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Jeremy Healy

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Jeremy Healy
Birth nameJeremiah Healy
Born (1962-01-18) 18 January 1962 (age 62)
Woolwich, London, England
Genres
Occupations
Years active1981–present

Jeremy Healy (born Jeremiah Healy, 18 January 1962) is an English DJ and singer. He is a former member of 1980s pop group Haysi Fantayzee.

Career

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Healy was born in Woolwich, South London. In the 1980s, with Paul Caplin and Kate Garner, he formed pop group Haysi Fantayzee.[1] He also acted as co-songwriter and co-producer for E-Zee Possee and Bleachin'. In addition, he worked with Gwen Stefani on the mashup for her "Wind It Up" single.

He was voted 'number one DJ' by The Face and Mixmag magazines.[2] Healy worked as producer and did sound effects for the video for Duran Duran's Arena (An Absurd Notion),[2] and has remixed work by both Boy George and George Michael. He had a cameo role playing himself in a 2004 film, Chasing Liberty.[3]

2004 saw the launch of Healy's latest recording project, Seraphim Suite, collaborating with a variety of featured vocalists including Mica Paris on the first single "Heart" (Inferno Records). His disc jockey duties between 2004 and 2006 included residencies with Miss Moneypenny's in Ibiza and Cyprus, plus regular UK dates with Empire, Love to Be, Time Flies, Syndicate, Kool Waters, Naughty But Nice, and overseas events in Dubai, the Mediterranean, the United States and Brazil. He continued his involvement with fashion designers Dior and Galliano, and with the Victoria's Secret fashion house (he has been musical director for every annual VS show from 2001 onwards), plus the Pret a Porter International Fashion Fair in Paris.[citation needed]

In 2007, Healy undertook the musical director's role for Gwen Stefani's Lamb fashion label, The Golden Age of Couture at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief, the Parisian jewellers Chaumet, plus the launch of J-Lo's fashion wear. 2007 saw production credits on a Gwen Stefani album and remix credits for "Wind It Up".

Personal life

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On 29 November 2007, an announcement was made that Healy and Patsy Kensit were to marry.[4] However, on 31 March 2008 it was reported that the pair had "mutually" split and called off their wedding.[5] The pair eventually married on Saturday 18 April 2009,[6] but in April 2010 were reported to be separating.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Jeremy Healy Biography", AllMusic. URL last accessed 16 April 2008
  2. ^ a b "Jeremy Healy", kinemagigz. URL last accessed 16 April 2008
  3. ^ "Jeremy Healy Filmography", IMDb. URL last accessed 16 April 2008
  4. ^ "Digital Spy, 29 September 2007". Digital Spy. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Actress Kensit calls off wedding". BBC News. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  6. ^ "19th April". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Patsy Kensit and Jeremy Healy 'set to separate' | Metro News". Metro.co.uk. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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