Effective period / Period of releases: 1986

Members: Claire Usher

Claire and Friends were an English music group, consisting of schoolgirl Claire Usher and her friends, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport.
Their one hit single was with the novelty record "It's 'Orrible Being in Love (When You're 8½)", which entered the UK Singles Chart on 7 June 1986, and reached number 13. The song is about a girl who has a crush on a boy in her class.

The song was intended as a kind of follow-up to the number one hit "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", which the St Winifred's School Choir recorded at the start of the 1980s.