ALISON GOLDFRAPP

'Alison Goldfrapp' is an English singer-songwriter. Goldfrapp was born in Enfield, London and raised in Alton, Hampshire, the youngest of six children. At age 19, Goldfrapp moved to Belgium to work as a singer for a theatrical composer. Upon her return to England, Goldfrapp attended Middlesex University's School Of Art, where she studied Fine Art. It was at Middlesex that she was discovered by Orbital during a now infamous show in which she milked a cow while yodelling.
After acquiring her degree from Middlesex, Goldfrapp toured internationally with British rapper Tricky, appearing on his album ''Maxinquaye''. Her mainstream success began after her collaboration with film composer Will Gregory.
Goldfrapp (with cropped peroxide blonde hair) made an early acting appearance in ''Your Night Tonight''; the graduation film of colleague Paul Gilbert in 1988.

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Age

Trivia

Sources

External links

Age

Alison is famously reluctant to reveal her true age, although speculation has put her date of birth as early as 1960 or as late as 1971. Her birthday is thought to be May 13. In a 2006 interview with Q Magazine, she said she was 37. In an interview on TRL UK in 2005, Alison said she was born in the Chinese year of the horse. The year 1966 fell upon the year of the horse. In a video podcast, a fan asked "How old are you. I heard you were 37, but that is impossible. I thought late 20s? I mean, you have no cellulite on those legs of yours". Alison responded, after giggling with Will, with " You never ask how old she is, it's very rude, [...] and yes, I'm only 24."

Trivia

★ Alison sang the harmony vocals on Paul Castle's TV theme song for Jane Hissey's "Old Bear Stories", a Kids' TV series originally on ITV, but now occasionally on Channel 5.

★ Alison is credited as contributing to the Add N To X album Avant Hard. Although any specific track is not mentioned, it is most likely to be the vocals on 'Revenge of the Black Regent' and the song 'Oh Yeah, Oh No'.

★ Her earliest studio recordings are with the band Dreadzone, recorded in 1993. Rumor has it that Alison does not like these recordings.

Sources

★ Interview from Q, issue 231, October 2005

★ Old Bear Stories TV Theme Song

External links

★ Goldfrapp.co.uk – official website.

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