Toyah Willcox

Toyah Willcox ( born May 18, 1958 in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England) is a British singer and actress.

• 2.1 Singles and EPs
• 2.2 albums

Biography

Singing

The singing career of Toyah Willcox Toyah ran only by their first name. It began in the late 1970s after Toyah was in 1977 next to Adam Ant played in the punk film " Jubilee". With her ​​extraordinary voice, she was very popular in the punk rock scene and in 1982 she was elected at the British Rock and Pop Awards for the best singer. Toyah brought twelve titles in the British Top 40 charts, and the album " Anthem" was # 2 in the UK album charts. Her most famous song was probably in Germany "I Want to Be Free". This song rose in June 1981 up to Rank 8 in the British charts. In 1984 she separated from her longtime guitarist Joel bow and the record company safari to solo to continue. It was followed by several albums, among others, also with her husband Robert Fripp (of the group King Crimson ), with whom she has been married since 1986.

In mid-September 2008, she has long brought out with "In The Court Of The Crimson Queen" her first studio album. The ten songs has Toyah together with her former band member Simon Darlow ( a member of the Buggles and was among others the song " Slave To The Rhythm" by Grace Jones wrote ) written and arranged. Another current project is the band The Humans with Bill Rieflin of REM and Chris Wong. Your style describes the group as "European experimental meets West Coast American grunge ".

Film, television, stage

Even before her singing career Toyah Willcox was known as an actress. Some of her first roles were alongside Katharine Hepburn in George Cukor film " The corn is green" and next to Sting in the film adaptation of the musical " Quadrophenia " by The Who. In 1979, she played Miranda in Derek Jarman's version of Shakespeare's " The Tempest". Other roles were opposite David Hemmings in a remake of " Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde " and opposite Laurence Olivier in " Ebony Tower ". In the 1990s and early 2000s, she was dubbed voice of the " Teletubbies" in the British original version of the eponymous television series for preschool children, and she acted in the British version of "I 'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! " With. In London's West End, she stood in 1987 in "Cabaret" on stage.

Discography

Singles and EPs

Albums

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