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13 Facts About Noosha Fox

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Noosha Fox was born on Susan Traynor, 8 December 1944 and is an Australian singer.

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Noosha Fox is known as the lead singer of the British-based pop band Fox, who had three UK chart hits in 1975 and 1976.

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Noosha Fox had a number 31 hit as a solo performer with "Georgina Bailey".

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Noosha Fox began her music career as a singer in Sydney-based folk rock band Wooden Horse, who moved to England in 1970 and released two LPs.

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Noosha Fox then formed Fox, the band that included Young and Northern Irish singer-songwriter Herbie Armstrong.

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Noosha Fox adopted the stage name Noosha, a corruption of an anagram of her first name, and in performances wore dresses and accessories in 1920s and 1930s style.

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Noosha Fox left after their third album, Blue Hotel, to launch a solo career.

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In 1979, Noosha Fox tried to restart her solo career with a single, "The Heat Is On", written by Florrie Palmer and Tony Ashton, on Chrysalis Records.

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In 1980, Fox provided guest vocals for the songs "Perfect Strangers" and "Havana Moon" on Tim Renwick's self-titled debut album.

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Noosha Fox recorded several singles in the early 1980s for the Earlobe label but none were successful, and she withdrew from the music industry.

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On 1 August 2022, renowned music producer Shel Talmy released a 5-track downloadable EP of original songs by Noosha Fox which had been recorded in 1978.

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Noosha Fox has been married since 1973 to physician and academic Michael Goldacre, with whom she has four children, one of whom is Ben Goldacre, a physician and academic best known for his "Bad Science" weekly column.

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Ben Goldacre announced that Noosha Fox was his mother after seeing her perform "S-S-S-Single Bed" on a BBC4 repeat of Top of the Pops, and stated that she was working on new material.