Sonia Evans (born 13 February 1971) better known as just
Sonia, is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
popPopular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to art music, and traditional music which was disseminated orally...
singer from
SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston and west-northwest of Manchester. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004...
,
West LancashireWest Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale....
, who was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Her singing career was launched in 1989 by the songwriting and music
producingIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
trio
Mike StockMike Stock is a English songwriter and record producer best known for being a member of the songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. He has co-written and/or co-produced numerous worldwide hits including 16 No...
,
Matt AitkenMatt Aitken , is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....
and
Pete WatermanPeter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast...
known as
Stock Aitken WatermanStock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
. She was signed to
Chrysalis RecordsChrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and an amalgam of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
after badgering
Pete WatermanPeter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast...
to listen to her sing outside the
recording studioA recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally, the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties...
in Liverpool. Waterman did a regular weekly
radioRadio is the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcast.
Sonia Evans (born 13 February 1971) better known as just
Sonia, is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
popPopular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to art music, and traditional music which was disseminated orally...
singer from
SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston and west-northwest of Manchester. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004...
,
West LancashireWest Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale....
, who was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Career
Her singing career was launched in 1989 by the songwriting and music
producingIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
trio
Mike StockMike Stock is a English songwriter and record producer best known for being a member of the songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. He has co-written and/or co-produced numerous worldwide hits including 16 No...
,
Matt AitkenMatt Aitken , is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....
and
Pete WatermanPeter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast...
known as
Stock Aitken WatermanStock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
. She was signed to
Chrysalis RecordsChrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and an amalgam of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
after badgering
Pete WatermanPeter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast...
to listen to her sing outside the
recording studioA recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally, the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties...
in Liverpool. Waterman did a regular weekly
radioRadio is the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcast. He called her bluff and had her sing live on his show. She released her debut single, "
You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" is a debut single by Sonia.Written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, it was the first and only number one single for the Liverpudlian singer. The song reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Disco Chart...
" in June 1989 and it quickly became a number one
singleIn music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats.-History:...
in the
UK 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 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
. At 18, she became one of the youngest female British singers to achieve this feat.
She released her debut album,
Everybody KnowsEverybody Knows is the debut album by UK singer Sonia.Released in 1990, the album was predominantly written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman team. Included on the album was the No.1 hit "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" as well as top 20 hits; "Can't Forget You", "Listen to Your Heart",...
, in 1990, which peaked at #7. All 5 singles taken from it became top 20 hits, making Sonia the first British solo female artist to achieve this. Also in 1990, she recorded the song "You've Got A Friend" with the group
Big FunTheir only album, A Pocketful of Dreams , reached the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart; and contained the hit singles "Blame It on the Boogie" , "Can't Shake the Feeling", and "Handful of Promises"....
. It was released as a charity single for
ChildlineChildLine is a free 24 hour counselling service for children and young people up to and including 18 in the UK provided by The NSPCC. ChildLine deals with any issue which causes distress or concern, such as child abuse, bullying and sex.-Confidentiality:...
and became a top 20 hit.
Due to tensions with Stock Aitken & Waterman she left the label and released her
secondSonia is the second album by British pop star Sonia.Released in October 1991 on the independent label IQ, this album featured the singles "Only Fools ", "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" and "You to Me Are Everything". All singles were hits on the UK charts, while the album itself made No.33...
, self titled album in 1991, produced by
Nigel WrightNigel Wright is a record producer from England. His career as music producer, orchestrator and songwriter has scored five Number one singles, 31 Top 20 singles and a string of platinum albums with recording artists as diverse as Madonna, Shakatak, Barbra Streisand, Boyzone, Sonia, Take That,...
. The first single taken from it, "
Only Fools (Never Fall in Love)Only Fools is a 1991 single by Sonia. It was produced by Nigel Wright for Sonia's second studio album Sonia . The song was written by Tony Hiller, who had scored great success in the 1970s as manager for Brotherhood of Man, and one-time member Barry Upton. This song was released in June 1991 as...
" peaked at #10, although the album was less successful than her debut.
She sang on two charity singles,
Band Aid IIFor the bandage company, see Band-Aid.Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. The single surpassed the...
's "
Do They Know It's Christmas?"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to raise money for relief of 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The original version was produced by Midge Ure, and released by Band Aid on 29 November 1984....
" in 1989 (peaked at #1 in the UK) and Gulf Aid's "As Time Stood Still" in 1991.
In 1993, she represented the United Kingdom in the
1993 Eurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on May 15, 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney...
, singing the
Dean Collinson and RedBlue were a late 1980s pop duo signed to the Arista Records label. Comprising Dean Collinson and Brian Teasdale , the band are known for being the writers of Sonia's 1993 Eurovision entry Better The Devil You Know. In that same year, Dean Collinson also released a solo single on Arista called...
composition "
Better the Devil You KnowBetter the Devil You Know is a Pop song written and produced by Brian Teasdale and Dean Collinson for Sonia. This single was released in May 1993 as the second and final single from Sonia's third album Better the Devil You Know . This song has a B-side "Not What I Call Love" which is appearing on...
". She finished in second place. Her third album, also titled
Better the Devil You KnowBetter the Devil You Know is the third album by British pop star Sonia. Released in May 1993, the album followed Sonia's appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest. The previous year, Sonia had been selected to be the UK representative and she performed all eight songs in the Song for Europe...
was released that year and reached #32 in UK.
In 1994, she replaced singer Debbie Gibson as Sandy in the West End musical
GreaseGrease is a 1972 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.The show takes its name from the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class kids as they navigate the complexities of love,...
. A cover of "
Hopelessly Devoted To You"Hopelessly Devoted to You", written by John Farrar, is a song originally performed by Olivia Newton-John. The song, featured in the film version of Grease, received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to "Last Dance" at the 51st Academy Awards...
" was released as a single, but it only peaked at #61 in the UK.
In 1995 she released a cover of "
Wake Up Everybody"Wake Up Everybody" is an R&B song performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, with Teddy Pendergrass singing lead vocals. The song had the form of a Baptist church sermon, starting off slow, then building to a climax. The title track from their 1975 album, the song spent two weeks at number one...
", which did not enter the UK Top 100. It was to be the lead single of her fourth album, the Motown covers album
Love Train - The Philly AlbumLove Train - The Philly Album is a fourth studio album by British pop star Sonia. It was released in 1998 only as a promo, because Sonia was unhappy that her lead single from this album - "Wake Up Everybody" didn't enter the UK top 75, reaching #155. The album includes Motown covers...
, but Sonia was unhappy with it and it was only released as a promo.
In 2003, Evans took part in the
reality televisionReality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors...
show
Reborn in the USAReborn in the USA was a 2003 ITV reality TV show, in which ten former British pop acts were transported to the USA, where they were supposedly not known , in the hope of revitalising their music career. Each week, the American audience voted for their favourite act...
alongside
Elkie BrooksElkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. She is known for her powerful husky voice.-Life and career:...
and
Tony HadleyTony Hadley is an English pop singer who is the frontman for the 1980s band Spandau Ballet.-Biography:...
, but was voted off in its fifth week. In January 2007 she starred in the
pantomimePantomime is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in Great Britain, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is usually performed during the Christmas and New Year season.-History:A pantomimos in Greece was...
Jack and the BeanstalkJack and the Beanstalk is an English fairy tale, closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant Killer. It is known under a number of versions. Benjamin Tabart's moralized version of 1807 is the first appearance in print, but Joseph Jacobs popularized it in English Fairy Tales...
, as Jack in
HorshamHorsham is a market town situated on the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, in the county of West Sussex, England with a population of 55,657 . It lies south southwest from London, northwest from Brighton and northeast from the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Crawley to the...
,
West SussexWest Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, alongside
Mark CurryMark Curry is an English television presenter most often in children's programmes.- Early career :He started his television career aged seven appearing on ITV's Junior Showtime and played the producer in the film Bugsy Malone .In 1981, Curry co-hosted the series Get Set For Summer on BBC1 with...
. Late 2007 saw her
greatest hitsA greatest hits album is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band...
album released only featuring recordings from Sonia's time with BMG Music (1991-1993).
In 2008, Sonia recorded a cover of
The BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music...
' classic "
She Loves You"She Loves You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an idea by McCartney, originally recorded by The Beatles for release as a single in 1963...
" for the
Liverpool - The Number One's Album. She appeared in
pantoPantomime is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in Great Britain, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is usually performed during the Christmas and New Year season.-History:A pantomimos in Greece was...
in December 2008. She took the part of the "Good Fairy" in
Sleeping BeautySleeping Beauty is a fairy tale classic, the first in the set published in 1697 by Charles Perrault, Contes de ma Mère l'Oye ....
at
RhylRhyl is a seaside resort town situated on the north east coast of Wales, in the county of Denbighshire , at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is the suburb of Kinmel Bay, with the resort of Towyn further west, Prestatyn to the east and Rhuddlan to the south...
Pavilion Theatre,
North WalesNorth Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England.It comprises the island of Anglesey, the Llŷn peninsula and the Snowdonia mountain range, together with the catchments of the Rivers Conwy, Clwyd and Dee with the River Dyfi...
from 12 December 2008 to 10 January 2009.
On 1 June 2009 she released her first single for fourteen years - "
Fool for LoveFool for Love is a song by UK pop star Sonia. This song was released on June 1, 2009. It was Sonia's first commercial single release since Wake Up Everybody from 1995...
".
Evans has also acted during her career, having been an extra in
BrooksideBrookside was a British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the first night of the then-new network Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
and in the television comedy
BreadBread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991....
as the girlfriend of the youngest Boswell child, Billy. This was before her singing career took off and she is credited as Sonia Evans. She has also played alongside Lily Savage as her wayward daughter Bunty Savage, both on the BBC series
The Lily Savage show and live shows.
Television work
In 1990, Sonia co-hosted children's gameshow
The Wetter The Better as a scoreboard person with main quizmaster
Ross KingRoss King is a Scottish television presenter, actor and writer. He currently appears on GMTV as the show's Los Angeles correspondent, and also presents local programmes in Los Angeles. He also presents shows on Radio Clyde from America...
which was part of the Saturday morning children's magazine show
8:15 from ManchesterThe 8:15 From Manchester was a Saturday morning children's magazine show broadcast on BBC1 when Going Live! was in-between series.Broadcasting from Manchester, it was presented by Ross King and Charlotte Hindle. The first edition was broadcast on 21 April 1990. It was produced by Martyn Day...
.
In 2003, Sonia appeared in the reality show
Reborn in the USAReborn in the USA was a 2003 ITV reality TV show, in which ten former British pop acts were transported to the USA, where they were supposedly not known , in the hope of revitalising their music career. Each week, the American audience voted for their favourite act...
where former popstars including
Leee JohnLeee John of St Lucian descent, is a British musician and actor. He was educated in New York, later studying drama at the Anna Scher Theatre School.-Career:...
from the band
ImaginationImagination, also called the faculty of imagining, is the ability of forming mental images, sensations and concepts, in a moment when they are not perceived through sight, hearing or other senses...
,
Michelle GayleMichelle Gayle is an English actress and singer. Gayle had success as a pop singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven Top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" and "Do You Know"...
,
Elkie BrooksElkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. She is known for her powerful husky voice.-Life and career:...
and pop duo
DollarThe dollar is the name of the official currency in several countries, including Australia, Canada, the Eastern Caribbean territories, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States.-History:...
performed American hits. The show saw the artists touring America and each week one artist was eliminated from the show. The show was aired on
ITV1ITV1 is the generic brand, that is used by twelve franchises of the ITV Network in England, Wales, the Scottish Borders, the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their eleven...
and was presented by
Davina McCallDavina Lucy Pascale McCall is an English television presenter and actress, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother reality TV series.- Early life :...
. Sonia came sixth out of the nine participants.
Albums
| Year |
Album |
Peak chart positions |
| UK The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus.To qualify for the UK albums...
|
| 1990 |
Everybody Knows Everybody Knows is the debut album by UK singer Sonia.Released in 1990, the album was predominantly written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman team. Included on the album was the No.1 hit "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" as well as top 20 hits; "Can't Forget You", "Listen to Your Heart",...
|
7 |
| 1991 |
Sonia Sonia is the second album by British pop star Sonia.Released in October 1991 on the independent label IQ, this album featured the singles "Only Fools ", "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" and "You to Me Are Everything". All singles were hits on the UK charts, while the album itself made No.33...
|
33 |
| 1993 |
Better the Devil You Know Better the Devil You Know is the third album by British pop star Sonia. Released in May 1993, the album followed Sonia's appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest. The previous year, Sonia had been selected to be the UK representative and she performed all eight songs in the Song for Europe...
|
32 |
| 1998 |
Love Train - The Philly Album Love Train - The Philly Album is a fourth studio album by British pop star Sonia. It was released in 1998 only as a promo, because Sonia was unhappy that her lead single from this album - "Wake Up Everybody" didn't enter the UK top 75, reaching #155. The album includes Motown covers...
|
- |
| 2007 |
Greatest Hits Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Sonia. The compilation was released in 2007. It was first Sonia's release since her fourth studio album Love Train - The Philly Album in 1998...
|
- |
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Peak chart positions |
Album |
| UK The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
|
IREIreland is a country in north-western Europe. The modern sovereign state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned on 3 May 1921. It is a parliamentary democracy and a republic...
|
AUSAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
|
| 1989 |
"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" is a debut single by Sonia.Written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, it was the first and only number one single for the Liverpudlian singer. The song reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Disco Chart...
" |
1 |
1 |
29 |
Everybody Knows Everybody Knows is the debut album by UK singer Sonia.Released in 1990, the album was predominantly written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman team. Included on the album was the No.1 hit "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" as well as top 20 hits; "Can't Forget You", "Listen to Your Heart",...
|
| "Can't Forget You Can't Forget You is a Pop song by Sonia. The song was released in October 1989 as the album's second single. This mid-tempo track with some very catchy rhymes and wasn't as successful as her debut single, peaking only at #17. This song was written by Stock Aitken Waterman. The song was originally...
" |
17 |
5 |
- |
| "Listen to Your Heart" |
10 |
22 |
96 |
| 1990 |
"Counting Every Minute Counting Every Minute is a Pop-dance song writted by Stock Aitken Waterman for Sonia's debut studio album Everybody Knows . The single was released in April 1990 as the album's fourth single...
" |
16 |
18 |
- |
| "You've Got a Friend You've Got a Friend is a Pop ballad writted and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and performed by Sonia and Big Fun, and featuring Gary Barnacle on sax. This song was released as a charity single for the Childline foundation in June 1990. The single peaked at #14 in the UK and #12 in Ireland...
" (with Big FunTheir only album, A Pocketful of Dreams , reached the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart; and contained the hit singles "Blame It on the Boogie" , "Can't Shake the Feeling", and "Handful of Promises"....
) |
14 |
12 |
- |
Single-only release |
| "End of the World" |
18 |
18 |
- |
Everybody Knows Everybody Knows is the debut album by UK singer Sonia.Released in 1990, the album was predominantly written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman team. Included on the album was the No.1 hit "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" as well as top 20 hits; "Can't Forget You", "Listen to Your Heart",...
|
| 1991 |
"Only Fools (Never Fall in Love) Only Fools is a 1991 single by Sonia. It was produced by Nigel Wright for Sonia's second studio album Sonia . The song was written by Tony Hiller, who had scored great success in the 1970s as manager for Brotherhood of Man, and one-time member Barry Upton. This song was released in June 1991 as...
" |
10 |
16 |
- |
Sonia Sonia is the second album by British pop star Sonia.Released in October 1991 on the independent label IQ, this album featured the singles "Only Fools ", "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" and "You to Me Are Everything". All singles were hits on the UK charts, while the album itself made No.33...
|
| "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy is a Pop song produced by Nigel Wright for Sonia's second studio album Sonia . The song was released in August 1991 as the album's second single...
" |
22 |
23 |
- |
| "You to Me Are Everything "You to Me Are Everything" is the debut single by The Real Thing. Written by Ken Gold and Michael Denne and produced by Ken Gold, "You to Me Are Everything" was The Real Thing's sole number-one single in the UK, spending three weeks at the top in July 1976. A remixed version of the song returned to...
" |
13 |
14 |
- |
| 1992 |
"We’ve Got the Power We've Got the Power is a Pop song by Sonia. This single was produced in connection with the launch of the TV show “Gladiators” in the UK. This song was released in 1992 as the non-album single.-Formats and track listings:CD Single...
" |
- |
- |
- |
Single-only release |
| "Boogie Nights "Boogie Nights" is a 1976 single by the British-based funk-disco group Heatwave. It was the group's debut single and was written by Rod Temperton. It was included on Heatwave's debut album, Too Hot to Handle....
" |
30 |
- |
- |
Better the Devil You Know Better the Devil You Know is the third album by British pop star Sonia. Released in May 1993, the album followed Sonia's appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest. The previous year, Sonia had been selected to be the UK representative and she performed all eight songs in the Song for Europe...
|
| 1993 |
"Better the Devil You Know Better the Devil You Know is a Pop song written and produced by Brian Teasdale and Dean Collinson for Sonia. This single was released in May 1993 as the second and final single from Sonia's third album Better the Devil You Know . This song has a B-side "Not What I Call Love" which is appearing on...
" |
15 |
18 |
- |
| 1994 |
"Hopelessly Devoted to You "Hopelessly Devoted to You", written by John Farrar, is a song originally performed by Olivia Newton-John. The song, featured in the film version of Grease, received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to "Last Dance" at the 51st Academy Awards...
" |
61 |
- |
- |
Single-only release |
| 1995 |
"Wake Up Everybody "Wake Up Everybody" is an R&B song performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, with Teddy Pendergrass singing lead vocals. The song had the form of a Baptist church sermon, starting off slow, then building to a climax. The title track from their 1975 album, the song spent two weeks at number one...
" |
155 |
- |
- |
Love Train - The Philly Album Love Train - The Philly Album is a fourth studio album by British pop star Sonia. It was released in 1998 only as a promo, because Sonia was unhappy that her lead single from this album - "Wake Up Everybody" didn't enter the UK top 75, reaching #155. The album includes Motown covers...
|
| 2009 |
"Fool for Love Fool for Love is a song by UK pop star Sonia. This song was released on June 1, 2009. It was Sonia's first commercial single release since Wake Up Everybody from 1995...
" |
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- |
- |
- |
External links
Whilst Sonia no longer has a direct website, you can find out more information about her on fan sites including;