Miriam Stockley is an English singer, born (ca. 1962) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work is influenced by the African music from her home country. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... , City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...

At the age of eleven, Stockley and her older sister Avryl formed a group, the Stockley Sisters. Later in her life, she moved to London to further pursue her musical career. There, she contributed vocals to several albums, and TV commercials.

During the late eighties and early nineties, Stockley worked as a session singer for the UK song writing and production trio; Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Stockley featured on tracks by the likes of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan. Alongside fellow session singer Mae McKenna, Stockley is credited with being partly responsible for the distinctive Stock, Aitken and Waterman sound of the eighties. Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a British songwriting and record producing trio who had great success during the late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... Donovan on the cover of the Especially For You single with Kylie Minogue Jason Sean Donovan (born June 1, 1968) is an Australian actor and singer, with world-wide record sales in the region of 30 million copies (singles, albums, compilation inclusions, etc). ...

In 1991, Stockley became a part of the dance group Praise whose single "Only You" reached number four on the UK charts. Later, she was the vocalist for Adiemus with Karl Jenkins. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Praise (formed in 1991 in London, England) were a new-age music group, comprising Geoff MacCormack, Simon Goldenberg and Miriam Stockley. ... Adiemus (pronounced ) is the title of a series of albums by British composer Karl Jenkins. ...

Stockley has been featured on several film soundtracks, including her cover of the Rose Royce song "Wishing on a Star", which appears on The 10th Kingdom soundtrack. Rose Royce was a soul, funk, and disco band, formed by Motown writer/producer Norman Whitfield - previously most famous for his work with the Temptations - and featuring singer Rose Norwalt performing under the name Rose Royce. ... The DVD cover for the 10th Kingdom The 10th Kingdom is a seven-hour United States television movie written by Simon Moore and based on a novel of the same name by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, under the name Kathryn Wesley. ...

Her song, "Perfect Day", was a theme song for a kids show called The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 1997. The song was written by Colin Towns. She has also appeared as a singer on several BBC school's programmes most notably Look and Read. The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends was an animated series produced in 1992 based on the works of Beatrix Potter. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Colin Towns is an English composer, born in London in 1949, specialising in soundtracks for film, television and commercials. ... Look and Read is a BBC television programme for primary schools, aimed at improving childrens literacy skills. ...

In 2004, Yamaha released a software called Vocaloid that allows to synthetically create background vocals and based one of the three available voices on material recorded by Miriam Stockley for this very purpose. The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社; TYO: 7951 ) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. ... The Vocaloid is a vocal synthesizer by the Yamaha Corporation. ...

Discography

• Miriam (1999)
• Second Nature (2003)

External links

• Official website