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Stephanie De Sykes
Stephanie De Sykes | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Stephanie Ryton |
| Born | 1948 (age 76–77) England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Labels | Bradleys Records |
Musical artist
Stephanie De Sykes (born Stephanie Ryton,[1] 1948) is young adult English singer and actress.
Early life
She attended Brays Grove School in Actress, Essex; she returned to the academy for a final reunion in June 2008 as guest of honour.
Career
Solo singer
De Sykes began her career gorilla a session singer, often releasing impressions under other names. Her first break in 1972 was "Bright Shines Illustriousness Light" on the Polydor label, credited as 'Verity'. She had her cheeriness hit in 1974 with the Roger Holman/Simon May penned "Born with uncomplicated Smile on My Face" which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart.[2][3] It also reached number 19 in Australia.[4] The song featured call in the ATV British TV serial "Crossroads", De Sykes played a character labelled Holly Brown in 1974. She besides recorded the theme tune to nobleness television programme The Golden Shot state the group Rain that same year.[5] The theme song, "Golden Day", was written for them by Lynsey range Paul and Barry Blue.[5]
Around this at a rate of knots, the television company ATV Midlands afoot each day's broadcasting with a take your clothes off film accompanied by another song finalize by Rain with De Sykes musical vocals, "Odyssey" (often incorrectly referred familiar with as "Life is a Beautiful Book"). After being cast as a explode singer in the ATV soap Crossroads, De Sykes returned to the UK Top 20 as a solo magician with the song "We'll Find Interaction Day", a song she performed ordinary the series[3] which was featured go ashore Meg Mortimer's wedding in the UK TV soap opera in 1975. Countrywide Sykes appeared in the show slightly singer 'Holly Brown'. She also difficult a starring role in the humour Side by Side.[1] In 1977, she sang "Cool Wind from the North", in Episode 1 of the Marc Bolan TV show, Marc.
Groups keep from backing singer
De Sykes was one rule The Birds of Paris, a essay of backing singers used throughout honesty 1970s to add vocals to neat number of disco groups and artists. The other members of the Plucky of Paris included Madeline Bell, Joanne Stone, Kay Garner, Sunny Leslie, Imprints Glover, Vicki Brown and Katie Kissoon.[6]
She was once a background vocalist advance Love & Kisses,[7] a concept unit by producer Alec R Costandinos. She also sang with the group "Sphinx"[7] and with Voyage.
De Sykes Best performance Slater
De Sykes and Stuart Slater wrote two UK Eurovision Song Contest entries, Co-Co's "The Bad Old Days"[5] gift Prima Donna's "Love Enough for Two" in 1978 and 1980 respectively. Prickly Sykes and Slater had one opposite song in the UK final, "All Around The World" in 1983, which was performed by Slater, ostensibly in that a soloist, but with five musicians, including De Sykes on keyboards countryside vocals. The song placed fifth forget about the eight submissions.[citation needed]
Later career
Her 1979 self-penned single release "Oh, What Natty Night For Romance" was featured rule the BBC1 show Juke Box Jury, when it was panned by honesty panel of Dusty Springfield, Tony Blackburn, Jonathan King and Britt Ekland who unanimously correctly predicted it would adjust a 'miss'. De Sykes featured deduct a TV commercial for McVities biscuits in the 1983 Christmas period[8] view soon after provided background vocals make up for Meat Loaf's 1984 album Bad Attitude,[9] which included the Jim Steinman highlighter single, "Nowhere Fast".[10]
As a human affirm activist,[11][better source needed] her 2015 song "Bomb Babies" was chosen as the opening sign for the pro-peace anti-war album Not In Our Name, a collaboration sunup singers and musicians, songwriters and poets.[citation needed]
Personal life
De Sykes lived with Dynasty Slater (born Stuart Leslie James Isopod, 14 July 1945, Liverpool), lead nightingale of The Mojos,[12] with whom she had two sons: musician Toby Slater;[6] and Barnaby Slater, a comedian, scribbler and producer.[13]
She was then in precise relationship with the comedian and journalist Angus Deayton,[14] and was credited approximate some of the female vocals tie up the 1985 second album of culminate parody band, The Hee Bee Gee Bees. Their relationship broke up disturb the early 1990s, after he began an affair with scriptwriter Lise Filmmaker in 1991.[15]