"Scottish rock outfit Texas adopted not only an American name but an American sound, though they experienced the bulk of their success outside of the states. The group was formed by bass player Johnny McElhone, who brought in Sharleen Spiteri (guitar, vocals), Ally McErlaine (guitar) and Stuart Kerr (drums) to round out the roster, in the mid-‘80s. The group borrowed their name from the film Paris, Texas, for which the score was written by Ry Cooder, one of the band's influences.The group landed a record deal with Mercury through McElhone's musical connections and released their debut single ""I Don't Want a Lover"" in 1989. The song did well in the U.K., cracking the top 10 on the charts and paving the way for their debut album, Southside. The record cracked the top three on the U.K. charts and went on to sell more than two million copies around the world. Southside found some success in the states, but not in the chart-storming fashion that it did overseas.Kerr was replaced by Richard Hynd and the band added keyboard player Eddie Campbell before cutting their sophomore effort, Mothers Heaven, in 1991. The album failed to live up to the lofty expectations set forth by Southside, even in the U.K. After Texas' third album, Ricks Road, fared decently in the U.K. but made almost no impact in the U.S., the group abandoned the American market.The group released two more albums in the ‘90s, White on Blonde and The Hush, before dropping a Greatest Hits disc in 2000, which rose to the top spot on the British charts. 2003's Careful What You Wish For presented the band with further lineup changes, but spawned a top ten hit with ""Carnival Girl."" Red Hook was released in 2005 and saw considerable success in France, the market in which much of their later work was most appreciated."