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Vicky Fallon[1] is a U.K based singer/songwriter and television personality. Fallon is engaged to Ex 5ive star Abz Love[2] and featured in their hit documentary series Country Strife: Abz on the farm[3] which aired on BBC two[4][5][6] in 2015 and on the subsequent Christmas special Country Strife: Abz on the Christmas farm[7]. During her career in music Fallon has performed session and back up vocals for Disney, Pixar, [8] Alesha Dixon[9] and Russian singer Alsou . She has also written for the Sugababes [10] and Alan Braxe[11]. Currently, Fallon has a YouTube channel under the name, Vicky Fallon[12] where she uploads covers of hit songs and also original material. She is a featured artist on Abz Love’s comedy single Cockadoodledoo ( 2016)[13] and on Alan Braxe’s single Nightwatcher (2008)[14].

Early life

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Smoke 2 Seven Been there done that (The remixes) Single cover

Fallon was born Vicky Fallon O'Neill on 3 June 1984 on a military base in Germany to parents Royal Air Force Squadron leader Stephen O'Neill and Debra O'Neill. At 8 years old Fallon was sent to Fyling hall school as a full-time boarder where she showed an early talent for music (writing and singing) art and sciences and a passion for horses and nature. Fallon wrote her first album at the age of 11.

Girl band (Smoke 2 Seven)

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Smoke 2 Seven Envy (single cover)

At the age of 16 Fallon was signed by president and owner of Curb Records[15] Mike Curb as part of a 3 part girlband called Smoke 2 Seven. Smoke 2 Seven were signed to the country and western label Curb records for a 7 album deal and the group enlisted ex London Records MD Laurie Cokell as their manager. S2S toured with Daniel Bedingfield, released two U.K singles "Been there done that" (UK 26)[16] and "Envy" (UK 70)[17] Fallon left the band in 2002. After being released from her contract with Curb Records Fallon returned to London and began working as a session singer and songwriter, working for Disney, Pixar, Alesha Dixon, Alsou and various other pop acts. In 2001 Fallon was booked to appear at an R.A.F tattoo event which involved flying in on a helicopter with ex 5ive member and popstar Abz Love.

Eurovision scandal

In 2007 Fallon was caught up in a controversy when The Sunday Mirror newspaper ran a front page headline accusing Scooch had used two hidden 'ghost singers' as part of their performance on Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up[18] with the implication that this had given the group an advantage over rival entrants, although this was perfectly allowed. This led to accusations of miming.[19] Fallon was one of the two hidden singers.

Underground solo career

In 2006 O'Neill dropped her surname and began performing as 'Vicky Fallon.' Fallon wrote and recorded a debut album with Cornwall-based producer and songwriter Gareth Young. During this time Fallon also co-wrote “Shake It” for the Sugababes. The song appears on the B-side of the single Easy (2006)[20]. Fallon was offered a deal by Matthew Knowles, father and manager of Beyoncé. In December 2007, following several crisis meetings, Fallon parted ways with Matthew Knowles and left Music World.

In 2008 Fallon started to work with the record label Eye Industries. She wrote a collection of tracks for other dance artists with DJ & producer Alan Braxe. She is featured along with Killa Kella on Alan Braxe’s song Nightwatcher[21], which received solid airplay on Radio 1 and enjoyed relative success on the UK underground. Fallon's debut album caught the attention of 2point9 and they set about developing her as a solo artist. Fallon co-wrote with Jersey-based super producers Ray Hedges and Nigel Butler before abandoning the project in 2009 to focus on her partner Abz Love.

Finding Love

In 2009 Abz Love reconnected with Fallon via Myspace. They started dating shortly after and began songwriting and producing tracks for other artists. Fallon took a hitaus from performing as an artist to focus on supporting Love back to health. Fallon became Love's manager in late 2009. She has navigated Love's career through ITV2's the Big Reunion, Celebrity Big Brother 12, and most recently with BBC two for the couple's hit documentary series 'Country Strife : Abz on the Farm'.

Country Strife : Abz on the Farm

In August 2015, Country Stife: Abz on the Farm aired BBC two. Series one featured three 30 mintues episodes. The show follow Fallon and partner Abz Love's journey throughout 2014 as they purchased a dilapidated smallholding and navigated the highs and lows of adjusting to rural life on a budget.The show was produced by Andrea Cornes of Tin Can Island and commissioned by Tom MacDonald[22]. Many felt BBC Two were taking a risk in introducing Love to their audience and were criticised heavily for it.[23] But the show was an unexpected success and even secured a Christmas special Country Strife: Abz on the Christmas farm which aired on Boxing day 2015.[24]

Critic reviews - Abz on the Farm

Abz on the farm Sam Wollaston (TV critic for The Guardian) - "It’s perfect, from a TV point of view if not as a first attempt as self-sufficiency.[25]Can this really be real, or is it mockumentary? Whichever, it’s hilarious and brilliant."

Ellen E Jones (TV critic for The Independent) - [26] Abz Love is a star (re)born. BBC2 isn’t usually associated with reality television, but it was immediately obvious why commissioners had made this exception. Gerald O'Donavan (TV critic for the telegraph) states "Abz on the Farm was abzolutely hilarious." [27]

YouTube

In 2013, Fallon started a YouTube channel where she posts a mix of covers and original songs. She has had over 166,000 views on her videos. Her most successful video, “Boy (You’re Amazing) Just The Way You Are" is a cover of Bruno Mars hit single. She has also covered Adele, Emeli Sande, Bryan Adams, Chris Brown and Coldplay. Fallon also has released original material in the form of lyric videos. Included in these videos is “Lay Your Head Down”, “ Sleeping Like Strangers” and “Rock Bottom Feat. Abz Love”.

In December 2015 Love & Fallon released a music video on Love’s YouTube channel of their comedy single “Cockadoodledoo”. Love describes the song as sounding somewhere between Souljia Boy’s “Crank That” and “Old MacDonald Had A Farm.” [28] It became available as a digital download worldwide on January 4, 2016.

Blog

In December 2015 Fallon launched an official blog charting the couples progress following on from their documentary series Abz on the farm. The Abzonthefarm blog can be found here.

Personal life

Fallon and Love live on a semi off grid smallholding called 'Love Farm' deep in the woods of Carmarthenshire, Wales (U.K.) with their 5 dogs Precious, Louis, Geo, Cookie and Muffin.

Discography

Title Year Album
"Nightwatcher (Show Me)"

(Alan Braxe Feat. Killa Kella & Fallon)

2008 Nightwatcher (Show Me)
"Cockadoodledoo"

(Abz Love Feat. Vicky Fallon)

2016 Cockadoodledoo (feat. Vicky Fallon) (digital download)

Smoke 2 Seven

Title Year UK

(peak chart position)

Album
"Been There Done That" 2002 26[29] Been There Done That
"Envy" 2003 79[30] Envy

Songwrtitng Credits

Title Year Artist Album Written By
"Kinda Unstuck" 2002 Smoke 2 Seven Been There Done That Clarke, Terao, Perry, Schjolin, Cokell, O'Neill
"I Will, I Won't" Clarke, Terao, Perry, Schjolin, Cokell, O'Neill
"Shake It" 2006 Sugababes Easy Beverley Clarke, Gareth Young, Karl 'K-Gee' Gordon, Vicky O'Neill

References

  1. ^ "Vicky Fallon (@vicky_fallon) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  2. ^ "ΔBZ (@abzlove) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  3. ^ "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  4. ^ "Series 1, Country Strife: Abz on the Farm - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  5. ^ "BBC - Abz takes on the good life on BBC Two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  6. ^ "BBC Store". BBC Store. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  7. ^ "Abz on the Christmas Farm, Country Strife: Abz on the Farm - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  8. ^ Bird, Brad; Pinkava, Jan (2007-06-29), Ratatouille, retrieved 2016-03-27
  9. ^ "Knock Down - Alesha Dixon". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  10. ^ PrincePaulJohnathan (2009-05-02), Sugababes - Shake It, retrieved 2016-03-27
  11. ^ "AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  12. ^ "Vicky fallon". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  13. ^ WORDS, IF I. say the (2016-01-05). "New Single : Cockadoodledoo – Abz Love Featuring Vicky Fallon". Magic Music Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  14. ^ "Alan Braxe Featuring Killa Kella* & Fallon (3) - Nightwatcher (Show Me)". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  15. ^ "Home | Curb Records". www.curb.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  16. ^ DigitalTechnique (2008-02-09), Smoke 2 Seven - Been There Done That, retrieved 2016-03-27
  17. ^ DigitalTechnique (2008-02-09), Smoke 2 Seven - Envy, retrieved 2016-03-27
  18. ^ Bryant, Tom. "THE EUROVISION SONG CON-TEST". mirror. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  19. ^ MacInnes, Paul (2007-03-20). "Eurovision scandal: Scooch's winning sound augmented by ghost singers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  20. ^ "Sugababes - Easy". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  21. ^ "Alan Braxe - Nightwatcher (Show Me) ft. Killa Kella, Fallon". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  22. ^ "BBC - Abz takes on the good life on BBC Two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  23. ^ "TV review: Country Strife: Abz on the Farm; The Saturday Night Story | The Times". The Times. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  24. ^ sarahhamstera, Author (2016-01-05). "'Abz on the Christmas Farm' – On the Box". Dead Pixel Test. Retrieved 2017-03-10. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  25. ^ Wollaston, Sam (August 2015). "Guardian review" – via http://www.theguardian.com. {{cite news}}: External link in |via= (help)
  26. ^ Jones, Ellen E (August 2015). "The Independent : review of Country Strife" – via http://www.independent.co.uk. {{cite news}}: External link in |via= (help)
  27. ^ O'Donavan, Gerald (Aug 2015). "The telgraph : Review Country Strife" – via http://www.telegraph.co.uk. {{cite news}}: External link in |via= (help)
  28. ^ Fallon, Vicky (2016-01-03). "COCKADOODLEDOO". Abz On The Farm. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  29. ^ "been+there+done+that | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  30. ^ "envy | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Retrieved 2017-03-11.
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