Helen Boulding
| Helen Boulding | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1978 |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genres | Pop, Rock |
| Instruments | vocals, piano |
| Labels | Maid in Sheffield |
| Website | HelenBoulding.com |
Helen Boulding is a London-based singer-songwriter originally from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. Her first album, New Red Dress, was released in February 2008.
Boulding grew up in Sheffield as part of a large of a large family of Irish descent and was introduced to music by her parents. Her uncle ran a local Irish pub, Fagans, which ran regular music sessions.
Boulding chose music over sport, coming from a high achieving sports family. Her brother Michael was an ATP-ranking tennis player before switching to football, playing in the Premier League for Aston Villa in 2002. Michael and brother Rory also played in the same team at Mansfield Town and Bradford City. Her sister Sally was a world-ranked tennis player and her other sister, Laura, played rounders for England, her youngest sister Mary worked as an assistant director on films.
She co-wrote the 911 song "The Day We Find Love" which was UK top 5 hit in 1997.
In 2002 she provided backing vocals on two tracks, "Help Me Help You" and "Naughty Girl", on Holly Valance's album Footprints.
Bolding has written songs with Simon Tong (The Good, the Bad and the Queen, The Verve), Squeeze's Chris Difford and Pink Floyd's Rick Wright. She has also collaborated with songwriter Billy Steinberg . Bolding co-wrote Maybe That's What It Takes, the debut single of Alex Parks, a top five hit in the UK in 2003.
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