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Haywoode (Sidney Haywoode, London) is an English female singer. She is best known for the 1986 UK Top 20 hit single, “Roses”. She later also recorded under the name Sid Haywoode.
Haywoode trained from an early age at London’s Corona Stage Academy and was signed by CBS in 1983, following a number of acting, singing, dancing and modelling roles in the West End theatre, films and television. Her television work includes an appearance in “The Gentle Touch” and a regular role as a Hill’s Angel on “The Benny Hill Show”. In addition to this, she did some modelling work. In October 1981, she joined Flick Colby’s Zoo, for which she would stay until the end of 1982.
Her debut single, “A Time Like This”, reached the Top 5 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Chart, and established her distinctive brand of soulful funk/pop. Via a succession of singles – including a couple of tracks produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, “You’d Better Not Fool Around” and “Getting Closer” – chart success appeared in July 1986 with the song “Roses”. This was to be her only top 20 hit in the UK. Her debut album Arrival (released soon after “Roses”) included Haywoode’s cover version of Prince’s “I Wanna Be Your Lover”.