Kim was originally part of Mel & Kim with her sister Mel Appleby, scoring a string of chart smashes written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman between 1986 and 1988 including the Number 1 Respectable.

and Kim Appleby (born August 26, 1961 in Hackney). Mel and Kim scored a brace of hit songs in the late 1980s with the Stock, Aitken and Waterman production team, including the UK Official Singles ...