Erik (singer)
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Erik is the stage name of singer Erica Maggs. She began her career as a session singer for artists such as M People
, Tom Jones
, Swing Out Sister
, Jason Donovan
, Vic Reeves
, and Errol Brown
. She was the featured vocalist in the 1991 dance single "Unity", by the group of the same name. It was a club hit and peaked at #64 in the UK charts.
In 1993 she started her solo career. She signed to PWL Records and released the Mike Stock & Pete Waterman
-produced single "Looks Like I'm In Love Again", which peaked at #46 in the UK charts. Her next single, "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", was never officially released. In 1994, she released a cover of the Cheryl Lynn
classic "Got To Be Real
", which became her biggest hit. Later that year she released her last single, "We Got The Love", which peaked at #55, originally recorded by Lindy Layton
.
Nowadays, she works as a vocal coach, as well as singing in local and national UK radio stations.
In January 2010, an album titled Real, including her work recorded at PWL Studios during 1993-1994 was released through itunes. It includes 8 previously unreleased songs.
M People
M People are a British house music act from Manchester, who formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is from the initials of Mike Pickering, who formed the group.-Career:...
, Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
, Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister are a British "sophisti-pop" group best known worldwide for their 1986 song "Breakout". Other hits include "Surrender", "Twilight World", "Waiting Game" and a remake of "Am I the Same Girl?" Though album sales in the U.S. and Europe have levelled off since the early 1990s, the...
, Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
, Vic Reeves
Vic Reeves
James Roderick Moir , better known by the stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer . He is known for his surreal and non sequitur sense of humour....
, and Errol Brown
Errol Brown
Errol Brown MBE is a singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Hot Chocolate. He has British citizenship by marriage to Ginette and they live in The Bahamas...
. She was the featured vocalist in the 1991 dance single "Unity", by the group of the same name. It was a club hit and peaked at #64 in the UK charts.
In 1993 she started her solo career. She signed to PWL Records and released the Mike Stock & Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...
-produced single "Looks Like I'm In Love Again", which peaked at #46 in the UK charts. Her next single, "The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea", was never officially released. In 1994, she released a cover of the Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn
Lynda Cheryl Smith , known better by her professional name Cheryl Lynn, is a female African-American disco, R&B and soul singer known best for her 1978 disco song, "Got to Be Real".-Early career:...
classic "Got To Be Real
Got To Be Real
"Got to Be Real" is a 1978 disco song by Cheryl Lynn from her self-titled album. The song, which was Lynn's debut single, was penned by David Paich, David Foster, and Lynn, and has since been called one of the defining moments in disco. Along with the tracks, "Star Love" and "You Saved My Day",...
", which became her biggest hit. Later that year she released her last single, "We Got The Love", which peaked at #55, originally recorded by Lindy Layton
Lindy Layton
Lindy Layton was a founding member of, and vocalist for, Beats International. She has released a number of solo albums and singles, and worked with other musicians, more recently including Hardknox and Dub Pistols.-Career:Layton attended the Barbara Speake Stage School in the 1980s...
.
Nowadays, she works as a vocal coach, as well as singing in local and national UK radio stations.
In January 2010, an album titled Real, including her work recorded at PWL Studios during 1993-1994 was released through itunes. It includes 8 previously unreleased songs.
Singles
- nity (Unity song)|] (as part of the group Unity) (1991) UK #64
- Looks Like I'm In Love Again (as Key West featuring Erik) (1993) UK #46
- The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (1993) (withdrawn)
- Got To Be Real (1994) UK #42
- We Got The Love (1994) UK #55
Album
- Real (2010)
- The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- Got To Be Real
- Looks Like I'm In Love Again
- Forever Now
- Fooled By Love
- Take Me Away
- Stop Your Lying
- I Told You So
- Learning To Love Again
- As Good As It Gets
- We Got The Love
- Right There