Sidney Haywoode
Encyclopedia
Haywoode is an English
female singer. She is best known for the 1986 UK Top 20 hit single, "Roses". She later also recorded under the name Sid Haywoode.
in 1983, following a number of acting, singing, dancing and modelling roles in the West End theatre
, films and television.
Her debut single, "A Time Like This", reached the Top 5 in the US
Hot Dance Club Play Chart, and established her distinctive brand of soulful funk
/pop
. Via a succession of singles - including a couple of tracks produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, "You'd Better Not Fool Around" and "Getting Closer" - chart success appeared in July 1986 with the song "Roses". This was to be her only top 20 hit in the UK.
Her debut album Arrival (released soon after "Roses") included Haywoode's cover version
of Prince
's "I Wanna Be Your Lover
".
Haywoode's sister
is the singer Emma Haywoode, who in the 1990s released singles, such as "Need Your Lovin'" on the Boss Records label
. Haywoode left the UK
and went to the United States
.
February 2010 saw the release on Cherry Red
's, Cherry Pop label, of a digitally-remastered edition of Arrival, featuring seven bonus tracks. She is to release a new album, The Bounce Back on 25 November 2011. It will be produced
by the Australian team, Peter Wilson and Chris Richards (aka T1 Music), along with the Dutch producer, Matt Pop.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
female singer. She is best known for the 1986 UK Top 20 hit single, "Roses". She later also recorded under the name Sid Haywoode.
Career
Haywoode trained from an early age at London's Corona Stage Academy and was signed by CBSCBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
in 1983, following a number of acting, singing, dancing and modelling roles in the West End theatre
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
, films and television.
Her debut single, "A Time Like This", reached the Top 5 in the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Hot Dance Club Play Chart, and established her distinctive brand of soulful funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
. Via a succession of singles - including a couple of tracks produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, "You'd Better Not Fool Around" and "Getting Closer" - chart success appeared in July 1986 with the song "Roses". This was to be her only top 20 hit in the UK.
Her debut album Arrival (released soon after "Roses") included Haywoode's cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
's "I Wanna Be Your Lover
I Wanna Be Your Lover
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a song by Prince from his second album Prince, released in 1979. It was his first successful single, gaining radio airplay and chart success: the song scored two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart during December 1979, and peaked at number eleven on the...
".
Haywoode's sister
Sibling
Siblings are people who share at least one parent. A male sibling is called a brother; and a female sibling is called a sister. In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood socializing with one another...
is the singer Emma Haywoode, who in the 1990s released singles, such as "Need Your Lovin'" on the Boss Records label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
. Haywoode left the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and went to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
February 2010 saw the release on Cherry Red
Cherry Red
Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...
's, Cherry Pop label, of a digitally-remastered edition of Arrival, featuring seven bonus tracks. She is to release a new album, The Bounce Back on 25 November 2011. It will be produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
by the Australian team, Peter Wilson and Chris Richards (aka T1 Music), along with the Dutch producer, Matt Pop.
Singles
- 1983 "A Time Like This" (UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#48), (US Hot Dance Club Play Club Chart #5) - 1983 "Single Handed"
- 1984 "I Can't Let You Go" (UK #63)
- 1985 "Roses" (UK #65)
- 1985 "Getting Closer" (UK #67)
- 1986 "You'd Better Not Fool Around"
- 1986 "Roses" (re-release) (UK #11)
- 1986 "I Can't Let You Go" (re-recording) (Detroit Mix) (UK #50)
- 1987 "I'm Your Puppet" (UK #98)
- 1988 "Boogie Oogie Oogie" (as 'Sid Haywoode')
- 1989 "He's Got Magic" (as 'Sid Haywoode')
- 2010 "Getting Closer 2010"
- 2011 "Kiss Me Good"