Sylvia Tyson
| Sylvia Tyson | |
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Tyson in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sylvia Fricker |
| Born |
19 September 1940 Chatham, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Folk, country rock, country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, broadcaster, author |
| Instruments | Vocals, autoharp, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Labels | Vanguard, Columbia, Capitol, Stony Plain, Salt, Outside |
| Associated acts | Ian & Sylvia, Great Speckled Bird, Quartette |
| Website | quartette |
Sylvia Tyson, CM (born 19 September 1940, Chatham, Ontario, Canada), is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. She is best known as part of the folk duo "Ian and Sylvia". Since 1993, she has been a member of the all-female folk group Quartette.
Tyson was born Sylvia Fricker in Chatham, Ontario. She was the second of four children; her father was an appliance salesman for the T. Eaton Company, and her mother was a church organist and choir leader. At a young age Fricker decided to become a singer; although her parents tried to discourage her from pursuing a career as an entertainer, she left Chatham in 1959 to perform in Toronto.
From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson. The two met after a friend of Tyson's heard her sing at a party and let Ian know about her; Tyson had been performing in Toronto clubs as a solo artist, but after he and Fricker met, they decided to work together as a duo. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, she and Ian Tyson also fronted the country rock band Great Speckled Bird.
Sylvia wrote her first and best-known song "You Were on My Mind" in 1962. It was recorded by Ian & Sylvia in 1964. The song has been covered extensively, and became a hit single in the mid-1960s for the San Francisco-based folk-rock band We Five and also for the British pop singer Crispian St. Peters.
Fricker married Ian Tyson on 26 June 1964. During their years together they recorded 13 albums.
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