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]
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]
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".
In 2011 Haywoode released an album named Bounce Back, collaborating with different producers in Australia, Netherlands, Italy and United States. [6]
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. [7]
2018 saw her first single release "Roses 2018" enter charts worldwide including No. 5 Greece, No. 25 on the iTunes Dance Chart. [6] 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.
Year | Album | Label |
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1985 | Arrival | CBS |
2011 | Bounce Back | Wonderlick Productions |
2018 | Roses Remixes & Rarities [8] | Cherry Red |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Dance [9] |
UK [10] |
AUS [11] | ||
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. |