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Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin, 11 June 1950, London
London

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) is an English
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 singer-songwriter
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.

ey De Paul was born to Meta and Herbert Rubin, a property developer. She grew up in a Jew
Jew

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ish family in Cricklewood
Cricklewood

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, North London
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 and attended South Hampstead High School
South Hampstead High School

South Hampstead High School is an all-girls independent school situated in Hampstead, north-west London. The Good Schools Guide described the school as "the only high-achieving, girls' independent in the area."...
 and Hornsey College of Art
Hornsey College of Art

Hornsey College of Art is a former college centred in Crouch End, London, now part of Middlesex University.Founded in 1880, it became the Hornsey College of Arts and Crafts in 1955....
.

Famous for her keyboard
Musical keyboard

A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the interval of an octave....
 skills, ability to write catchy songs and sultry looks, de Paul first hit the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 charts
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
 in 1972, initially as the songwriter of the Fortunes
The Fortunes

The Fortunes are an archetypal England beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the United States and United Kingdom Top 40....
' hit, "Storm in a Teacup".






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Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin, 11 June 1950, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
.

Life and career

Lynsey De Paul was born to Meta and Herbert Rubin, a property developer. She grew up in a Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish family in Cricklewood
Cricklewood

Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Brent and southeastern part is in London Borough of Camden....
, North London
North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
 and attended South Hampstead High School
South Hampstead High School

South Hampstead High School is an all-girls independent school situated in Hampstead, north-west London. The Good Schools Guide described the school as "the only high-achieving, girls' independent in the area."...
 and Hornsey College of Art
Hornsey College of Art

Hornsey College of Art is a former college centred in Crouch End, London, now part of Middlesex University.Founded in 1880, it became the Hornsey College of Arts and Crafts in 1955....
.

Famous for her keyboard
Musical keyboard

A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the interval of an octave....
 skills, ability to write catchy songs and sultry looks, de Paul first hit the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 charts
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
 in 1972, initially as the songwriter of the Fortunes
The Fortunes

The Fortunes are an archetypal England beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the United States and United Kingdom Top 40....
' hit, "Storm in a Teacup". A few months later she was propelled into the limelight as the performer of her own hit song "Sugar Me", which rapidly found its way into the Top Ten, of the UK Singles Chart (at #5) as well as the top of the singles
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 charts in Holland
Holland

Holland is a name in common usage given to two regions in the western part of Netherlands. The name 'Holland' is also often mistakenly used to refer to the whole of The Netherlands....
 and Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
. "Sugar Me" was rapidly followed by "Getting a Drag" (a #18), a quirky song in a completely different vein about finding out that her boyfriend likes to cross-dress. She was the first woman to be awarded an Ivor Novello Award for her classic ballad
Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative story and set to music. Ballads were characteristic of particularly British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the nineteenth century and used extensively across Europe and later north America, Australia and north Africa....
, "Won't Somebody Dance With Me
Won't Somebody Dance With Me

Song written by Lynsey De Paul in 1973 that was awarded an Ivor Novello Awards in 1974. Lynsey's version of this haunting ballad made the U.K., Irish and Dutch Top 20s and has been featured in the film The Big Sleep and the TV programmes The Muppet Show and the Mickey Mouse Show as well as being covered by Bruce Johnston, Petula Clark,...
", another UK Top 20 hit. The BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a United Kingdom international radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in current popular music throughout the day, with a slight bias to Rock music & Independent music music....
 disc jockey
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 Ed Stewart
Ed Stewart

Ed Stewart is a radio broadcaster from England.His real name is Edward Mainwaring but he is affectionately known by the nickname Stewpot....
 spoke the words "May I Have The Pleasure Of This Dance" near the end of the record (he often played the record on his Junior Choice programme on Saturday mornings) although Tony Blackburn
Tony Blackburn

Tony Blackburn is an award winning England disc jockey, who broadcast on the "pirate" stations Radio Caroline and Wonderful Radio London in the 1960s and was the first presenter to appear on BBC Radio 1 in 1967....
 did it when she appeared on Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
 (see List of performers on Top of the Pops).

A second Ivor Novello award followed a year later for the Phil Spector
Phil Spector

Harvey Philip Spector is an United Statesn record producer and songwriter.The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s' girl group sound and clocked in over twenty-five Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965....
-ish "No Honestly", which was also the theme tune to a hit ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 comedy of the same name
No, Honestly

No, Honestly was a British sitcom that was originally produced in 1974. No, Honestly featured the real-life married couple of Pauline Collins and John Alderton respectively as Clara and Charles Danby , a newlywed couple living in London....
, and provided her with another UK Top 10 hit, peaking at #7.

A prolific songwriter first and foremost, de Paul has written songs for many other recording artists
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
 as well as writing the theme music to the 70's documentary TV programmes "Pilger" (John Pilger) for ATV television. In a five year period (1972-77) she wrote a total of 14 UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 hits, most notably "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" which was a hit for co-writer Barry Blue
Barry Blue

Barry Blue , is a singer / Record producer / songwriter from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his hit single songs, "Dancin' " , which he co-wrote with Lynsey De Paul, and "Do You Wanna Dance" ....
 as well as Flash Cadillac and Bond. Indeed, de Paul's songs have reached the charts in most territories, including the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 and Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. She also has performed producing and arranging duties on many of these recordings.

"Rock Bottom", which she wrote with Mike Moran, was the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Eurovision Song Contest 1977

The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 was the 22nd edition series, and was held on May 7, 1977 in London. With Angela Rippon as the presenter, the contest was won by Marie Myriam who represented France, with her song L'oiseau et l'enfant....
. Although it came second in the Eurovision Song Contest, it went on to become a Top 20 hit in many European countries including France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where it reached the top of their singles chart. De Paul and Moran went on to write a number of songs, such as "Let Your Body Go Downtown", a Top 40 hit (in 1977 reached number 38 in the BBC Top 50) for the Martyn Ford Orchestra; and the follow up "Going to a Disco", as well as "Without You", and "Now and Then", which appeared on the album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
s Tigers and Fireflies and Just a Little Time, respectively.

After a three year period of being based in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 in the late 1970s/early 1980s with her partner at the time, the actor James Coburn
James Coburn

'James Harrison Coburn, Jr.' was an United States film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his charisma and natural charm. He had appeared in almost 70 films and made over 100 appearances on television in his 45-year career, and won an Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Affliction...
, de Paul returned to England
England

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. Whilst still writing songs for artists as diverse as Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey

Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom singer. She performed the theme music to the James Bond films Goldfinger , Diamonds Are Forever , and Moonraker ....
, Sam Hui and The Real Thing
The Real Thing (group)

The Real Thing were a United Kingdom pop music band , formed in Liverpool in the early 1970s. The vocal quartet comprised sibling Chris and Eddie Amoo alongside Ray Lake, Joshua Dixon and Dave Smith....
, de Paul also branched out into record production
Record producer

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, acting in musicals
Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
 and plays, interviewing and TV presentation, drawing cartoons and even self defence. On the latter subject in 1992 she presented a documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 about women's self defence, called Eve Fights Back, which won a Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a United Kingdom-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future....
 award.

De Paul has orchestrated, played, and produced two classical records of compositions by Handel
George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel was an England Baroque music composer of Germany birth who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerto grosso. His life and music may justly be described as "cosmopolitan": he was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England....
 and Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organ whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque music period and brought it to its ultimate maturity....
 for Deutsche Grammaphone. Her work for the Channel Tunnel Group included writing and producing an album of children's songs with accompanying song colouring book for Eurotunnel
Eurotunnel

Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. manages and operates the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France. The Company operates the Eurotunnel Shuttle services and earns revenue on other trains passing through the tunnel....
's mascot entitled "Marcus The Mole". She has written film music for and acted in the children's film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 Gabrielle and the Doodleman, and has composed on-air jingles for broadcast radio including Capital Radio
Capital Radio

95.8 Capital FM is a London radio station owned by Global Radio....
. In 1983 she appeared at the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 conference, where she sang a song she had composed specially for the occasion - "Vote Tory, Tory, Tory/For election glory".

On 30 June 2006, de Paul became a Writer Director on the board of the Performing Right Society
Performing Right Society

PRS for Music, , founded in 1914, is the collecting society for United Kingdom songwriters, composers and Music publisher s. Formed as The MCPS-PRS Alliance in 1997 with the PRS for Music brand adopted in 2009, the organisation brings together two royalty collection societies; MCPS and PRS.....
.

On 10 April 2008, Lynsey participated in a celebrity version of Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 show Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me

Come Dine With Me is a Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, first broadcast in January 2005. The show has four amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants....
 along with fellow celebrities Tamara Beckwith
Tamara Beckwith

Tamara Beckwith is an England socialite, noted for her coverage in glossy celebrity magazines such as OK!. She is a presenter for MTV, VH-1 and regularly appears as a reporter for television shows including This Morning and Watchdog....
, MC Harvey and Jonathan Ansell
Jonathan Ansell

Jonathan Mark Ansell is an England singer, formerly the high tenor of the vocal group G4 .Jonathan Ansell was born in Bognor Regis in 1982, where both his parents were primary school teachers....
. Lynsey came in fourth (last) place.

Self-defence training programme

In autumn 2006, de Paul released a DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 entitled “Taking Control” representing her self-defence training programme. The programme shows the importance of self-defence for women and she has approached schools and universities to include the DVD in the curriculum.

Discography


Singles

Year TitleChart positions
UK
United Kingdom

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 CH
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
1972 5-
"Getting A Drag" 18-
1973 "Won't Somebody Dance With Me
Won't Somebody Dance With Me

Song written by Lynsey De Paul in 1973 that was awarded an Ivor Novello Awards in 1974. Lynsey's version of this haunting ballad made the U.K., Irish and Dutch Top 20s and has been featured in the film The Big Sleep and the TV programmes The Muppet Show and the Mickey Mouse Show as well as being covered by Bruce Johnston, Petula Clark,...
"		 14-
1974 "Oooh I Do" 25-
"No Honestly" 7-
1975 "My Man And Me" 40-
1977 "Rock Bottom" (with Mike Moran) 19 1


Other singles

  • "All Night" / "Blind Leading the Blind"
  • "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" / "Into My Music"
  • "Happy Christmas to You From Me" / "Stick to You" (with Barry Blue
    Barry Blue

    Barry Blue , is a singer / Record producer / songwriter from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his hit single songs, "Dancin' " , which he co-wrote with Lynsey De Paul, and "Do You Wanna Dance" ....
    )
  • "Hug and Squeeze Me" / "You Made Me Write This Song"
  • "Love Bomb" / "Rainbow"
  • "If I Don't Get You The Next One Will" / "Season to Season"
  • "You Give me Those Feelings" / "Beautiful"
  • "Hollywood Romance" / "Losin' The Blues for You"
  • "Tigers and Fireflies" / "Losin' The Blues for You"
  • "Strange Changes" / "Strange Changes (version)"
  • "Air on a Heartstring" / "Arrival of the Queen" (with Horea Crishan)
  • "There's No Place Like London" / "There's No Place Like London" (Karaoke version) (credited as Lynsey & friends)


B sides

  • "Storm in a Teacup" ("Sugar Me")
  • "Brandy" ("Getting a Drag")
  • "So Good to You" ("Won't Somebody Dance with Me")
  • "Nothing Really Lasts Forever" ("Ooh I do")
  • "Central Park Arrest" ("No Honestly")
  • "Dancing on a Saturday Night" ("My Man and Me")
  • "Shouldn't Say That" (with Mike Moran) ("Rock Bottom")


Albums

  • Surprise
  • The World of Lynsey de Paul (aka Lynsey Sings)
  • Taste Me... Don't Waste Me
  • Love Bomb
  • Before You Go Tonight
  • No Honestly
  • Tigers and Fireflies
  • Just a Little Time (aka Sugar Me)
  • The Best of Lynsey de Paul
  • Greatest Hits
  • Best of the 70s - Lynsey de Paul


Other artists

Artists
Musician

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 who have recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

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 songs written or co-written by de Paul include:
  • Barry Blue
    Barry Blue

    Barry Blue , is a singer / Record producer / songwriter from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his hit single songs, "Dancin' " , which he co-wrote with Lynsey De Paul, and "Do You Wanna Dance" ....
     (also recorded songs as Barry Green)
  • bond
    Bond (band)

    Bond is an Australian/United Kingdom string quartet that specialises in European classical music crossover music. Bond has been described as the best selling string quartet of all time, selling over 4 million records....
  • Bruce Johnston
    Bruce Johnston

    Bruce Arthur Johnston is a member of The Beach Boys and a Grammy Award-winning songwriter for composing "I Write the Songs." Johnston was not one of the original members of the band....
  • Carl Wayne
    Carl Wayne

    Carl Wayne , real name Colin David Tooley, singer and actor, is best remembered as the lead vocalist of Birmingham rock group The Move during the 1960s....
  • Cheryl Lynn
    Cheryl Lynn

    Lynda Cheryl Smith , better known by her stage name Cheryl Lynn is a disco, Rhythm and blues and soul music singer best known for her 1978 disco classic, "Got to Be Real"....
  • Claudine Longet
    Claudine Longet

    Claudine Georgette Longet was a popular singer and recording artist during the 1960s and 1970s. She was also an actress and a dancer.Born in Paris, France, Longet was married to pop singer Andy Williams from 1961 until 1975....
  • Dana
    Dana (singer)

    Dana may refer to:* Dana Rosemary Scallon , Irish singer and politician* Dana , Korean pop singer* Dana International , Israeli pop singer...
  • David Hasselhoff
    David Hasselhoff

    David Michael Hasselhoff is an United States actor and singer. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s U.S....
  • Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids
    Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids

    Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, now known as Flash Cadillac, are an United States retro rock 'n' roll band. They are best known for their portrayal of the group Herbie and the Heartbeats in the film American Graffiti, which they contributed three songs: "At The Hop", "Louie Louie" and "She's So Fine"....
  • Gerard Kenny
    Gerard Kenny

    Gerard Kenny is a popular music singer-songwriter....
  • Ginette Reno
    Ginette Reno

    Ginette Reno is a French-Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She is known by the nickname "La Reno".Born in Montreal, Quebec, she is fluent in both English and French....
  • Heatwave
    Heatwave (band)

    Heatwave was an international funk/disco band featuring United States Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder of Dayton, Ohio, England Rod Temperton , Spain Mario Mantese , Czechoslovakian Ernest "Bilbo" Berger , Jamaican Eric Johns and British people Roy Carter, ....
  • Jack Wild
    Jack Wild

    Jack Wild was an England actor who achieved fame for his roles in both stage and screen productions of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! with Ron Moody, Shani Wallis and Oliver Reed....
  • James Last
    James Last

    James Last is a Germany composer and big band leader....
  • Johnnie Wilder, Jr.
    Johnnie Wilder, Jr.

    Johnnie Wilder, Jr. , was the co-founder and lead singer, of the international Rhythm and blues/funk group, Heatwave . Heatwave was a popular band during the late 1970s, with chart-topper such as "Boogie Nights", "Always and Forever" and "The Groove Line" on which Wilder sang co-lead vocals....
  • Klaus Wunderlich
    Klaus Wunderlich

    Klaus Wunderlich was a Germany musician.Wunderlich was born in Chemnitz and died in Engen, Germany from a heart attack.Wunderlich played the Hammond organ during his early career but later switched to Wersi organs with which he created his own electronic sound....
  • Lena Zavaroni
    Lena Zavaroni

    Lena Hilda Zavaroni was a Scotland child singer and a television show host. With her album Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me at ten years of age, she is the youngest person in history to have an album in UK Albums Chart top ten....
  • Lenny Zakatek
    Lenny Zakatek

    Lenny Zakatek is a Pop music & Rock music singer & musician, residing in London, England since the age of 13....
  • Marilyn
    Marilyn (musician)

    Peter Robinson , better known as Marilyn, is a British Pop music Singing who achieved international fame in the 1980s with his hit song "Calling Your Name"....
  • Marti Webb
    Marti Webb

    Marti Webb is a musical theatre actor from England, who appeared on stage in Evita , before starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's one woman show Tell Me On A Sunday in 1980....
  • Menudo
    Menudo

    Menudo can refer to:* Menudo , boy band** Menudo , three of their albums went by this name**...
  • Mice
  • Nancy Sinatra
    Nancy Sinatra

    Nancy Sandra Sinatra is an United States singer and actor. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra from his first wife, Nancy Barbato, and remains known for her 1966 signature song "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"....
  • Paul Wall
    Paul Wall

    Paul Slayton , better known by his stage name Paul Wall or "The People's Champ", is an American rapper. Wall graduated from Jersey Village High School and later graduated with a degree in mass communications from the University of Houston....
  • Petula Clark
    Petula Clark

    Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
  • Ricky Martin
    Ricky Martin

    Enrique Mart?n Morales , better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rico pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin American music boy band Menudo , then as a solo artist since 1991....
  • Sacha Distel
    Sacha Distel

    Sacha Distel , was a France singer who had hits such as a cover version of the Academy Award for Best Original Song winning "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" , "Scoubidou" and "The Good Life "....
  • Sam Hui
  • Shirley Bassey
    Shirley Bassey

    Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom singer. She performed the theme music to the James Bond films Goldfinger , Diamonds Are Forever , and Moonraker ....
  • Solomon King
    Solomon King

    Solomon King , was a 1960s and 1970s popular music singer.As a teenager he attended the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and was offered a scholarship to study Cantatorial Music by Jan Peerce....
  • Spencer Davis Group
    Spencer Davis Group

    The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s United Kingdom beat group from Birmingham, England. In their heyday the group consisted of Spencer Davis, Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood and Pete York; Jimmy Miller was their record producer....
  • The Dooleys
  • The Fortunes
    The Fortunes

    The Fortunes are an archetypal England beat group. Formed in Birmingham, The Fortunes first came to prominence and international acclaim in 1965, when "You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the United States and United Kingdom Top 40....
  • The Real Thing
    The Real Thing (group)

    The Real Thing were a United Kingdom pop music band , formed in Liverpool in the early 1970s. The vocal quartet comprised sibling Chris and Eddie Amoo alongside Ray Lake, Joshua Dixon and Dave Smith....
  • Thunderthighs
    Thunderthighs

    Thunderthighs A term of endearment spoken from a man to a women about how sexy her thighs look. were a high-profile United Kingdom Backing vocalist musical ensemble, who quickly became artists in their own right....
  • Tony Blackburn
    Tony Blackburn

    Tony Blackburn is an award winning England disc jockey, who broadcast on the "pirate" stations Radio Caroline and Wonderful Radio London in the 1960s and was the first presenter to appear on BBC Radio 1 in 1967....
  • Vera Lynn
    Vera Lynn

    Dame Vera Lynn Order of the British Empire is a popular United Kingdom vocalist whose career flourished during World War II, when she was nicknamed "Forces Sweetheart"....
  • Zig-Zag


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