Hayley Sanderson (born 1982) is an English singer, songwriter and saxophonist. She is one of the vocalists on the BBC's ''

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'' and a musician on recordings by

Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s. Born and raised ...

Career

Born in

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

, England, Sanderson became known for her 2006 single, a cover of " Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman. The song was used by TalkTalk in its television advertisements. Members of the advertising agency discovered Sanderson at a performance in

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jazz club, where she performed regularly with the Leo Green Experience. "Something in the Air" was re-recorded at

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, with a 35-member string section. It was released on

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on 31 July 2006, with its store release on 7 August, and reached No. 61 on the

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. Proceeds from the song were donated to TreeHouse. In October 2009, Sanderson released her debut album, ''Just Songs'', a collection of covers and original material. Sanderson is one of the vocalists on the UK edition of ''

'', and she has appeared with

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singing live on ''Strictlys sister show ''It Takes Two''. She performs vocals and saxophone with Kitsch Lounge Riot and the

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tribute band, Think Floyd. In 2011, she featured on "Here's Why", a duet with Gilbert O'Sullivan on his album ''Gilbertville''. In 2014, Sanderson joined

as vocalist on his UK tour of ''

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'' to celebrate its fortieth anniversary. She sings on the 2012 re-recording of the album, as well as the 2016 re-recording of Wakeman's '' The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table''. Sanderson writes songs including the song "Stars" which she co-wrote with

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. In 2020, she was using her ''Strictly'' profile to help raise money for domestic abuse charities.

References

External links

Hayley Sanderson's MySpace page
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