Background
She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and after winning a dance competition moved to London in the early 1970s to develop a career in the music business.
She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and after winning a dance competition moved to London in the early 1970s to develop a career in the music business.
She worked as a dancer and formed her own band, playing in clubs, while also working behind the scenes in the management of such stars as Marc Bolan, Rod Stewart, and David Bowie. They also set up the Towerbell record label, and discovered the band Darts (band), who had a series of hits after being signed to Magnet Records. Later, the pair were responsible for setting up the Rockney label for Chas and Dave.
Natasha formed a girl group, the Flirts, with sisters Betty and Jackie Burns.
They recorded for Magnet in the late 1970s but with little commercial success. She then recorded for Decca as Natasha and the Delites.
Credited as Natasha, she released solo singles on Towerbell, including "Iko Iko" in 1982. She appeared on Top of the Pops, and the song, produced by Tom Newman, rose to number 10 on the United Kingdom singles chart.
Her follow-up record, "The Boom Boom Room", reached number 44 on the singles chart later in the year, and her album Captured reached the United Kingdom albums chart.
However, later singles on Towerbell, and a second, largely self-penned album Don’t Walk Away, had less success. She moved to Canada and sang with the band Why before returning to England in the early 1990s. A few years later she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but eventually returned to the music industry.
She released the albums Back From The Mists of Time (2007), and Deeper Into Reality (2010).