Whycliffe

Donovan Whycliffe Bromwell,[1] known mononymously as Whycliffe, was a British R&B singer from Nottingham.

Whycliffe was born into a Pentecostal family and sang in the choir as a child.[2] After sending a demo tape to local label Submission Records, he attracted label attention, eventually signing with MCA Records.[2] He released two albums for MCA and had three charting singles in the UK - "Lovespeakup" (1990) at #97, "Heaven" (1993) at #56, and "One More Time" (1994) at #72.[3] He worked with the producers Tim Simenon, CJ Mackintosh, and Chris Porter.[2] He dated Dannii Minogue in 1994.[1] After being dropped from MCA, Whycliffe left the public eye, and in 2005, a Nottingham publication reported that he "sings for a quid in the city centre and lives in a sheltered housing complex."[1]

Whycliffe's master tapes were among those reported lost or damaged in the 2008 Universal fire.[4]

Discography
  • Rough Side (MCA, 1992)
  • Journeys of the Mind (MCA, 1994)

References
  1. What Happened to Whycliffe?. Left Lion, January 12, 2005.
  2. Whycliffe at Allmusic
  3. Chart positions for Whycliffe. UK Official Charts.
  4. Rosen, Jody (25 June 2019). "Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2019.


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