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Stephanie De-Sykes

voc, bvoc, *1948 GB
Singer of Jazz
A.k.a. Stephanie Ryton Verity (4)

Stephanie De-Sykes (Born, 1948) is a British singer 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. She also recorded the theme tune to the television programme The Golden Shot with the group 'Rain' that same year. The theme song, "Golden Day" was written for them by Lynsey De Paul and Barry Blue. 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"). De Sykes returned to the UK Top 20 a year later as a solo artist with the song "We'll Find Our Day" from Crossroads, which was featured at Meg Mortimer's wedding in the UK TV soap opera in 1975. De Sykes appeared in the show as singer 'Holly Brown'. She also had a starring role in the comedy Side by Side.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Backing Vocals
Genres
  • Jazz
  • R&B/Soul
  • Pop
  • Rock
  • Electronic

Band Members
Discography

Title Artist Year Type
Oh What A Night For RomanceStephanie De-Sykes1979Single
Nothing Goes RightStephanie De-Sykes1978Single
Crazy LadyStephanie De-Sykes1978Album
Cool Wind From The NorthStephanie De-Sykes1977Single
Your Baby Is A Lady / Just Got To Be YouStephanie De-Sykes1977Single
It's A Crying ShameStephanie De-Sykes1976Single
Tryin'To Get The Feeling AgainStephanie De-Sykes1976Single
Trying To Get The FeelingStephanie De-Sykes1975Single
Crossroads Wedding PartyNoele Gordon, John Bentley, Stephanie De-Sykes1975Album
We'll Find Our DayStephanie De-Sykes1975Single
Stephanie De-SykesStephanie De-Sykes1975Album
JesseStephanie De-Sykes1975Single
It's A Crying Shame / For No OneStephanie De-Sykes1975Single
Only Love / What Good Is LoveStephanie De-Sykes1974Single
Born With A Smile On My FaceStephanie De-Sykes With Rain1974Single
Rain Featuring Stephanie De-SykesRain Featuring Stephanie De-Sykes1974Album
Love / Lost For WordsStephanie De-Sykes1973Single
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