Sheila Hylton
{{short description|British reggae singer (born 1956)}}
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{{Use Jamaican English|date=December 2012}}
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| birth_date = 1956
| birth_place = London, England
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| genre = Reggae
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1978–present
| label = Island Records
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Sheila Hylton (born 1956)[http://cap.jamrid.com/CAPMain.php?ID=1956&artist=Sheila%20Hylton&search=sheila%20hylton&type=Artist#CAPDetails Cap.jamrid.com] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713084555/http://cap.jamrid.com/CAPMain.php?ID=1956&artist=Sheila%20Hylton&search=sheila%20hylton&type=Artist#CAPDetails|date=July 13, 2011}} is a British reggae singer who spent most of her childhood in Kingston, Jamaica. She is best known for the singles "Breakfast in Bed" and "The Bed's Too Big Without You".
Career
Born in London in 1956, Hylton was sent to live with her grandparents in Kingston at the age of 5.[http://www.sheilahylton.com/Bio.html Sheilahylton.com – accessed March 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415092435/http://www.sheilahylton.com/Bio.html |date=15 April 2009 }}"[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sheila-hylton-mn0000016986/biography Sheila Hylton Biography]", AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2017Jackson, Kevin (2017) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/true-love-sheila-hylton-sheila-hylton-returns-with-true-love-returns-with_108294?profile=1116 Sheila Hylton returns with True Love]", Jamaica Observer, 20 August 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017
Hylton's earliest exposure to music was through the record collection of her grandfather who was a jazz fan.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} As a young woman she listened to and absorbed the works of the greatest female jazz singers.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} Her earliest experience in the music industry was as a secretary at Total Sounds in Kingston, but started recording for Harry J while working as an air hostess for Air Jamaica, her first single, "Don't Ask My Neighbour", was a local hit, and she also released a cover of Ebony's "Life in the Country".
Island Records signed her to their Mango label. Hylton had her first major international success with a Harry J-produced cover of "Breakfast in Bed", which peaked at no. 57 on the UK Singles Chart in 1979.{{cite book
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| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 264}} Hylton then recorded a version of The Police's "The Bed's Too Big Without You" which also charted in the UK (no. 35 UK, 1981). She had success on the reggae charts in 1983 with "Let's Dance", before moving to the United States the following year.
In 1995 she recorded a cover of "My World Is Empty Without You" after returning to Jamaica and signing to Tommy Cowan's Talent Corporation.
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