History
Leigh and American-born Ras-Ma-Taz (Richard Allen Smith) were original members and vocalists of the group E-Rotic, which started in 1994 with their first three chart topping singles "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex", "Fred Come to Bed" and "Sex on the Phone" followed by their debut studio album Sex Affairs . After the fourth single release "Willy use a Billy...Boy" in June 1996, both members left the band due to a disagreement between Leigh and producer David Brandes, who were quickly replaced by Jeanette Christensen and Terence d'Arby, thus Leigh still had to continue to provide vocal work for E-Rotic's four follow up studio albums The Power of Sex , Sexual Madness, the ABBA cover album Thank You for the Music until 1999 to Mambo No. Sex due to her contract.
1996–97: Single releases and departure of Ras-Ma-Taz
Instead of reclaiming the E-Rotic name, owned by Brandes, Leigh and Smith decided to form their own group under the new name S.E.X. Appeal. Their first single "Voulez-vous Coucher Avec Moi" was presented in the Disco Club "Fun" in München, Germany in 1996. The single was a hit, popular around Europe. It was song #18 in the Austrian charts for 10 weeks. Soon Smith left the band to join the group Magic Affair. Months later the singer-entertainer Gino Gillian joined the group in 1997 and they released the second single, "Life Goes Up, Life Goes Down", produced by Leigh with her brother Thijs Hegemann.
1998–99: Peeping Tom and continuation as solo project
In February 1998 their third single, "Dirty Talk", was released by German label Jupiter Records. Six months later the next single "Sex is a Thrill with the Pill" were released. After disappointing lack of success, Leigh changed her record label, using her own established 3H Music Production company with her brother Thijs, that specialized in music production, mainly pop and dance music, remixing and artists management. The first single under the new sister-brother management, "Hanky Spanky", was released in July 1999 followed by "Manga Maniac", which appeared on their 1999 released debut studio album Peeping Tom. In 1999, Gillian left the band leaving Leigh, who decided to continue the band as a solo project, and released the fourth final single out of the album "Kids in America", a Kim Wilde cover, labeled as Lyane Leigh.
2000–08: Sensuality and Sensuality - The Remix Album
After touring, promoting and releasing some side projects for years, such as the double A-Side single "Auf der Suche/Alles was sie wollte" as Lyane Leigh in 2001, the vocal feature on Experience Of Music's single "Hardhouse" in 2002, on Tamo's single "Another night" or the single "Du bist" both in 2003, Leigh returned to the media as S.E.X. Appeal in 2004 with a more hands-up sound instead of the eurodance sound on the previous album and singles. In 2004, the single "Do You Love Me", followed by a new version of "Fragile Love" in 2006, which already appeared on Peeping Tom in its original version. In 2007, Leigh released the third and fourth singles, "Let Me Feel Your Sexappeal", "Sensuality" and the second studio album of the same name, Sensuality . In 2008, the single "Voodoo Queen" has been released for promotion with a new edition Sensuality - The Remix Album .
2009–10: Reflections and Peeping Tom Reloaded
In 2009, a fifth and final single "Love 2 Love" out of Sensuality and "Sex on the Phone", a cover version of the E-Rotic song, where Leigh was the band's original singer, have been released. In 2010, S.E.X. Appeal released "Gimme (Safer Sex)", a collaboration with former Mr. President rapper LayZee. Both latter mentioned singles appears on the second remix album Peeping Tom Reloaded . Later the first EP Reflections has been released. Even though it's the group's fourth major album release, this mini album features their first three singles "Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi", "Life Goes Up, Life Goes Down" and "Dirty Talk", which didn't appear on their debut album Peeping Tom or any of their previous albums in general before for unknown reasons.
2011–13: Russian Roulette and Return to E-Rotic
In 2013, the third studio album Russian Roulette has been released, preceded by the first two singles out of it, "Poison Called Love" in 2011 and "Wild Beast" in 2012. On 22 September 2013, the third single "Love is the Code" has been released. On June 19, 2013, Leigh revealed on her official site that S.E.X. Appeal's fourth studio album, to be titled Black Widow, is going to release in 2014 and eight tracks have already been named. However this release and the project as well, have been abandoned in favor for E-Rotic, when rumors came up, Leigh would reunite with David Brandes and she would return as the vocalist of the group again alongside a new rapper, Stephen Appleton.
2018: Sexy Boy... Best Of 1999-2018
Still in 2018, when Leigh being busy with her other solo projects and E-Rotic, a greatest hits compilation album titled Sexy Boy... Best Of 1999-2018 alongside its first and only single release, the titular "Sexy Boy" has been released to promote the album.
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