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Years active
  
2009–present

Associated acts
  
Robin Gibb

Active from
  
2009

Name
  
The Soldiers

Website
  
Official website


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Members
  
(Sergeant Major) Gary Chilton (Staff Sergeant) Richie Maddocks (Lance Corporal) Ryan Idzi

Record labels
  
Warner Bros. Records, Demon Music Group

Albums
  
Coming Home, Message to You, Love Songs, The Soldiers, Greatest ‑ The Soldiers

Similar
  
Robin Gibb, Caroline Redman Lusher, Lizzie Marvelly, Beryl Marsden, Rock Choir

Profiles

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The Soldiers is a singing trio consisting of serving British Army soldiers, whose debut album, Coming Home, was released on 26 October 2009, and who have since continued their singing career whilst remaining full-time army personnel. Signed to CPW Productions Warner Bros. Records, the trio consists of Ryan Idzi, Richie Maddocks and Gary Chilton.

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The Soldiers' first national interview was with The Sun, with a free download of the lead song "Coming Home" from the debut album Coming Home. The song was written by Jake Hook, Nick Patrick and Jeff Chegwin. It was delivered as a free download for 48 hours through The Sun website as a promotion for the forthcoming album. Proceeds from the single were donated to The Army Benevolent Fund. The Soldiers were also featured in Big Sing 2009, hosted by Aled Jones from London's Royal Albert Hall, with special guests also including Bryn Terfel, Ruby Turner, Amy Nuttall. The show was broadcast on BBC TV on 25 October 2009.

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The Soldiers have released four studio albums, Coming Home (2009), Letters Home (2010), Message to You (2011) and the self-titled The Soldiers (2012) and two compilation album Best of The Soldiers (2011) and Greatest (2013).

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Members

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  • Sergeant Major Gary Chilton was born in Hampshire and joined the Army in 1984. He served in the Gulf War and as of November 2010 is Band Sergeant Major of the Army Air Corps.
  • Staff Sergeant Richie Maddocks was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, and joined the Army at the age of 16. He is also a Gulf War veteran and as of November 2010 is Drum Major of the Minden Band of the Queen's Division.
  • Lance Corporal Ryan Idzi (born 1985) was born in Caerphilly, Wales, and is of Polish ancestry. In 2007, he appeared in season 4 of the UK The X Factor, auditioning with "Lean On Me". He reached the "Bootcamp" stages of the competition. A member of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, he has served in Afghanistan and Iraq as a member of the 20th Armoured Brigade.
  • Studio albums

    Special album releases

    References

    The Soldiers Wikipedia