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She also had a starring role in the comedy Side by Side.
Groups and backing singer
De Sykes was one of the "Birds of Paris", a combination of backing singers used throughout the 1970s to add vocals to a number of disco groups and artists. In 2015 her song "Bomb Babies" was chosen as the opening track for the pro-peace anti-war album Not In Our Name, a collaboration of singers and musicians, songwriters and poets, the CD released in December 2015.
De Sykes appeared in the show as singer "Holly Brown". De Sykes and Slater had one other song in the UK final, "All Around The World" in 1983, which was performed by Slater, obstensibly as a soloist, but with five musicians, including De Sykes on keyboards and vocals. De Sykes appeared in the show as singer "Holly Brown".
De Sykes appeared in the show as singer "Holly Brown".
She also had a starring role in the comedy Side by Side. Groups and backing singer
De Sykes was one of the "Birds of Paris", a combination of backing singers used throughout the 1970s to add vocals to a number of disco groups and artists.
She also sang with the group "Sphinx" and with "Voyage".
De-Sykes / Slater
De-Sykes and Stuart Slater wrote two United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest entries, Company-Company"s "The Bad Old Days" and Prima Donna"s "Love Enough for Two" in 1978 and 1980 respectively.
De-Sykes and Slater had one other song in the United Kingdom final, "All Around The World" in 1983, which was performed by Slater, ostensibly as a soloist, but with five musicians, including De-Sykes on keyboards and vocals.
The song placed fifth of the eight submissions.
Later career
De-Sykes provided background vocals for Meat Loaf"s 1984 album Bad Attitude, which included the Jim Steinman penned single, "Nowhere Fast".
Achievements
In 1981, she teamed up with Angus Deayton to record a parody of that year"s Eurovision winner "Making Your Mind Up" by Buckinghamshire Fizz.
Membership
The other members of the Birds of Paris included Madeline Bell, Joanne Stone, Kay Garner, Sunny Leslie, Sue Glover, Vicki Brown and Katie Kissoon.
She also sang with the group 'Sphinx' and with 'Voyage'.
De Sykes provided background vocals for 's 1984 album "Bad Attitude", which included the single "".
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Stephanie de Sykes
She attended Brays Grove School in Harlow, Essex; she returned to the school for a final reunion in June 2008 as guest of honour.
De Sykes had a hit in 1974 with the Simon May penned "Born With a Smile on My Face" which reached Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.
De-Sykes and Slater had one other song in the UK final, "All Around The World" in 1983, which was performed by Slater, ostensibly as a soloist, but with five musicians, including De-Sykes on keyboards and vocals. Notably, they were introduced by Terry Wogan in all of the broadcasts as "...the husband and wife team of..."
De-Sykes provided background vocals for Meat Loaf's 1984 album Bad Attitude, which included the Jim Steinman penned single, "Nowhere Fast".
De-Sykes lived with Stuart Slater (born Stuart Leslie James Slater, 14 July 1945, Liverpool), lead singer of The Mojos, with whom she had two sons: musician Toby Slater; and Barnaby Slater, a comedian, writer and producer.
She was then in a relationship with comedian/presenter Angus Deayton.
She also recorded the theme tune to the television programme The Golden Shot with the group "Rain" that same year. The other members of the Birds of Paris included , Joanne Stone, Kay Garner, Sunny Leslie, Sue Glover, Vicky Brown and Katie Kissoon.
She was once a member of , a group started by ' producer Alec R Costandinos.
She was once a member of Love & Kisses, a group started by Demis Roussos" producer Alec R Costandinos. In 1981, she teamed up with Angus Deayton to record a parody of that year's Eurovision winner "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. De Sykes returned to the UK Top 20 a year later as a soloartist with the "We'll Find Our Day" from "Crossroads", which was featured at Meg Mortimer's wedding in the UK TV in 1975.
In 1981, she teamed up with Angus Deayton to record a of that year's winner "" by Bucks Fizz. She also sang with the group "Sphinx" and with "Voyage".
De-Sykes lived with Stuart Slater (born Stuart Leslie James Slater, 14 July 1945, Liverpool), lead singer of The Mojos, with whom she had two children, including their son, Toby Slater.
Around this time, the television company ATV Midlands started each day's broadcasting with a short film accompanied by another song performed by Rain with de Sykes singing vocals, "Odyssey" (often incorrectly referred to as "Life is a Beautiful Book"). The theme song, "Golden Day" was written for them by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue.