Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet ( born June 18, 1961 in Billericay, Essex, England; Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet full name ) is a British pop singer who was especially successful in the 1980s in the UK. Your expressive and distinctive blues voice and her extraordinary musical range that goes beyond punk rock, sophisticated pop, chanson and blues, featuring her work.
Musical Career
With experience as a singer in various unknown punk and blues bands Moyet was looking at the beginning of the 1980s by newspaper advertisement partners to start their own project. Here came the ex - Depeche Mode keyboardist Vince Clarke on Moyet. Together they founded the synth pop project Yazoo. Their debut single Only You reached number 2 in the UK charts at once.
Then changed its name to Yaz for the American market. With the two albums Upstairs At Eric's and You And Me Both, however, the duo had success mainly in Europe. Already in 1983, Yazoo separated due to different musical conceptions. Clarke initially called The Assembly, Erasure then into life; Alison Moyet began her solo career.
With her passionate, soulful alto voice, produced with an attractive pop sound that could Mittzwanzigerin first, to connect to the Yazoo successes. Their first, named after its former nickname album Alf (1984 ) remained a whole year in the British charts and climbed to the top position there. The first three coupled-out singles were all UK Top 10 hits. It was not until the end of 1985 reached the fourth single For You Only in Germany a seventh place and thus Moyets highest ranking in the German charts.
In 1985 she toured with the jazz band by John Altman by the United Kingdom. With the cover of Billie Holiday 's classic That Ole ' Devil Called Love Moyet then posted another top ten hit in their homeland.
After the birth of a daughter and the divorce from her husband was her duet with Paul Young in July 1985 at the legendary Live Aid festival in London's Wembley Stadium one of the last musical sign of life of the artist. Moyet pulled back first into the private sphere.
On the album Gravity by James Brown in 1986, she sang a duet with the Soul veteran. In 1987 he was their second, also soulful, Album Raindancing, which brought her a third BRIT Award. Is This Love reached the third place in the charts in the UK. For the first time they now also went to the U.S. as a solo performer on tour. The single All Cried Out ( UK number 8 in the singles chart ) was recorded in two different versions, 2002 by No Angels.
Supposedly tour and media stress led to Alison Moyet withdrew again. She was a second time mom.
Beginning of the 1990s could hardly believe in the music business Moyet more feet. Neither with the soulful, acclaimed by critics and mostly his own compositions provided Hoodoo (1991 ) nor with the more immature acting Essex (1994 ) could they account for greater achievements. Only their collection of singles to find on the only two new tracks were, but all the hits from Yazoo, stormed the charts again.
In August 2001, Alison Moyet made her London stage debut in the play Chicago. A year later came also in late summer, the album Hometime in the stores. To support inter alia, the Massive Attack - producers were at the start. 2004 appeared the very moody and ballad album Voice, which again only in the UK was successful, but there reached a top ten finish and gold status.
Moyet has now shifted primarily to sophisticated ballads in various styles. Your published in October 2007 album The Turn contains, among other songs, which she wrote for the play Smaller. There, she took on a role alongside Dawn French and June Watson himself.
End of May 2008 Alison went under the Reconnected tour for the first time in 25 years back together with Vince Clarke as Yazoo on stage.
In May 2013 her album The Minutes, which reached fifth place in the charts in the UK at first appeared.
Discography
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