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Origin
Essex, United Kingdom
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Disco
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1 Female
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Born
1948
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1972 to Present...
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Bradley
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Stephanie de Sykes (born Stephanie Ryton, 1948) is a British singer.
De Sykes began her career as a session singer, often releasing tracks under other names. In 1972, one of her early releases was The World's A Clockwork Orange on the Polydor label, credited as 'Verity'. She had her first 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"). After being cast as a pop singer in the ATV soap Crossroads, De Sykes returned to the UK Top 20 as a solo artist with the song "We'll Find Our Day", a song she performed in the series 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.
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. 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 was once a member of Love & Kisses, a group started by Demis Roussos' producer Alec R Costandinos. She also sang with the group "Sphinx" and with "Voyage".
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