Alison Moyet
b. 18 June 1961, Basildon, Essex, England. The former singer of the synthesizer duo Yazoo, Moyet embarked on a solo career in 1983, after critics had consistently praised her outstanding natural blues voice. The debut ALFWAS a superb recording produced and co-written by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley. Invisible, Love Resurrection and All Cried Out were all UK hits, while the album made number 1 and took root in the charts for nearly two years. In 1985 she abandoned pop and toured with a jazz band led by John Altman, performing standards which included a version of Billie Holiday's That Ole Devil Called Love, which became her biggest hit to date. The tour was not well-received and following her performance with Paul Young at the Live Aid concert, little was seen or heard of her, apart from a major UK hit with ‘Is this Love’ in 1986. During this time she gave birth to a daughter and experienced the break-up of her marriage. RAINDANCING appeared in 1987 and narrowly missed the number 1 position in the UK chart. Two single successes were the driving Weak In The Presence Of Beauty and a sensitive cover of Ketty Lester's Love Letters. Once again Alison disappeared and resurfaced in 1991. During this second hibernation she had another child and experienced a lack of self-confidence. She embarked on a UK tour and released a new album. HOODOO was a diverse record that broke Moyet away from the mould she was anxious to escape. It was artistically satisfying, though commercially pedestrian and effectively enabled this highly talented singer to start again.