Virginia Astley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Virginia Astley
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Sep 26, 1959(1959-09-26)
Age	65
Birthplace	Watford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Virginia Astley Biography

Virginia Astley is one of the most popular and richest Singer- Songwriter who was born on September 26, 1959 in Watford, England, United Kingdom. Virginia Astley was born in Garston, Hertfordshire, England along with her twin sister, Alison in 1959. She was her second child of the music composer Edwin Astley, noted for television themes like The Saint, and his wife Hazel Balbirnie, who married in 1945. Virginia Astley’s parents were from the Warrington area , and they lived in Grappenhall in Grappenhall, where her elder sister Karen was born in 1947. The family moved in Stanmore in Middlesex due to Edwin’s work as a television and film writer. In the 1960s, he was the musical director of ITC Entertainment in Borehamwood, the company responsible for television shows such as The Saint and Danger Man.

Astley recorded a solo record called She Stood Up and Cried for Crepuscule, but it was cancelled, and then issued three years later under the name Promise Nothing. Astley signed to Why-Fi in the middle of 1981 and released an EP titled The Bao A Qu, the title derived from a Malayan legend in the novel by Jorge Luis Borges, 1967: The Book of Imaginary Beings. The song was written with Jon Astley and Phil Chapman. Utilizing a studio for demos located in Wapping known as Elephant Studios, Astley recorded the song that would make her a part of the top 10 indie chart (#8) at the time of its release in 1983 “Love’s a Lonely Place to Be” A song about anxiety and despair despite its Christmas carol-like sound. The song would later be part of the 1986 album Hope in a Darkened Heart. In 1982, Virginia also performed piano on the brother-in-law of her husband Pete Townshend’s collection All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.

Virginia recruited Nicky Holland and another university friend, Kate St. John to form the band the Ravishing Beauties. The trio joined The Teardrops in Liverpool during the winter of 1981 for a series of dates at a small clubs and a UK tour in early 1982. They also recorded with Echo & the Bunnymen, Skids, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

It was during this early period that Virginia started to give serious consideration to releasing her own material; however, nothing immediately came of these plans. Then in 1981, she signed to the small UK label Why-Fi and recorded a series of songs. A school friend, Jo Wells (Kissing the Pink) and a university friend Nicky Holland both contributed as did Tony Butler, Mark Brzezicki and Peter Hope-Evans. Virginia then received an offer from another Why-Fi artist, Troy Tate, for a supporting band position with The Teardrop Explodes. In the nineties, finding that her musical style was popular in Japan, she went on to collaborate with Asian artists.

Virginia began studying piano at the age of 6 and flute at the age of 14. After she left school, she enrolled at the Guildhall School Of Music. Her first appearance professionally in public was in the form of a busker in front of South Kensington tube station. In 1980, she auditioned for an upcoming band from Clapham The Victims of Pleasure. Virginia played keyboards and joined them for a brief time performing in pubs and clubs all over London. The group recorded three songs between the years 1980-82, before disbanding.

Virginia Astley Net Worth

Virginia Astley is one of the richest Singer-Songwriter from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Virginia Astley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Virginia Astley (born 26 September 1959) is an English musician and singer who was active in the 1990s and 1980s. Her writing career began in the year 1980. Her classical education influenced her and so did her desire to explore her music. While her popularity is higher with Japan, she is also popular in the Far East, most notably Japan her music is still an enigma in her home country of England.

In 1968, her sister Karen was married in 1968 to Pete Townshend of The Who. In the 1970s , Virginia’s older sister, Jon Astley, became an operator of tapes to Eric Clapton and worked his way to the top of his tasks as a remasterer as well as producer.

One of the first musicians Astley recorded with was Richard Jobson. Together with John McGeoch and Josephine Wells, they created a musical backdrop for Jobson’s poetry. This work was released as The Ballad of Etiquette in late

1981. Later, Astley went with Jobson to perform in Japan. She also worked on other people’s projects, including work for Les Disques Du Crépuscule label, playing piano and arranging music for Richard Jobson and Anna Domino. She also had a track on From Brussels with Love in 1982. Sessions followed with Richard Jobson and Russell Webb for the final Skids album Joy, which featured Astley on flute and as a backing singer.

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Kate St. John and Nicky Holland went on to maintain solo careers in the 1990s at the time of Virginia’s reemergence in Japan. The Ravishing Beauties did not record as a band, but appeared on radio shows, including a John Peel Session on BBC Radio 1 in April 1982.

Facts & Trivia

Virginia Ranked on the list of most popular Singer-Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Virginia Astley celebrates birthday on September 26 of every year.