Stephen Singleton

Stephen Singleton
Singleton in 1983
Singleton in 1983
Background information
Born
Stephen Barry Singleton

(1959-04-17) 17 April 1959 (age 67)
Sheffield, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
Instruments
  • Saxophone
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • synthesizers
Years active1977–present
Member ofVice Versa
Formerly of
  • ABC
  • Bleep & Booster

Stephen Barry Singleton (born 17 April 1959) is an English musician and composer. He was the alto and tenor saxophonist in the pop band ABC, and was credited as a co-writer on all of their tracks until his departure in 1984. He also starred in their short film Mantrap (1983).

According to an interview Singleton did for the documentary Made in Sheffield (2001), he was friends with Def Leppard's lead vocalist Joe Elliott when the two were young children. Along with Mark White and David Sydenham, he founded the electronic band Vice Versa in 1977. He also produced several issues of Steve's Papers, a Sheffield punk rock fanzine.

In the early 1990s, Singleton was a member of the band Bleep & Booster, who released an album on London Records and produced some remixes for East 17. Singleton also produced records by Treebound Story (featuring a young Richard Hawley), The Screaming Trees album A Fracture in Time and Libitina.

Singleton declined to participate in VH1's Bands Reunited in 2004, when attempts were made to reform ABC for a one-off performance. Only two members, Martin Fry and David Palmer, reunited and performed.

In 2015, Stephen Singleton and Mark White reformed Vice Versa.

Discography

Year Artist Album title Label
1980 Vice Versa 8 Aspects Of Neutron
1982 ABC The Lexicon of Love Neutron
1983 ABC Beauty Stab Neutron
1994 Bleep & Booster The World Of London
2005 Stephen Singleton Stephen Singleton White label
2014 Vice Versa Electrogenesis 1978–1980 VOD

References

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  2. ↑ "Still a Spectacle, Fun-Loving ABC Holds Up Well". Hartford Courant. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Simon (2006). "New Pop and its Aftermath". On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-93951-0.
  4. ↑ Harvel, Jess. "Now That's What I Call New Pop!". Pitchfork. 12 September 2005.
  5. ↑ "Box". Box.net. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "made in sheffield | gunrubber". Sheffieldvision.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.