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Miriam Stockley biographySinger Miriam Stockley was born 15 April 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the age of 11, she and her older sister Avril formed the group, the Stockley Sisters, and had a hit with a cover of Shocking Blue's Venus in 1976 on the South African Top 30, ten years before Bananarama's version. Later she moved to London to further pursue her musical career. There, she contributed vocals to several albums, and TV commercials. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Stockley worked as a session singer for the UK song writing and production trio Stock, Aitken and Waterman. She provided backing vocals for the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry on several occasions. In 1991, she became a part of the dance group Praise whose single Only You reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart She has worked with such names as Tina Turner, Elton John, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Seal, Blur, Adiemus and others. She also did vocals for Almighty project Obsession. In 1995 she released solo eurodance single Holding Out For A Hero, a cover of Bonnie Tyler's hit. Then she became background vocalist for Media Records project Clock. 2006 : she joined Richard Gannaway and Jay Oliver as a primary member of the world music group Aomusic. In December she Stockley contributed as a solo vocalist and as a co-vocalist with Mike Oldfield at the German Night of the Proms tour, consisting of 18 concerts. 2009 : with Richard Gannaway and Jay Oliver she composed and produced the song Gaiya Lo Mane as theme music for the Give Kids the World Foundation 2011 : she was invited to give a private performance for the Education Without Borders International conference in Dubai Nowadays she lives in Orlando, Florida, United States The biography was last updated Fri, February 15th 2013 Did you like this article ? Tell your friends
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