Sally Boyden (singer)

This article is about the singer and actor. For the cyclist, see Sally Boyden (cyclist).

Sally Boyden
Sally Boyden as Carol in The Little Dragons
Born	21 May 1966 (1966-05-21) Australia
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, actor

Sally Boyden (born 21 May 1966) is an Australian singer, song writer and actor.

Biography

Boyden began her television career as a performer on Young Talent Time (YTT) at the age of seven. She remained with the series from 1973 until 1976.

While YTT Team members must normally leave the series on reaching age 16, Boyden left at a younger age of her own volition. She had agreed to appear on The Don Lane Show on rival network Nine, after which a few Young Talent Time crew members made sly critical comments about her appearance on the rival network. These comments prompted Boyden's decision to leave the series.

After leaving YTT, Sally acted in a number of American produced films and TV movies including ‘Lassie’, ‘Barnaby and Me’ and ‘The Waltons’, as well as the Australian series 'Come Midnight Monday'.

In adulthood she moved to London to work as a songwriter for EMI, writing songs for Leo Sayer, David Cassidy and Shakin' Stevens.

She has sung backing vocals for Duran Duran, featured with Major Matt Mason, and is part of a group called "The Candy Bombers". Sally has also partnered with Dan Dubelman to form "100 Hours".

Back in Australia, Sally toured the country with the ‘Follow Your Dreams’ program as a motivational speaker talking to thousands of school children of her experiences in show business and life.

She returned to London, and the performer once dubbed 'The Littlest Australian’ held long-standing residencies at the esteemed London music venues, Twelve Bar Club, Ground Floor, Acoustic Café and South Bar, showcasing Sally’s band ‘The Candy Bombers’. She has taken the band all over the world from the Edinburgh Festival and the Ibiza Millennium celebrations to Wales, New York and New Zealand. Sally headlined on the Australasian stage in Hyde Park as part of the Queen’s Jubilee festivities which was broadcast by the BBC worldwide.

Her pedigree is a who’s who of the international music and entertainment scene. This is reflected in the support and guidance she has received from Ed Bicknell (manager of Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, and Bryan Ferry), Chris Difford of Squeeze and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran.

Sally has joined Duran Duran on stage at Wembley, Earls Court and in Boston and has recorded vocals for Duran Duran’s ‘Pop Trash’, ‘Astronaut’, ‘Massacre on the Red Carpet’, and the latest album ‘All You Need is Now’. Sally’s vocals can also be heard on The Dandy Warhols’ album ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’, and the Stephen Duffy, Nick Rhodes project, ‘The Devils’.

Sally and musician/writer, Jason Lake, created ‘Punktuition’, a children’s entertainment, musical and educational based TV show that has evolved into much more than the doodle it once was.

Sally engaged the talents of her peers, Duran Duran, Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones producer) and found a mentor in children’s television legend, Christopher Cerf of ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Between The Lions’ fame. They work together as creative consultants on the show. ‘Punktuition’ can currently be seen on PBS.

The wonderful artwork by Dean Gorrisen, based in Australia, Chris Cerf in NYC, Sally in LA, and Jason in the UK make ‘Punktuition’ a truly international affair.

Currently, due to overwhelming response from her recent appearances on the ‘Young Talent Time’ reunion shows where she got her start and requests from her many fans, Sally, along with Producer, George Cook, has released a collection of her favorite self penned tunes, ‘Keepsake - Chapter 1’.

Film

• Smuggler's Cove (1983)
• The Little Dragons (1980)
• Dead Man's Float (1980)

Television

• Come Midnight Monday (1982)
• Lassie: A New Beginning (1978)
• Barnaby and Me (1977)
• The Waltons(1977)
• Young Talent Time(1973-1976)

Discography

• "The Littlest Australian" - 1976 solo album (HAM 008)
• "A Day in a Life" - 1977 solo album (HAM 018)
• "Become" - 1998 solo album (EMI)
• "Keepsake - Chapter 1" - 2011 solo album (iTunes)

References

General

• "Sally Boyden > Filmography". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/sally-boyden-7824/filmography. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
• Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.  Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Specific

External links

• Sally Boyden at the Internet Movie Database
• Major Matt Mason gallery
• 100 Hours on MySpace
• Album details at RateYourMusic
• Come Midnight Monday fan tribute page
• Punktuition info at Animated World Magazine
• Personality of the Week: Sally Boyden