Ayshea - Golden Oldies (1976)

Ayshea Hague was born in Highgate, London, and educated at Arts Educational School, London, training in ballet, music, drama and dance. She made her film debut at the age of nine as an uncredited extra in the 1958 film 'Tom Thumb', and at sixteen she was signed to her first record label Fontana, who released her debut single 'Eeny Meeny in 1965, and she continued to release singles throughout the rest of the decade. During the 60's she made appearances on television shows such as 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' and 'Discotheque', and in 1969 Granada TV's producer Muriel Young hired her to host her own pop show 'Lift Off With Ayshea'. The series ran for 141 episodes lasting until 1974, but in a particularly distressing accident, every episode was wiped while they were being digitally transferred, robbing us of classic performances from David Bowie, Slade, T. Rex, The Bay City Rollers and David Cassidy. After being romantically linked with Steve Winwood, Chas Chandler and Rod Stewart, she married Cat Stevens' record producer, Chris Brough (the son of ventriloquist Peter Brough), who acted as her manager and also produced her records. She was a regular on quiz shows such as 'The Golden Shot' and 'Celebrity Squares', and as an actress she appeared in 'Jason King' and had a recurring role in 'UFO', the Gerry Anderson live-action series. After starring in pantomimes and summer shows all over the UK, Ayshea then built up a large following for her live cabaret performances. In 1975, she represented Great Britain at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo with a song written for her by Elton John, entitled 'The Flowers Will Never Die', which was released as a single the following year, and following an engagement to Roy Wood, who had written and produced her 1973 single 'Farewell', she  married Steve Alder who had the lead role in the London stage production of the musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. She later moved to Los Angeles and appeared in the movies 'Gotcha' in 1985 and 'Demolition Man' in 1993, before moving back to Britain in 2000 to be close to her mother, Rose. Ayshea is perhaps better known for her TV appearances in 'Lift Off With...' and 'UFO' than as a singer, although she did release two albums in the early 70's, but her singing career spans a dozen years from 1965 to 1977, and covers a variety of genres, so here is a selection of some of her non-album songs from the singles that she released during that time. 

Track listing

01 Eeny Meeny (single 1965)
02 Keep My Love (b-side of 'Eeny Meeny')
03 Celebration Of The Year (single 1968)
04 Only Love Can Save Me Now (b-side of 'Celebration Of The Year')
05 Who's Gonna Rescue Jesus? (single 1970)
06 Flowers Are Mine (b-side of 'Who's Gonna Rescue Jesus?')
07 Both Sides Now (b-side of 'Master Jack' 1971)
08 Farewell (single 1973)
09 Don't Wait Till Tomorrow (single 1975)
10 The Flowers Will Never Die (single 1976)
11 Golden Oldie (promo single 1977)