

In 2002, "Set Me Free" was released as a single but was not successful. In 2001, the group released the single I'm In Heaven (When You Kiss Me), which was moderately successful in parts of Europe. Their debut album Planet Pop, featuring songs from Alex Christensen and Clyde Ward, was released on 6 February 2001 by Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Republic Records, for which they were awarded an ECHO for Best Dance Act. It was later an only Top 40 hit in the United Kingdom and United States. Their first single, " Around the World (La La La La La)" (which was an English cover of the song " Pesenka" by the Russian group Ruki Vverh!) was first released on 1 April 2000 and went number one in Germany for six weeks in summer 2000. "Producers don't seem to want to mix the voices so often that helps give us that little bit of an edge," Murray remarked. The group experimented with merging male and female vocals together.


Stein in 1999 and began working on material under the name ATC. Egglestone noted, "We were there sitting watching television one day, seeing groups and saying 'there's no reason why we can't do this.'" The group first met with producers Alex Christensen and Thomas M. The four quickly became friends and decided to form a dance group. Sarah Egglestone played Bombalurina, Livio Salvi played Mungojerrie, Tracey Packham played Syllabub, and Joey Murray played as Munkustrap/ swing dancer. The four met together in Hamburg, Germany as cast members of the international Broadway theatre German production of the stage musical Cats from October 1997 to April 1998. The pop group was active from 1999 to 2003 and their most successful release was " Around the World (La La La La La)", released in 2000. 25 January 1977) from Italy, and Tracey Elizabeth Packham (b. 4 April 1975) from Australia, Livio Salvi (b. ( ) 30 July 1977 (age 45) (Tracey Elizabeth Packham)Ī Touch of Class (often shortened in initials as ATC) were an international pop group based in Germany, although the four members each came from different countries -Joseph "Joey" Murray (born 5 July 1974) from New Zealand, Sarah Egglestone (b. ( ) 4 April 1975 (age 47) (Sarah Egglestone) From left to right: Tracey Elizabeth Packham, Joseph "Joey" Murray, Livio Salvi, and Sarah Egglestone in February 2001.
