Billie Godfrey

Billie Godfrey
Billie Godfrey with Heaven 17 - December 2008
Background information
Born	1978
Origin	London, England
Genres	Electropop, soul, synthpop
Occupation(s)	Vocalist
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Various
Associated acts	Heaven 17
Website	www.billiegodfrey.co.uk

Billie Godfrey is an English singer. She is the current principal female vocalist of the veteran British synthpop group, Heaven 17.

Background

Based in London and Brighton, Godfrey has a career which spans eight years as a vocalist for many artists and a vocalist in her own right. She started her career as a radio DJ, playing the kind of music she would later go on to record.

Godfrey writes much of her own material. Her stated influences include Stevie Wonder, Toni Braxton and Aretha Franklin.

She is the first western female vocalist to record an entire album in Japanese on Number One (2001) (JVC/Victor Entertainment Inc).^[1]

Since the mid-1990s Godfrey has been one of Heaven 17's resident female vocalists, both in the studio and on tour. She is featured on Heaven 17's latest studio album Naked as Advertised. On 21 November 2008, she made her first TV appearance with the group, on ITV's Now That’s What I Call 1983 show. She later completed the 2008 'Steel City Tour' where Heaven 17 supported The Human League.^[2] Godfrey also frequently supports Beverley Knight as a backing vocalist.

Billie Godfrey is also a lecturer and vocal tutor at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music.^[3]

Current events

Billie Godfrey is currently appearing in Sheffield, UK-based broadband company Plusnet's national TV advertising campaign as part of Heaven 17.^[4]

Billie Godfrey on stage in Sheffield, December 2008

Discography

Albums

Ready For Love -Pulse-8 Records -1994
Number One (CD) -VICP-61461 -2001
The Eden Tree -2009

Singles & EPs

This Beat 6 versions Pulse-8 Records 1994
I Love What You Do For Me (12") Cancan CANIT011 1995
Boomshanka And Billie Godfrey - So Hard To Find (12") Cancan CANIT 010 1995
D-Ren 1 Feat. Billie Godfrey - Inside (12") Ugly Music UGM 006 1996
Project 2000 Featuring Billie Godfrey - It's About Time 5 versions Polydor 2000
SuReal - You Take My Breath Away 2000
Lazy Grace Feat. Billie Godfrey - How Deep Is Your Love (12") Hed Kandi HEDK12001 2003
Mitchell & Dewbury Featuring Billie Godfrey - Beyond The Rains 2 versions Mumo Records 2003

References

↑ Scorccio Records
↑ Steel City Tour Review - Worthing Herald
↑ "Vocal Course Tutors, Tuition and Lessons, Vocal Courses, Singing Lessons". BIMM. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
↑ Plusnet Official Youtube Channel

External links

Heaven 17

Glenn Gregory Martyn Ware Ian Craig Marsh

Albums	Penthouse and Pavement The Luxury Gap How Men Are Pleasure One Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho Bigger Than America Before After Naked as Advertised

Compilation and live albums	Endless Higher and Higher The Remix Collection Executive Summary Retox/ Detox How Live Is Live at Scala, London Sight & Sound: Greatest Hits

Singles	"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" "I'm Your Money" "Play to Win" "Penthouse and Pavement" "The Height of the Fighting" "Let Me Go!" "Who'll Stop the Rain" "Temptation" "We Live So Fast" "Come Live with Me" "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" "Sunset Now" "This Is Mine" "...(And That's No Lie)" "The Foolish Thing to Do" "Contenders" "Trouble" "The Ballad of Go Go Brown" "Train of Love in Motion" "Temptation" (Brothers in Rhythm Remix) "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" (The Rapino Brothers Remixes) "Penthouse and Pavement" (The Tommy D Remixes) "Designing Heaven" "We Blame Love" "With This Ring Let Me Go" "Hands Up to Heaven" "I'm Gonna Make You Fall in Love with Me" "Don't Fear the Reaper" "Only After Dark (7" & CD-R Ltd Ed. of 100 - O.A.D event release)" "Illumination" & "Pray"

Related pages	British Electric Foundation The Human League Honeyroot

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