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| Sophie Ellis Bextor |
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"You've got to use every available tool to set the context for your music. If you want to get saucy, I'm singing with a microphone in front of my open mouth... it's all fairly phallic."
-Sophie Ellis Bextor
| Date of Birth: April of 1979 |
| Birthplace: West Middlesex, England |
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| After a brief stint fronting the indie band theaudience in the late '90s, Sophie rose to the top of the UK singles charts (much to Posh Spice's dismay) singing on the 2000 summer club hit "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)." Her debut solo album, Read My Lips, spawned two more singles in the Top Ten, "Take Me Home" and "Murder on the Dancefloor." |
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| Under the enormous pressure of the unwavering stare of the London tabloids, the gorgeous Sophie still managed to follow up the instant success that "Groovejet" brought her with a couple more hit singles, driving a number of other celebrity musicians up the wall in the process. |
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Sophie Ellis Bextor was born in April of 1979 in a hospital in West Middlesex, England, and raised in nearby Twickenham. Her parents both worked in the television industry; her father, Robin Bextor, as a producer and her mother, Janet Ellis, as the host of the children's show Blue Peter -- which made for a particularly unique upbringing for young Sophie.
British celebrities ranked among family friends, and the Ellis-Bextor household frequently served as the set for program shoots. Yet, this fanfare aside, it should be noted that Sophie's childhood was not an altogether pleasant one.
Because of her mother's television status, Sophie was the object of ridicule at her private school, the prestigious Godolphin and Latymer. At the age of four, she witnessed her parents' messy divorce, and was later forced to adjust to their remarriages and the accompanying arrival of five new half-siblings.
From a young age, Sophie played the guitar and by her late teens, her musical interests had expanded to include singing. At age 17, Sophie met the musician Billy Reeves in a nightclub called Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception, and gave him one of her demo tapes. Impressed with her voice, Reeves invited Sophie to become the lead singer for an indie band he was starting, called theaudience, and her professional career began.
theaudience proved a fairly successful enterprise, enough to prompt Sophie to forego an opportunity to attend Queen Mary College at London University in favor of promoting the band's 1998 debut self-titled album. This first release was met with some critical acclaim, and two of its singles entered the UK Top 30 chart. |
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