Popstar and Pin-up Samantha Fox celebrates her 47th birthday today. The British model’s career began when she was just 16 years old, within a few years she’d crossed over into the world of pop music with a string of hits.
When Samantha Fox was just 16 her mother sent photographs of her into a newspaper modeling competition. Soon Fox was signed to a three year modeling contract with British tabloid ‘The Sun’.
Fox often appeared topless on the newspapers Page 3, between 1984 and 1986 she was one of the most photographed women in Britain.
Fox’s first record came out in 1986, the unforgettable ‘Touch Me (I Want to Feel Your Body) played on her modeling background. The record was a huge hit and she followed it with another provocative tune ‘Do Ya Do Ya Wanna Please Me?’
For her second album Fox teamed up with a variety of producers including Stock, Aitken and Waterman who provided the song ‘Nothings Gonna Stop Me Now’ and US hip hop artists Full Force who delivered ‘Naughty Girls Need Love Too’.
The hits continued on her third album when she worked with Stock Aitken and Waterman again on a cover of the Dusty Springfield tune ‘I Only Wanna Be With You’.
As the 1990’s arrived Fox’s forth album saw her fortunes fade and she faded out of popularity. Her 1991 single ‘Hurt Me Hurt Me, But the Pants Stay On’, failed to chart.
In the 1990’s Fox found success as a songwriter, All Saints recorded her track ‘Dreams’ on their ‘Saints and Sinner’s’ album, it was credited to the pseudonym Karen Wilkin.
In the late 1990’s it was suggested that Fox may be in a same sex relationship, she officially came out in 2003 announcing that she was in a relationship with her manager Myra Sratton. The two have since entered into a civil partnership.
Most recently Fox has been making occasional television appearances on show’s including ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’, ‘Celebrity Wife Swap’ and ‘Celebrity Come Dine With Me’.
Slip back to the 1980’s with ‘I Only Wanna Be With You’ – oh the hair!
OIP Staff
