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Cheyne (singer)

Cheyne is a female R&B singer who was still a teenager when her song " Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. She also contributed to the " Weird Science" soundtrack with the song " Private Joy."

Cheyne

Cheyne is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

  • John Cheyne (speaker) Speaker of the House (14th century)
  • John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne (c1445–1499), English courtier and hostage after the Treaty of Picquigny (1475)
  • John Cheyne (physician) (1777–1836), British physician, surgeon and author
  • George Cheyne (physician) (1671–1743), physician and medical writer
  • Sir Reginald Cheyne, (fl.13thc.), Lord Chamberlain of Scotland
  • Thomas Cheney (Cheyne) (c1485–1558), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
  • Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1841–1915), English divine and Biblical critic
  • Sir William Cheyne, 1st Baronet (1852–1932), British surgeon and bacteriologist who pioneered the use of antiseptical surgical methods in the United Kingdom
  • John Cheyne (1905), British lawyer, see Bannatyne v Overtoun

Given name:

  • Cheyne Coates, Australian dance music and pop singer

Usage examples of "cheyne".

Cheyne, indeed, a veteran of the Melanesian sandalwood trade, was killed on Palau in 1866 after a decade of failed commercial undertakings.

It was so beautiful in the moonlight, the filthy water below it iridescent, the gaslights from Cheyne Walk flickering like St.

Sixteen The afternoon following his vigil, Arthur headed down Cheyne Walk, listening to the gossip of the gallery and café owners, straining to pick up any odd piece of news that might be associated with the vampire woman.

Chapter XXIX IN WHICH CERTAIN INCIDENTS ARE NARRATED WHICH ARE ONLY TO BE MET WITH ON AMERICAN RAILROADS The train pursued its course, that evening, without interruption, passing Fort Saunders, crossing Cheyne Pass, and reaching Evans Pass.

Saturday, the 22nd of March, 1868, my father and I called on Carlyle at 5, Cheyne Row, Chelsea, with a message from one of his intimate friends.