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Jay Aston

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Jay Hilda Aston (born 4 May 1961 in Purley, Surrey) is an English singer and occasional songwriter. [1]

56 relations: Acrobatics, Andy Hill (composer), Angel Air Records, BBC Entertainment, Bucks Fizz, Cheryl Baker, Citizen Smith, Comic Relief, Cover band, Croydon, Department of Social Security (United Kingdom), Dirty Weekend (1993 film), Double act, Dublin, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, English people, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1980, Eurovision Song Contest 1981, Greater London, I Hear Talk (song), I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Lip sync, London Borough of Bromley, Making Your Mind Up, Marcella Detroit, Michael Winner, Mike Nolan (singer), My Camera Never Lies, National Lottery (United Kingdom), Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Parody, Pop music, Prima Donna (UK band), Purley, London, RCA Records, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Shakespears Sister, Shape Up and Dance, Shelley Preston, Singing, Sky Living, Soho Theatre, Surrey, Tatsfield, The Independent, The Land of Make Believe, The Proclaimers, ..., The Very Best of Bucks Fizz, The Voice UK (series 2), Time Is Running Out (Muse song), To the Manor Born, United Kingdom, When We Were Young (Bucks Fizz song). Expand index (6 more) »

Acrobatics

Acrobatics (from Greek ἀκροβατέω akrobateō, "walk on tiptoe, strut") is the performance of extraordinary human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination.

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Andy Hill (composer)

Andrew Gerard Hill (born 1957 in Bracknell, Berkshire, England) is an English record producer and songwriter, who was involved in creating many hits during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Angel Air Records

Angel Air is an English independent record label established in February 1997, specialising in reissues of classic pop and rock albums originally issued in the 1960s and 1970s (and latterly new albums from known artists up to the 21st century).

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BBC Entertainment

BBC Entertainment is an international television channel broadcasting comedy, drama, light entertainment, reality and children's programming (some regions only) from the BBC, Channel 4 and other UK production houses.

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Bucks Fizz

Bucks Fizz is a British pop group that achieved success in the 1980s, most notably for winning the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Making Your Mind Up".

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Cheryl Baker

Cheryl Baker (born Rita Maria Crudgington; 8 March 1954) is an English television presenter and singer.

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Citizen Smith

Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief is an operating British charity, and an independent sister organization of the United States-based Comic Relief Inc. It was founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia.

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Cover band

A cover band (or covers band), is a band that plays mostly or exclusively cover songs.

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Croydon

Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross.

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Department of Social Security (United Kingdom)

The Department of Social Security (DSS) is a defunct governmental agency in the United Kingdom.

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Dirty Weekend (1993 film)

Dirty Weekend is a British film directed by Michael Winner, based on the novel of the same name by Helen Zahavi.

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Double act

A double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession but drastically different in terms of personality or behavior.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Edinburgh Evening News

The Edinburgh Evening News is a local newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland, that was founded by John Wilson (1844–1909) and first published in 1873.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398 shows in 300 venues.

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English people

The English are a nation and an ethnic group native to England who speak the English language. The English identity is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn ("family of the Angles"). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom, and the majority of people living there are British citizens. Historically, the English population is descended from several peoples the earlier Celtic Britons (or Brythons) and the Germanic tribes that settled in Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans, including Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians. Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become England (from the Old English Englaland) along with the later Danes, Anglo-Normans and other groups. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England was succeeded by the Kingdom of Great Britain. Over the years, English customs and identity have become fairly closely aligned with British customs and identity in general. Today many English people have recent forebears from other parts of the United Kingdom, while some are also descended from more recent immigrants from other European countries and from the Commonwealth. The English people are the source of the English language, the Westminster system, the common law system and numerous major sports such as cricket, football, rugby union, rugby league and tennis. These and other English cultural characteristics have spread worldwide, in part as a result of the former British Empire.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1980

The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1981

The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th event of its kind, and was held on 4 April 1981 at the Simmonscourt Pavilion of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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I Hear Talk (song)

"I Hear Talk" is a 1984 single by UK pop group Bucks Fizz.

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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a song written and performed by Scottish duo The Proclaimers, and first released as the lead single from their 1988 album Sunshine on Leith.

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Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts

The Italia Conti Academy is a performing arts educational institution based in London, England delivering a variety of disciplines and theatre training at Secondary Education, Further Education and Higher Education.

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Lip sync

Lip sync (short for lip synchronization) is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements with prerecorded sung or spoken vocals that listeners hear, either through the sound reinforcement system in a live performance or via television, computer, cinema speakers, or generally anything with audio output in other cases.

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London Borough of Bromley

The London Borough of Bromley is one of the 32 London boroughs that, along with the City of London, comprises Greater London.

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Making Your Mind Up

"Making Your Mind Up" is a song by the British pop group Bucks Fizz.

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Marcella Detroit

Marcella Detroit (born Marcella Levy, June 21, 1952) is an American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.

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Michael Winner

Robert Michael Winner (30 October 1935 – 21 January 2013) was an English film director and producer, and a restaurant critic for The Sunday Times.

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Mike Nolan (singer)

Michael Nolan (born 7 December 1954) is a singer who is best known as one of the four original members of the British pop group, Bucks Fizz.

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My Camera Never Lies

"My Camera Never Lies" is a 1982 single by pop group Bucks Fizz.

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National Lottery (United Kingdom)

The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom.

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Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a British comedy panel game, themed on pop music, that aired between 1996 and 2015.

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Parody

A parody (also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, lampoon, play on something, caricature, or joke) is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Prima Donna (UK band)

Prima Donna were the United Kingdom representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.

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Purley, London

Purley is a town in South London within the London Borough of Croydon.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Royal Borough of Greenwich

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a London borough in south-east London, England.

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Shakespears Sister

Shakespears Sister is a pop-rock act, formed by Irish-born singer–songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988.

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Shape Up and Dance

Shape Up and Dance was the umbrella name for a popular series of exercise instruction albums released in the United Kingdom between 1982 and 1984, during the 1980s aerobics craze.

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Shelley Preston

Shelley Preston (born 14 May 1964) is a singer who is most famous for being a member of the pop group Bucks Fizz, when she replaced Jay Aston in June 1985.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Sky Living

Sky Living is a British television channel, airing in the United Kingdom and Ireland, owned and operated by Sky plc.

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Soho Theatre

The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Tatsfield

Tatsfield is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Land of Make Believe

"The Land of Make Believe" is a 1981 single by British band Bucks Fizz.

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The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are a Scottish duo composed of the identical twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962).

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The Very Best of Bucks Fizz

The Very Best of Bucks Fizz is a compilation album of the hits of pop group Bucks Fizz.

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The Voice UK (series 2)

The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent.

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Time Is Running Out (Muse song)

"Time Is Running Out" is a song by the English alternative rock band Muse.

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To the Manor Born

To the Manor Born is a BBC television sitcom that first aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1981.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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When We Were Young (Bucks Fizz song)

"When We Were Young" is a 1983 single by UK pop group Bucks Fizz.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Aston

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