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Revision as of 01:47, 2 August 2005 by 81.86.73.130 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Artful Dodger are a UK Garage band, who became famous through their 2Step hits and gave Craig David's career a boost after he appeared on the number 2 hit "Re-Rewind (When the Crowd Say Bo Selecta)" in December 1999.
The band are Mark Hill and Peter Devereux but Devereux left prior to the Twenty Four Seven single release and Hill continued from then on to produce records under the Artful Dodger moniker by himself.
All of their subsequent hit singles have also been collaborations :- "Movin' too Fast" featuring Romina Johnson (number 2 in March 2000), "Woman Trouble" featuring Robbie Craig and Craig David (number 6 in July 2000), "Please Don't Turn Me On" featuring Lindon Clifford (number 4 in November 2000), "Think About Me" featuring Michelle Escoffery (number 11 in March 2001), and "Twenty Four Seven" featuring former All Saints member Melanie Blatt (number 11 in September 2001). They are associated with Pete Tong's FFRR Records label.
There is also a punk band named The Artful Dodger.
They took their name from a character in the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist.
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