Haywoode
Haywoode | |
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| Birth name | Sharon Haywoode[1] |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Disco, Synth-pop, Boogie, Funk, Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | CBS, Fresher Records, Energise Records, Wonderlick Productions |
Haywoode (Sidney Haywoode, London) is an English singer. She is best known for the 1986 UK top 20 hit single "Roses". She later also recorded under the name Sid Haywoode.[2]
Career[edit]
Haywoode trained from an early age at London's Corona Stage Academy.
Her career started with modelling, dancing and acting roles in British television shows like The Gentle Touch and was a regular as a Hill's Angel on The Benny Hill Show.[3] She featured in movies including Ragtime and Superman.[1]
Among singing, dancing and modelling roles in the West End theatre (Bubbling Brown Sugar),[4] she joined Flick Colby's Zoo, as a professional dancer performing weekly on BBC One's Top of the Pops. She was approached a year later to record a demo by Sony CBS Records offering a deal.
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 some tracks produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, "You'd Better Not Fool Around" and "Getting Closer", later covered by Kylie Minogue.[5] In July 1986 with the song "Roses" she hit the top 20 in the UK music charts.[2] Her debut album Arrival (released soon after "Roses") included Haywoode's cover version of Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover".
The Arrival album was being sold online (Amazon Japan) for $800 so in February 2010 Cherry Red's Cherry Pop label released a digitally-remastered Arrival – Special Edition, featuring seven bonus tracks and in-depth 'making of' article with four new interviews with those involved in its creation (producers Phil Harding and Bruce Nazarian, CBS Executive Steve Ripley and Haywoode).[6]
In 2011 Haywoode released an album named Bounce Back, collaborating with different producers in Australia, Netherlands, Italy and United States.[7]
In the summer of 2012, she created a music production company "Wonderlick Productions" with her writing partner and music producer Soundsinsane. The song Excuses reached No. 6 on Euro Solution's Independent Hi Energy Dance Chart in UK with the remix of Excuses Produced by Soundsinsane/Haywoode and remix by JRMX in UK.[8]
2018 saw her first single release "Roses 2018" enter charts worldwide including No. 5 Greece, No. 25 on the iTunes Dance Chart.[7] Another Cherry Pop compilation – Roses, Remixes & Rarities was released bringing together many sought-after mixes of her classic 80s singles plus B-sides, rarities and unheard recordings from throughout her CBS tenure.
2019 Haywoode released "Look My Way" a Stock Aiken Waterman song which was originally written for her and later recorded and released on Kylie Minogue's first album.
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Arrival | CBS |
| 2011 | Bounce Back | Wonderlick Productions |
| 2018 | Roses Remixes & Rarities[9] | Cherry Red |
Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [10] |
UK [11] |
AUS [12] | ||
| 1983 | "A Time Like This" | 5 | 48 | — |
| "Single Handed" | — | 85 | — | |
| 1984 | "I Can't Let You Go" | — | 63 | — |
| 1985 | "Roses" | — | 65 | — |
| "Getting Closer" | — | 67 | — | |
| 1986 | "You'd Better Not Fool Around" | — | 82 | — |
| "Roses" (re-release) | 30 | 11 | 73 | |
| "I Can't Let You Go" (re-recording) (Detroit Mix) | — | 50 | — | |
| 1987 | "I'm Your Puppet" | — | 98 | — |
| 1988 | "Boogie Oogie Oogie" (as 'Sid Haywoode') | — | — | — |
| 1989 | "He's Got Magic" (as 'Sid Haywoode') | — | — | — |
| 2010 | "Getting Closer 2010" | — | — | — |
| 2011 | "Kiss Me Good" | — | — | — |
| 2012 | "Excuses" | — | — | — |
| 2014 | "Sugaboo" | — | — | — |
| 2018 | "Roses 2018" | — | — | — |
| 2019 | "Look My Way" | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b Betts, Graham (2006). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006. Collins. p. 371. ISBN 9780007200771.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 247. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (1981). Television, 1970-1980. A.S. Barnes. p. 23. ISBN 9780498025396.
- ^ Mitchell, Loften (1978). Bubbling Brown Sugar: A New Musical Revue. Arts & Leisure Publications.
- ^ "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 7: My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) to They Say It's Gonna Rain on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Stockaitkenwaterman.com". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010.
- ^ a b Smith, Christopher (15 November 2019). "Review: Haywoode – "Bounce Back" (Deluxe Edition)". Talk About Pop Music. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Haywoode – EXCUSES (JRMX MAIN ROOM CLUB) Mastered". Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Haywoode: Roses - Remixes & Rarities". Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Haywoode Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "HAYWOODE - full Official Charts History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 136. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links[edit]
- Discography at Discogs.
- Discography at Musicbrainz.
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