Toyah Willcox

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Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958) is a four-time Brit Award-nominated English singer, guitarist, singer, actor, actress, and author.

Willcox has had 8 Top 40 hits, written two books, appeared in more than 20 stage plays and ten feature films, and appeared in over 40 stage plays and ten feature films, as well as hosted and presented numerous television shows in the mid-1980s.

Toyah was nominated for British Breakthrough Act, which The Human League won and Best Female Solo Artist, which Randy Crawford received.

In 1983, Toyah was nominated a second time in this category, which Kim Wilde won and 1984, which Annie Lennox won.

"It's a mystery," "Thunder in the Mountains," and "I Want to Be Free" are three of her greatest hits.

Childhood and early life

Willcox was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, on May 1858. Beric Willcox's father, Beric Willcox, operated a profitable joinery company and owned three factories. Barbara Joy, née Rollinson, was a professional dancer with whom he fell in love after seeing her on stage in Weston-super-Mare with singing and comedy double act Flanagan and Allen, who married in 1949. Barbara had to resign from her work after giving birth to Nicola (born 1950) and Kim (born 1953), Willcox's elder sister and brother, respectively.

Willcox has suggested that her first name could be related to Toyah, Texas, or a Native American word "toyah" meaning "water," although she claims that her parents deny both origins.

Willcox had a financially secure childhood, attending a private girls' academy, but was bullied. She behaving aggressively against her mother, to whom she was close, while needing physiotherapy for a spinal disorder. She sat O-levels a year later, as a result of corrective surgery on her feet. She obtained one O-level diploma in music. Alienated by her roots and environment, her outspoken behavior led to her leaving the male company and adopting a more mature and flamboyant brand.

Willcox found an outlet early in life, dance, and acting, as well as her alienation and confusion about her sexuality. "She has a lisp and isn't attractive" at the Old Rep Drama School in Birmingham, paying privately because she was refused a scholarship. She began working as a dresser in Birmingham, Birmingham, and the Birmingham Hippodrome. Repertory actors referred to her as "The Bird of Paradise" due to her unique appearance and gaudily dyed hair.

A friend's suggestion that she see the Sex Pistols attracted her to the punk movement, but she did better, heading to London to pursue a career in acting and music.

Personal life

The pair, who have been married since 1986 to musician Robert Fripp, founder and guitarist of King Crimson's progressive rock band, have no children and have planned their wills in order to leave their entire wealth to the establishment of a musical education trust for children.

Willcox was invited to address the issue of how being disabled spurs creativity and a longing for a fuller life experience in 1987.

She became a vocal opponent of planned accommodation centers for asylum seekers in Throckmorton, Worcestershire, in 2002, and marched with more than 4,000 villagers.

Willcox assumed responsibility of assisting the Black Country Urban Park with the People's £50 million Big Lottery Fund in November 2007. In April 2008, she joined others in the Great Walk to Beijing to raise money for Olivia Newton-John's cancer charity.

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Acting career

In the anniversary performance of The Rocky Horror Show at the Royal Court Theatre, Willcox appeared Calamity Jane at the Shaftesbury Theatre and was a guest vocalist. She appeared on television programs such as Quatermass (1979) and Minder (1979). In The Ebony Tower (1984) and opposite Who's Roger Daltrey in Murder: The Ultimate Grounds for Divorce (1984), she starred opposite Laurence Olivier. She appeared on Kavanagh QC and a Call Girl's Private Diary. Willcox began working as a stage performer in the late 1980s and 1990s. Trafford Tanzi (leader of the Mermaid Theatre), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Three Men on a Horse (winner of an Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy), and Arthur Smith's Live Bed Show are among the notable performances on display in the United Kingdom. In 1990, she appeared in Costanza, Amadeus' national tour.

Despite the fact that she had contributed to the magazine publication Look!

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Toyah's career as a TV presenter began in 1989 and 1981 for BBC Birmingham. In 1993, she began presenting arts programs, First Night and Time Off. Toyah could be seen on shows such as Watchdog:healthcheck, This Morning, and The Heaven and Earth Show by the mid-to-late 1990s. She appeared on VH1 for three years, presenting Toyah and Toyah and Chase for the cable music station. During her time as a reporter on BBC travel shows such as Holiday and Holiday, viewers could fly to Toyah from many locations around the world. On the BBC and Good Sex Guide Late on ITV, Toyah had the honor of simultaneously hosting both Songs of Praise on the BBC and Good Sex Guide Later. Toyah continued to work on the Heaven and Earth Show as a newspaper reviewer and then produced a series of Whose Recipe Is It Anyway on the Carlton Food Network and 40 episodes of Beyond Medicine on the Discovery Health Channel at the beginning of the millennium. Toyah was a newspaper reviewer on Sky News, produced various music programs for Vintage TV, and was a guest presenter on Loose Women in 2007.

Barmy Aunt Boomerang, the children's television show, took the lead in 1999. In addition, she acted in Teletubbies and Brum, the children's television programs. She has also appeared in the reality television series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! And I'm Famous and Scared! In December 2018, she became the first woman to win the Celebrity Mastermind competition.

Willcox had a full schedule with theatre appearances in the 2000s, with one of them, playing the title role of Calamity Jane (nominated for an Evening Standard Award for Best Musical) at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2003. Willcox appeared on Living with the Dead on Life in June 2008 to share her experiences of living in her haunted house. Willcox appeared on This Morning in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2008 to discuss her role as a vampire in the rock musical Vampires Rock. Toyah has appeared on television shows focusing on popular culture, including the I'm a Celebrity series and a few 'Top 100 favorite' shows. Willcox appeared in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Lyceum in Sheffield for the 2009 Christmas season, and he has portrayed Queen Ivannah in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In October 2009, she made a guest appearance in the BBC drama series Casualty. Willcox has also appeared on radio, including the 2002 BBC Radio 4 series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In addition, she appeared in Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's Les Misérables version. Siobhan Brady appeared on the BBC Asian Network in December 2006. In November 2017, she appeared in a theatre version of Derek Jarman's film Jubilee at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre. In March 2018, this performance was escorted to the Lyric Hammersmith for a London run.

In recent years, there has been revived interest in Toyah as a film actress, as she has appeared in a number of British films. These include: Aaaaah!, Extremis, Lies We Tell, SwipeRight, Hound, Heckle, and Invasion Planet Earth.

Musical career

Willcox lived in "Mayhem," a former British Rail warehouse converted as a studio in London. The band Toyah appeared at their first demos in this venue. She slept for a while in a "second-hand" coffin, which was reportedly used by the French Red Cross to transport victims of fatal accidents. With increasing audiences Toyah signed to Safari Records' debut single "Victims of the Riddle," which topped the UK Indie Charts, she cites her involvement in Quadrophenia as a boost to her musical career. Sheep Farming, produced by Steve James and Keith Hale, was followed by the Sheep Farming in Barnet EP. In 1979, it was first released in Germany as an LP, containing the original six tracks, "Victims of the Riddle" A and B sides, and three tracks that were previously unavailable on vinyl. Willcox's second album, The Blue Meaning, went all out of nowhere. In June 1980, the UK Albums Chart ranked 40. By this time, she has confirmed that she has cut all links with punk aesthetics.

In January 1981, the live album Toyah!

Toyah!

Toyah!, a video game performed at the Lafayette Club in Wolverhampton the previous June, made it to the top 30, aided by a TV documentary Toyah. By now, the original band had disbanded and a new one had been assembled, with Phil Spalding, Nigel Glockler, and Adrian Lee, the only remaining members and Toyah. Willcox's popularity in the charts has grown in 1981, with hits like "4" from Toyah EP (no). The third studio album Anthem that went to no on February 4, 1981, with "It's a Mysteries" as the third. "I Want to Be Free" was a new achievement that was later recognized platinum in May 1981 (no. "Thunder in the Mountains," "June 8, 1981" (no. Toyah EP's 4 More From Toyah EP, October 1981, (no. no. (November 1984), the first year of the Republic of Panama. She was one of the first acts to score consistently in the UK Singles Chart with EPs, which also excelled on an international basis. Willcox took first place in two categories: Best Female Singer and Most Fanciable Female (beating Kim Wilde to second place) at the end of the year. According to Safari, she sold more units in the UK in 1981 than the entire Warner Bros. set together.In 1982, The Changeling album, directed by Steve Lillywhite, was released, marking a change for a more goth-tinged sound. In the United Kingdom, there are six. The Changeling was followed by a double live album Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour in the same year.

Also in 1982, Willcox appeared in Urgh!

A Music War, a British film released in 1982 starring punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, as well as a 1983 film in which she appeared "Danced." "Brave New World," "Ieya," and "Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard) charted in the top 50 for three of her singles, along with three others.According to Willcox, working in the critically acclaimed stage play Trafford Tanzi and the film The Ebony Tower with Laurence Olivier was the best period of her life. Her fame had declined by this time, but the album dropped by no. "Rebel Run" and "The Vow" are top singles, with singles "Rebel Run" and "The Vow" peaking at number 28. There are 24 and no people who have voted. With a 1984 greatest hits compilation, as well as Toyah, released by K-tel and misnominated as Toyah!

Toyah!

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All the Hits are failing to chart.

Toyah Willcox disbanded her band, signed a recording deal with Portrait Records, and released the solo studio album Minx in 1985, which included Alice Cooper's "School's Out" and her own hit, "Don't Fall in Love (I Said)" (I Said).

Willcox married British guitarist Robert Fripp, a founding member of King Crimson, in Poole, Dorset, on his 40th birthday (16 May 1986). On the first tours, they formed Fripp Fripp Fripp Fripp, a new band, later changing its name to Sunday All Over the World, which later released the critically acclaimed album Kneeling at the Shrine (1991). Fripp was referred to as her'soulmate.' She performed lead vocals on Tony Banks of Genesis' track "Life of Symmetry" that year. Desire (1987), her first solo studio album, was less popular, but her version of "Echo Beach" made it to the top 50, according to the singer. In 1988, the Protute became a musical instrument on which Willcox vented her rage as a result of her transformation "from all-powerful artist to invisible woman" in the course of just one year. On E.G., this experimental concept album, indicating a significant change from previous works, was released. Records. According to Willcox, the attitude to Protestute in the United Kingdom and the United States was very different: "When my company tried to sell it to the music reps, an awful lot stood up and walked out of meetings; all male I must add." It was the dawning of a new era for me as an entrepreneur, according to Billboard magazine, it was an antidote to Madonna. Professors at prestigious universities began to write to me, "total women's appearance at their lectures served as an example of the new way of thinking." Robert Fripp joined his wife on her studio album Ophelia's Shadow (1991), which, as well as Dreamchild (1994), received raves. Willcox released The Acoustic Album on Aardvark Records in 1996, starring strings from Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and produced by Oliver Davis.

Later career

Willcox was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Central England in 2001 for her contributions to the performing arts, media, and broadcasting. As voted for by readers of the magazine, Willcox number 48 in their top 100 Greatest Women in Music poll in May. She returned to music in 2002 with new music from a limited edition Little Tears of Love EP and a one-off preview concert at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. She has sold out eleven stadium appearances for the Here and Now tour in the same year. She continued to perform with her band, debuting a mini-album Velvet Lined Shell in 2003 on her own record label, Vertical Species Records, which featured a darker, edgier style. She appeared on The Best of the 80s tour in the United Kingdom in 2004, together with Nick Heyward, Curiosity Killed the Cat, and Altered Images. In 2005, a live DVD was followed by a documentary, which also included two parts of the Safari Records Singles Collection.

In May 2007, she joined Bill Rieflin as the Humans for live dates in Estonia, Estonia, where she had been welcomed by the Estonian president. "From reading one of her husband's emails," The Northern Echo reports. He was invited to leave but Willcox was not keen, so he was accepted. Willcox also signed a new worldwide publishing contract with Zomba Music Group in 2007. With long-time collaborator Simon Darlow, she continued to write and record solo songs. Latex Messiah (Viva la Rebel in You) came out on October 29, 2007, which was followed by In the Court of the Crimson Queen album, which was written and released by Willow Recordings Ltd. on September 15, 2008. For the first time ever at the newly opened Liverpool Echo Arena and Conference Centre, she was part of Liverpool's European Capital of Culture year.

Willcox was back in her role as the Killer Queen in 2009, alongside the author and one of the show's main stars, Steve Steinman. Bill Reiflin, Chris Wong, and occasionally husband Robert Fripp appeared on The Humans, and occasionally wife Robert Fripp. The Humans' debut studio album "European experimental meets West Coast American grunge" on Saturday, and the band's return to play in front of the country's president in 2009. In September 2009, the album was released in the United Kingdom as a single "These Boots Are Made for Walking." Willcox was seventh in a BBC series naming the "Queens of British Pop" at the end of the year, as voted for by the British people. At the London's Roundhouse Haiti earthquake fundraiser concert in 2010, Willcox with the Humans performed. Willcox opened on a special edition from Sheep Farming to Anthem on June 17, marking her breakthrough hit "It's a Mystery" and the platinum-selling album Anthem as well as the London's Leicester Square Theatre. The collection featured selections from Toyah's first three albums, Sheep Farming in Barnet (1979), The Blue Meaning (1980) and Anthem (1981). Andi Fraggs, a British experimental musician, was honoured on selected dates.

Willcox launched the Changeling Resurrection 2012 tour in Brighton on April 14 to commemorate her album The Changeling (1982). Willcox performed a concert in Kings Heath, Birmingham, on July 16th to commemorate her as the first artist to be inducted into the King's Heath Walk of Fame. Andi Fraggs made a surprise appearance on Willcox's 1981 hit song "Thunder in the Mountains," which is based on Willcox's 1981 hit single "Thunder in the Mountains." Willcox unveiled a special edition of her 2008 album In the Court of the Crimson King (1983)-era content.

Willcox continued to tour both with her full band and also with an acoustic lineup for her "Up Close and Personal" shows.

Willcox performed her #Toyah60 show in 2018, which marked her sixtieth birthday and her fortieth year in music. This was followed by the release of her Four from Toyah's Birthday Edition EP of new content, which dominated the digital charts.

Willcox was ranked at No. 1 in 2019. With a re-issue of her 2008 album In the Court of Justice, the Crimson Queen, she ranked at 74 in the UK album charts. It also reached its lows at no. On the Official Charts Company's revenue chart, number 22 appears, and no. In the free chart, the 7th spot is the highest. This was Willcox' first appearance in the British album charts since 'Minx' in 1985.

Six solo albums with bonus songs, one Rare, Remixed and Revisited CD, and a DVD with promo videos and interviews were released in 2020.

Cherry Red Records began reissuing Toyah's early albums in deluxe 2CD/DVD and vinyl formats in 2020 following their acquisition of Toyah Safari's catalog. Both Sheep Farming and Blue Meaning have been reissued at the time of writing, with both charts and the independent charts indicating their locations in the UK album charts and the individual charts.

Toyah began posting from her house during the first UK lockdown of 2020. In Toyah at Home, she answers fan questions and displays archive performances, as well as co-hosts Agony Aunts alongside her husband Robert Fripp. However, it is her Sunday Lunch series with Fripp that has gained the most notoriety, going viral and racking up millions of hits on YouTube.

On August 27, 2021, she released Posh Pop, her first solo studio album since 2008, on CD and vinyl with 10 tracks composed by Toyah and "Slave to the Rhythm" co-writer Simon Darlow. The album debuted at no. In the charts, he ranks 22nd.

Toyah's Sunday Lunch online collection continued alongside Fripp. The most recent iteration of Willcox and Fripp's weekly newspaper cover series, which they launched in 2020 amid COVID-19 lockdowns, includes their take on Slipknot's "Rebel Yell," Billy Idol's "Keine Lust," Foo Fighters' "All My Life," Grace Jones' "Slave to the Beat" and Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name," as they launched during COVID They released "Slave to the Beat" as a digital download and streaming single on August 12, 2022.

In August 2022, she appeared in two episodes of the BBC Radio 4 series The Archers as herself.

On The Roadside Tour 2022, Toyah will be joined by Billy Idol on his UK live dates, as well as special guests, Killing Joke.

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