While we were away on holiday, a certain legend called Elkie Brooks celebrated her 65th birthday! Heavens, that makes me feel old...
Still performing and touring as we speak, Miss Brooks began her career much in the same way as she performss today, as a brassy singer of powerful jazzy numbers and tearful ballads. Her first sniff of success was as part of the band Vinegar Joe with the late, great Robert Palmer. Her commercial success in the 1970s largely hinges around one song, however, for which she will always be remembered - Pearl's A Singer...
Here is a remarkable early performance of hers, in which she demonstrates the throaty talents that would later bring her success and adulation:
And here she is performing a song from her brand new album Powerless, released this week:
Many happy returns to a mistress of song!
Elkie Brooks official website
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