Yvonne John Lewis

Yvonne John Lewis (occasionally spelled Yvonne John-Lewis) is a female lead and backing singer from England.

Known alternately as Helicopter Girl due to her immense musical and vocal range, her sound reminds listeners of Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins. [ [http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Music/Question167299.html Yvonne John Lewis in The AnswerBank: Music ] ] London based, she was discovered by Osmond Wright, better known by his stage name "Mozez" and a singer for British downtempo group Zero 7. [ [http://www.jivemagazine.com/review.php?rid=1439&rtid=2 JIVEMagazine.com ] ]

John Lewis resultantly first featured as a lead vocliast on "Zero 7"s albums, and has gone on to provide lead vocals for and been featured on recordings by artists including as Basement Jaxx, Sia, Stella Browne, Narcotic Thrust [ [http://www.atlanticrecords.com/zero7/music/?id=atlrelease700474 Atlantic Records :: Zero 7 Media : When It Falls ] ] and Rollercone. She is well known as the featured singer on Narcotic Thrust's number one Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit from 2002, "Safe From Harm."

John Lewis has worked as a backing vocalist for artists like Bryan Ferry, Blue, Enrique Iglesias, James Fargas, [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=13640 James Vargas ] ] Westlife and Atomic Kitten. She also provided the vocal sample in Simon Webbe's track, "No Worries." She toured with Roxy Music in 2004. [ [http://moo.vivaroxymusic.com/4568 These Vintage Years! - Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music - Yvonne John Lewis ] ]

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

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