Career
Waugh first came to the United Kingdom"s attention when featured on Michael Barrymore"s My Kind of People and My Kind of Music, and went on to perform at the Royal Albert Hall supporting Cliff Richard. Having been signed to the Warner Brothers Records classics subsidiary Erato, Waugh"s album, a collaboration with Diane Warren, I Love You, Goodbye was released in Japan, France and the United States in 2000.
50,000 copies were sold, with Barratt making promotional appearances in these countries.
In the United States, Atlantic Records picked up on the track "A Time for Us" and released a club version. In 2002, Waugh first underwent brain surgery to remove an abscess and started writing his own material.
There were to be several repeat operations to cure the problem. During this period Barratt was managed by John Black at Black Gold Management.
Working with writer/producer Ryan Laubscher, he recorded 11 new tracks which remain unreleased.
Waugh released the single "Skip a Beat" in June 2003 under his own label, BNW Records. lieutenant reached Number. 56 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. During this time Waugh went on a 100 date nationwide schools tour.
Appearing with Blue, Doctorate-Side, Liberty X, Lulu, Fast Food Rockers, Lisa Scott Lee, Blazin" Squad, Sugababes, Kym Marsh, Gareth Gates and others
He has since appeared at Live & Loud in Hampden Park, Summer Pops in Liverpool, the Blackburn Music Festival, Party in the Park and Heaven, as well as numerous nightclubs and radio roadshows across the country.
