Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Jane Stansfield (born 11 April 1966, Heywood, Lancashire, England) is a English pop singer-songwriter. She is perhaps best remembered for her 1989 single All Around the World, a disco-influenced hit that led critic Alex Henderson to declare that "not since Teena Marie had a white female singer performed R&B; so convincingly." She attended Redbrook School, Rochdale and her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada T... more

Lisa Jane Stansfield (born 11 April 1966, Heywood, Lancashire, England) is a English pop singer-songwriter. She is perhaps best remembered for her 1989 single All Around the World, a disco-influenced hit that led critic Alex Henderson to declare that "not since Teena Marie had a white female singer performed R&B; so convincingly." She attended Redbrook School, Rochdale and her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982. She won it singing The Human League track "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of". The series was produced by the then Head of Light Entertainment at Granada TV, Johnny Hamp. After releasing several unsuccessful singles in her mid-teens, she co-hosted a Children's TV pop show, Razzmatazz with Alistair Pirrie; additionally, Stansfield could be seen in 1983 children's television series The Krankies Klub, alongside comedian Jimmy Cricket and pop rock band Rocky Sharpe and the Replays. She became a major international star, still... less