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Barbara Gaskin is an English singer formerly associated with the UK Canterbury scene. Gaskin was lead vocalist in British folk-prog band Spirogyra. From 1973 to 1976, she sang backing vocals with Dave Stewart's band Hatfield and the North, as one-third of the Northettes. In 1981, she and Stewart formed a duo, and later in October of that year, they had a number one single in the UK with a cover of the Lesley Gore song "It's My Party". Subsequent singles "Busy Doing Nothing" and "The Locomotion" also entered the UK Singles Chart, without reaching the heights of their debut release. Seven albums followed, released on the duo's own Broken Records label. Gaskin and Stewart continue to work together and occasionally play live concerts with Andy Reynolds, Beren Matthews and drummer Gavin Harrison. Gaskin has also sung with Egg, National Health, Peter Blegvad, Phil Miller, Nigel Planer, Jane Wiedlin, Rick Biddulph and Mont Campbell. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)