Cass Fox

Influenced by Dolly Parton, Annie Lennox, and Tracy Chapman, Cass Fox 1st found prominence because the raw soulful tone of voice in back of Rui Da Silva’s massive chart-topping dance anthem “Touch Me.” Given birth to in North London in 1982, the only real daughter in a big Irish working-class family members, Fox began carrying out in skill contests from a age, but required on various careers including servicing fruits devices and nursery nursing before recognizing she wished to pursue a profession within the music sector. After being discovered by Portuguese manufacturer Rui Da Silva while busking for the streets from the Western world End, she was asked to operate in his studio room, where she co-wrote the lyrics over one of is own demos, a deep home monitor, which sampled Spandau Ballet’s “Chant No. 1.” The tune, “Contact Me,” became the very first number 1 of 2001 and continued to market 300,000 copies, but despite its achievement, Fox decided a dance path wasn’t on her behalf and she parted business with Da Silva. After dealing with manufacturers Craig Dodds (Sugababes) and Faithless’ Rollo Armstrong, she was because of discharge her acoustic folk-pop debut record, Come Right here, in 2005, but because of legal wrangles over her name, it had been canceled on the last minute. Carrying out a support slot machine on Tom Baxter’s U.K. tour along with a visitor appearance on Faithless’ Best 40 strike “Music Issues,” it had been ultimately released in 2006.