Stephen Barry Singleton (born 17 April 1959) is an English musician, currently residing in

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, England. He was the saxophonist in the pop band

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(which he left in 1984), starring in the 1983 short film ''Mantrap''. According to an interview Singleton did for the documentary ''

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'', he was friends with

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's lead vocalist

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when the two were young children. Along with Mark White and David Sydenham, he founded the

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band

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in 1977. He also produced several issues of ''Steve's Papers'', a Sheffield punk fanzine. In the early 1990s, Singleton was a member of the band Bleep & Booster, who released an album on

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and produced some remixes for

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. Singleton also produced records by the Treebound Story (featuring a young

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) and Libitina. Singleton declined to participate in VH1's ''

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'' in 2004, when attempts were made to reform ABC for a one-off performance. Only two members, Martin Fry and David Palmer, reunited and performed. In 2015, Stephen Singleton and Mark White reformed

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* * * 1959 births English pop musicians English rock saxophonists British male saxophonists British synth-pop new wave musicians Living people ABC (band) members English new wave musicians English record producers Musicians from Sheffield 21st-century saxophonists {{UK-musician-stub