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Janet Kay Bogle was born in North West London, on 17 January 1958.
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She was discovered singing impromptu at a rehearsal studio by Tony "Gad" Robinson, the keyboardist from Aswad, who recommended Kay to Alton Ellis. The Jamaican-born Ellis, a successful rocksteady vocalist, had relocated permanently to London, where he continued to be involved with reggae music and was looking for a female vocalist to record a reggae cover of Minnie Riperton"s song "Lovin" You". The single "Silly Games", written and produced by Dennis Bovell, was released in 1979 and became a hit across Europe, reaching Number.
2 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart.
The chart success of "Silly Games" led to Kay appearing on Top of the Pops, then the British Broadcasting Corporation"s flagship music programme. She played the character Angel in the United Kingdom sitcom Number Problem!, created by the Black Theatre Company-operative and broadcast on Channel 4 (1983-1985).
While on the programme, she enjoyed a further club hit with "Eternally Grateful" in 1984, although the single never made the United Kingdom Top 100. Kay has recorded, and co-produced her seventh album for Sony Music Japan.
lieutenant was released on 18 June 2003, and is entitled Lovin" You … More.
The popularity of the song "Lovin" You" in Japan is so strong that she was asked to record it again for this album (for the third time). That version was produced by Omar. "Silly Games" first hit the United Kingdom charts in 1979, and appeared again in 1990 as a re-recording, billed as by Lindy Layton featuring Janet Kay, which reached Number.
22.
A remix version of Kay"s original recording spent three weeks in the United Kingdom Singles Chart, peaking at Number. 62.
Kay is credited as producer on "Missing You", recorded by Aswad.
