Naomi Thompson is a British singer.
In the early-to-late 1980s, she worked with
Caron Wheeler
Caron Melina Wheeler (born 19 January 1963) is a British singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. Born and raised in London, she performed in various singing competitions as a teenager and began her recording career as one of the found ...
and
Claudia Fontaine
Claudia Fontaine (26 August 1960 – 13 March 2018) was a backing vocalist from Peckham, London.
Career
During the 1980s, Fontaine and fellow backing vocalist Caron Wheeler (and later, third member Naomi Thompson) were known as Afrodiziak. S ...
under the name
Afrodiziak
Afrodiziak was a British singing group composed of Caron Wheeler, Claudia Fontaine, and later Naomi Thompson, that was active in the 1980s. As a duo, Wheeler and Fontaine were best known for performing backing vocals on the Jam's final sing ...
, which recorded for
Haysi Fantayzee on their track "
The Sabres of Paradise
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History
The Sabres of Paradise were formed in London, England in 1992. Andrew Weatherall formed the g ...
", and sang backup vocals on
Erasure's hit "
Chains of Love",
Elvis Costello
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's 1983 international hit "
Everyday I Write the Book
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",
The Specials
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' "
Free Nelson Mandela
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",
Heaven 17
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's "
Sunset Now",
"The Fuse", "Reputation" and "
...(And That's No Lie)", on
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' "
Michael Caine
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" and "
The Sweetest Girl" and on
Howard Jones' "
Things Can Only Get Better" and "
Life in One Day".
Post-
Afrodiziak
Afrodiziak was a British singing group composed of Caron Wheeler, Claudia Fontaine, and later Naomi Thompson, that was active in the 1980s. As a duo, Wheeler and Fontaine were best known for performing backing vocals on the Jam's final sing ...
Once Afrodiziak had split up, Thompson worked with artists like
S'Express
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" Theme from S'Express", which contain ...
, singing on their #32 hit "
Nothing to Lose"
and for
E-Zee Possee
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on their #62 hit "
The Sun Machine
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Critical reception
David Giles from ''Mu ...
".
References
Living people
20th-century Black British women singers
20th-century British women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Afrodiziak members
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