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Alison Moyet
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Alison Moyet
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-06-18,Billericay, Essex, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
Alison Moyet (born Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet on 18 June 1961 - Billericay, Essex, England), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice. Moyet was born 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, The Vandals (UK 1978) 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 1986 Moyet had another big UK hit with the single "Is This Love?," followed in 1987 by the album Raindancing. Raindancing spawned further hit singles, including a cover of Floy Joy's "Weak In The Presence of Beauty" and "Ordinary Girl". In 1987, she scored another cover hit with "Love Letters"; the video for the song featured comedy duo French & Saunders. Following a period of personal and career evaluation Hoodoo was released in 1991. Hoodoo, which took several steps away from the glossy pop sheen of Raindancing and was a far earthier and more personal album. Compared to her earlier releases, Hoodoo received little label support and only minimal promotion. The album sold respectably in Britain, and was nominated for a Grammy for the single "It Won't Be Long." However, the release of Hoodoo marked the beginning of what was to become a long fight for Moyet to secure complete control of her artistic direction. Like many similar artists of Moyet's calibre (including Aimee Mann and the late Kirsty MacColl), Moyet was reluctant to record a radio-friendly "pop" album simply for the sake of creating chart hits. By June 2023, her worldwide album sales had reached a certified 23 million, with over two million singles sold. All of Moyet's ten studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the top 30 of the UK Albums Chart, with two of them reaching number one, and she has had several top-10 hits on the UK singles chart.

Filmography

Larry presents: Best of The 80s

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Larry presents: Best of The 80s
2004-01-16

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Live Eighties
2004-06-01

7.9

Live Aid
1985-07-13

Live Aid Against All Odds

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Live Aid Against All Odds
2005-06-15

Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up

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Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up
2010-07-02

Prachtig 80: Volume 1

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Prachtig 80: Volume 1
2003-12-01

Yazoo In Your Room

9

Yazoo In Your Room
2008-01-01

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

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Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
2013-01-01

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

7.2

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016-04-23

Alison Moyet: One Blue Voice

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Alison Moyet: One Blue Voice
2005-06-06

Oil City Confidential

7.9

Oil City Confidential
2009-10-20

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

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Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005-07-13

9.2

Live Aid
2004-11-16

Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2

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Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 2
1987-07-06

French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88

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French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88
1988-12-28

Synth Britannia

7.9

Synth Britannia
2009-10-16

5.217

This Morning
1988-10-03

The Paul O'Grady Show

5.083

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004-10-11

The Frank Skinner Show

7.5

The Frank Skinner Show
1995-09-10

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

4.5

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007-09-03

V Graham Norton

5.333

V Graham Norton
2002-05-06

4.1

Pebble Mill
1991-10-14

5.286

Wogan
1982-05-04

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

2.8

ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986-06-29

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

0

Musik Convoy
1984-01-23

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7

Wedden, dat..?
1986-01-02

The BRIT Awards

10

The BRIT Awards
1977-10-18