & Other Great Hits'' (1991) * ''The Very Best Of'' (1992) ====Singles==== * "Shine Up" (1980) (Weeks: 21, Peak: 15) * "Dance On" (1981) (Weeks: 11, Peak: 39){{cite web |title=Doris D |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Doris%20D&do_search=do |website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |language=de |accessdate=20 January 2022}} * "The Marvellous Marionettes" (1981) * "Jamaica" (1982) * "Who Cares" (1982) * "Girlfriend" (1983) * "Everybody's Doing Their Thing (Hula Hoop)" (1983) * "Starting at the End" (1984) * "Heartache" (1984) * "Men Like Big Girls" (1984) ==Filmography== * ''Daar gaat de bruid'' (1986) – Polly ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0421066|name=Debbie Jenner}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doris D}} Category:Living people Category:1959 births Category:20th-century British dancers Category:20th-century British women singers Category:English film actresses Category:English television actresses Category:British women choreographers Category:English female dancers Category:People educated at The Skegness Grammar School Category:British women pop singers Category:People from Skegness Category:Actresses from Lincolnshire Category:Actors from East Lindsey District Category:British choreographers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Doris D](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_D) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_D?action=history)). 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