British singer, songwriter and actress Lisa Jane Stansfield was born in Manchester, England, the middle child of 3 girls, on April 11, 1966. She grew up listening to a lot of Motown artists like Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye. Lisa says she first discovered her own voice at the age of four singing along to the records her mother played. In 1980, she won Manchester Evening News' Search for a Star singing competition and, shortly after, released her first single, "Your Alibis". Subsequently, she signed to Polydor Records and cranked out a handful of singles, that went nowhere, between 1982 and 1983. Also, around this time, she made her first TV appearance on a talent show airing on Granada TV. She came out the winner of the competition singing The Human League song “The Things That Dreams Are Made Of”. The following year, the producer of that talent show also produced a documentary for the channel titled Born in the Sixties: Lisa Stansfield. It chronicled the life of the aspiring singer and included her comments, those of her mother and sisters and some songs sung by Lisa. Also in 1983, Lisa co-hosted the children’s TV music show Razzamatazz, appeared in the children’s TV series “The Krankies Klub” and sang radio jingles for local Manchester companies. In 1986, Lisa together with schoolmates Andy Morris and Ian Devaney formed the band, Blue Zone. They wrote some songs, produced a demo, and took it around to record labels. Eventually, they signed with a small indie label that was later bought by Arista Records. They released several songs in the UK that didn’t get much attention. The group would finally experience their biggest success when their cover of the Elisa Fiorillo song "Jackie" was issued as a single outside the UK and made it onto the Dance and Pop charts in the U.S. A few months later, their debut album titled Big Thing was released. The next year, 21-year-old Lisa got married to Italian designer Augusto Grassi. After a luxurious ceremony, the couple moved to a hilltop town just outside of Rome. Alas, their union wouldn’t last long, dissolving just four months later. Lisa then came back to England. In early 1989, she would get her big break when she co-wrote and provided guest vocals for the tracks "People Hold On" and "My Telephone" that appear on the debut album of British electronic duo Coldcut. Originally, Andy and Ian were recruited for a session and Lisa had just tagged along for fun. The former song ended up reaching number six on the Dance chart in the U.S. and number eleven in the UK. On the strength of the hit and all the attention Lisa was now receiving, Arista signed her to a solo deal.
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