Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet (born Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet on 18 June 1961), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice. Moyet was born in Billericay, Essex England to a French father and English mother. She grew up in Basildon, where she attended school. After leaving school at 16, she worked as a shop worker and a piano tuner. She was involved in a number of punk rock pub rock and blues bands in the South East Essex area during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including The Vandals and the Screamin' Ab Dabs, The Vicars and The Little Roosters. Her mainstream pop career began in 1982 when she formed the electro pop duo Yazoo with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke . The duo had several hits, including "Situation", "Only You", "Don't Go" and recorded two albums "Upstairs At Eric's" and "You And Me Both". The group was notable for melding Clarke's trademark electronic sounds with Moyet's warm, soulful voice. In 1983 Moyet and Clarke decided to disband Yazoo. While Clarke went on to form Erasure , Moyet signed to CBS (in part because it had been Janis Joplin s label), and began her solo career. In 1984 she released her debut album Alf (titled after her punk-era nickname). Alf included contributions by popular producers/songwriters Swain and Jolley, as well as a song Invisible , written by Motown legend Lamont Dozier. The record was a hit in Britain, reaching number one in the album charts. Alf spawned 3 hit singles, Love Resurrection , Invisible and All Cried Out . In the US, Invisible was a Top 40 hit (something Yazoo had never achieved). In 1985 Moyet performed at the historic Live Aid concert, alongside Paul Young . She also released a single not featured on "Alf", a cover of the standard "That Ole Devil Called Love " The single went to #2 on the UK singles chart. (At present, it remains Moyet's highest-charting UK single.) In 1986 Moyet had another big UK hit with the single Is This Love? ," followed in 1987 by the album Raindanci

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