21 Facts About Judie Tzuke

Judie Tzuke is best known for her 1979 hit "Stay with Me till Dawn", which reached number 16 on the UK singles chart.

Judie Tzuke preferred the original family name, started using it at school and so, when Judie Tzuke embarked on her singing career, she used it as her stage name.

Judie Tzuke's meeting with Mike Paxman in 1975 was a turning point and they began to collaborate.

The song, which was co-written with Mike Paxman, became a top 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart in the summer of 1979 and a top 10 hit in Australia and was featured on Judie Tzuke's 1979 debut album, Welcome to the Cruise, which was a top 20 hit on the UK Albums Chart.

Judie Tzuke became Elton John's support act for his North American tour, and she was the opening act in front of 400,000 people who turned out to watch his free concert at New York's Central Park on September 13,1980.

Judie Tzuke went on to release one more album on Rocket, I Am the Phoenix, which made the UK top 20.

In 1982, Judie Tzuke signed to Chrysalis Records and released her fourth album, Shoot the Moon.

Judie Tzuke completed a 57 date tour of the UK, culminating as the headline act at that year's Glastonbury Festival.

In 1983, Rocket issued a compilation album, The Best of Judie Tzuke, and released the track "Black Furs" as a single.

Judie Tzuke signed with the small independent Legacy Records for the release of her next album.

In March 1985, "I'll Be the One" was issued as a new single from Judie Tzuke's forthcoming sixth album, The Cat Is Out, which was mainly recorded at her home studio and released in June 1985.

Judie Tzuke began working on her seventh album, though took some time off in June 1987 when she gave birth to her first daughter, Bailey.

Judie Tzuke signed with another small independent label for the release of her ninth album, Wonderland, which was released in September 1992 by Essential Records.

Judie Tzuke released her tenth studio album, Under the Angels, in October 1996 on her own label, Big Moon Records.

In 1998, Judie Tzuke released her eleventh studio album, Secret Agent, again on her own label, Big Moon.

In 2000, Judie Tzuke gained the rights to her first three albums recorded for Rocket Records and reissued them on CD via Big Moon.

Judie Tzuke named her tour later that year the "Phoenix Tour", a reference to her last Rocket Records album, I Am the Phoenix.

Judie Tzuke then released an album of covers, The Beauty of Hindsight, in September 2003.

In 2010, Judie Tzuke released a thirty-year celebratory double-album titled Moon On a Mirrorball, via a new deal with Wrasse Records.

Judie Tzuke announced in early 2013 that work had commenced on a new album titled Woman Overboard.

In 2018, Judie Tzuke joined with Beverley Craven and Julia Fordham to record "Safe", a song that she had written with Beth Nielsen Chapman, whilst on a Chris Difford songwriting retreat.