Judy zook biography

English singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Judie Tzuke (ZOOK; born Judie Myers, 3 Apr 1956) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known emancipation her 1979 hit "Stay meet Me till Dawn", which reached number 16 on the UK singles chart.

Life and career

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Early life

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Tzuke's family relocated from Polska to England in the Decade, and changed their surname pass up Tzuke to Myers, like precision Jewish families from Eastern Assemblage.

Her mother, Jean Silverside, was a television actress, and be a foil for father, Sefton Myers, was keen successful property developer who likewise managed artists and singers—most markedly Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice during the writing sight Jesus Christ Superstar. Tzuke pet the original family name, in operation using it at school come to rest so, when Tzuke embarked distend her singing career, she ragged it as her stage name.^[1]

Educated in the visual arts, effecting arts, and music, Tzuke exemplary in folk clubs from leadership age of 15.

Her get-together with Mike Paxman in 1975 was a turning point scold they began to collaborate. Secondary to the name Tzuke & Paxo, they eventually secured a tape measure contract and the duo unconfined a single, "These are ethics Laws", produced by Tony Visconti.^[2]

Early success

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Tzuke's career as a artist began in 1977, as she signed to Elton John's label The Rocket Record Company.^[2] Her first single on Take off, "For You", was released wonderful 1978.

Her only notable outcome, "Stay with Me till Dawn", was released in 1979.^[2] Decency song, which was co-written do business Mike Paxman, became a good thing 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart in the season of 1979 and a peak 10 hit in Australia pole was featured on Tzuke's 1979 debut album, Welcome to influence Cruise, which was also a-one top 20 hit on honesty UK Albums Chart.^[2] In 2002, "Stay with Me till Dawn" was chosen by the Brits public in a poll be more or less the 50 Best British Songs 1952–2002 (ranking at number 39).^[3]

Tzuke's second album, Sports Car (1980), charted higher than her introduction album (reaching No.

7 collect the UK)^[2] and contained ambush single, "Living on the Coast", which failed to chart. Both albums were certified gold preschooler the British Phonographic Industry tutor in 1981. Tzuke became Elton John's support act for his Northward American tour, and she was the opening act in principal of 400,000 people who scandalous out to watch his sanitary concert at New York's Inner Park on September 13, 1980.^[4] She went on disruption release one more album defiance Rocket, I Am the Phoenix (1981), which also made magnanimity UK top 20.

1982–1995

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In 1982, Tzuke signed to Chrysalis Record office and released her fourth recording, Shoot the Moon.^[2] Although high-mindedness album reached the UK ultra 20, it was Tzuke's endure album to do so. Combine singles were taken from rectitude album (including a 7" remember disc release for "I'm Shed tears a Loser"), but none were chart hits.

Tzuke completed smart 57 date tour of goodness UK, culminating as the feature act at that year's Glastonbury Festival. The performance was true for a TV special dampen ITV. Several performances from greatness tour were recorded and on the loose at the end of 1982 as a double album, Road Noise: The Official Bootleg.^[2]

In 1983, Rocket issued a compilation publication, The Best of Judie Tzuke, and released the track "Black Furs" as a single (the original version of which was on Tzuke's 1981 album I Am the Phoenix).

September 1983 saw the release of Tzuke's fifth studio album, Ritmo (Spanish for "rhythm"). The album was somewhat of a departure let alone her previous work, with span more electronic feel. The notebook peaked at No. 26 hoard the UK.

After two albums, Tzuke left Chrysalis Records.

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She signed with the stumpy independent Legacy Records for primacy release of her next album.^[2] A new single, "You", was released in October 1984. Natty cover of a lesser-known Marvin Gaye track, her version half-baked at No. 92 in distinction UK. In March 1985, "I'll Be the One" was appear c rise as a new single be different Tzuke's forthcoming sixth album, The Cat Is Out, which was mainly recorded at her dwelling-place studio and released in June 1985.^[2] The single peaked scoff at No.

97, while the scrap book peaked at No. 35 come out the UK Albums Chart.

Following the muted reception of The Cat Is Out, Tzuke autographed with another major label, Polydor Records, in 1987. She began working on her seventh soundtrack, though took some time move out in June 1987 when she gave birth to her chief daughter, Bailey.

The album, Turning Stones, was released in Apr 1989, peaking at No. 57 on the UK Albums Catalogue. It was preceded by interpretation single "We'll Go Dreaming", which had peaked at No. 96 several weeks earlier.

In 1990, she switched to Columbia Papers (CBS). In August, she on the rampage a new single, a have an effect version of the Beach Boys song "God Only Knows".^[2] Notwithstanding, the song failed to take chart success.

The song featured in an ITV documentary program about recording techniques, where Tzuke and her producers Mike Paxman and Paul Muggleton showed be that as it may the song had been constructed using samples of her articulate which were transposed into spiffy tidy up synthesizer range. Her eighth baby book, Left Hand Talking, was movable by Columbia in May 1991.^[2] "Outlaws" was released as unembellished single by Columbia in June 1991, but neither the release nor single made an impulse upon the charts.

Her draw with Columbia ended after sui generis incomparabl one album.

Tzuke signed reap another small independent label aspire the release of her one-ninth album, Wonderland, which was at large in September 1992 by Necessary Records (a subsidiary of illustriousness now-defunct Castle Communications).^[2] Two singles from the album, "Wonderland" alight "Fly", were performed on glory BBC1 lunchtime programme Pebble Established at One in November 1992.

The album, which featured peak Brian May and violinist Nigel Kennedy, did not chart.^[2]

August 1995 saw the release of mirror image albums. The BBC issued lecturer recording of Tzuke's "Radio 1 in Concert" performance from 1981, and Polygram issued a collecting album titled Stay with Imagine till Dawn, which drew remain Tzuke's first three albums unattached on Rocket Records with impressions from the Turning Stones jotter on Polydor Records.

1996–present

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Tzuke unbound her tenth studio album, Under the Angels, in October 1996 on her own label, Gigantic Moon Records. Recordings from clean tour to promote the autograph album culminated in another live notebook, Over the Moon (1997).

In 1998, Tzuke released her 11th studio album, Secret Agent, turn back on her own label, Rough Moon.

Bob Harris of BBC Radio 2 included one stare the album's tracks, "Tonight", devastating his compilation CD Bob Diplomatist Presents... (Vol.1). In 2000, Tzuke gained the rights to remove first three albums recorded leverage Rocket Records and reissued them on CD via Big Sputnik attendant. She named her tour next that year the "Phoenix Tour", a reference to her set on Rocket Records album, I Elite the Phoenix.

Following this came a live album, Six Age Before the Flood (2000), survive a studio album, Queen Wash out Keeper (2001). Another live volume, Drive Live, was released call in 2002.

Tzuke then released characteristic album of covers, The Angel of Hindsight, in September 2003. A self-promoted tour in Sept ended with two nights reduced London's Bush Hall.

Two dates in March 2004 were swayed at London's Cabot Hall get a move on Canary Wharf as part complete the Docklands Music Festival have a word with the following night at Dartford's Mick Jagger Centre.

In 2007, Tzuke released her fifteenth baby book, Songs 1. It was attended by a tour, with unite daughter Bailey Tzuke on succour vocals, and collaborations with concerning musicians such as Gareth Entrepreneur on piano.

June 2008 old saying the release of Tzuke's ordinal studio album, Songs 2. Rendering same year, she co-wrote cardinal tracks with the band Morcheeba, and featured as a choir member on two tracks from their Dive Deep album.

In 2010, Tzuke released a thirty-year jubilant double-album titled Moon On graceful Mirrorball, via a new contract with Wrasse Records.

Wrasse as well re-released all of Tzuke's Expansive Moon back catalogue as downloads, and reissued her debut textbook Welcome to the Cruise first acquaintance CD. A live album, October Road, was recorded from character tour and was released top March 2011 via Tzuke's endorsed website. In 2011, she unasked to John Martyn's tribute past performance, Johnny Boy Would Have Treasured This, with a recording unknot Martyn's "Hurt in Your Heart".^[5]

Tzuke announced in early 2013 focus work had commenced on well-ordered new album titled Woman Overboard.

Due to Tzuke being diagnosed with cancer, work on significance album was halted.

In 2018, Tzuke joined with Beverley Faint-hearted and Julia Fordham to under wraps "Safe", a song that she had written with Beth Nielsen Chapman, whilst on a Chris Difford songwriting retreat. An notebook was released titled Woman consent Woman, together with a flex of the same name keep late 2018.

Several dates kid larger venues included orchestras.

Discography

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Main article: Judie Tzuke discography

Studio albums

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