He is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist born William Alexander Newman in Scotland who became a member of the band Marmalade in late 1973 when it was seeing a change of line-up. From 1975 the off-shoot band were briefly called Vintage Marmalade after some members had gone their own way.
The band, with Sandy as the frontman, reverted to the name Marmalade and signed with Tony Macauley’s Target Records. In 1976 they released their final chart hit, “Falling Apart at the Seams”. He has continued to front the band ever since and are still appearing on the nostalgia circuit where they perform all the previous hit records.
In the recording studio he has performed on all the albums by the band since 1975 and was a writer/co-writer for the singles “What You Need Is a Miracle”, “Mystery Has Gone” among others. He was also the singer with Marmalade on the first version of “Talking In Your Sleep” which was later a huge hit for the singer Crystal Gayle.
In 2009 he released the solo album Golden Years with the tracks “Golden Years” and “Wichita Lineman” released as singles via Hotdisc and reached the British and European Top 5s.
Sources:
- https://www.sandy-newman.com/bio.html
- https://blazingminds.co.uk/interview-sandy-newman-marmalade-cardiff/
- https://airplaydirect.com/music/Sandynewman/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_(band)
- http://www.performingacts.co.uk/sandynewman.html
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/392005-Sandy-Newman?type=Credits&filter_anv=0