Is it uncool to like.....

[CN211276]

BillyB Elkie is a class Act either on her own or with Vinegar Joe and cannot be compared with the output from SB IMHO

I go along with this. Saw a clip from the Old Grey Whistle test where she belts it out with V J.

[Fretless]

Yes it IS totally uncool to like this sort of thing - do I care ?????



Dionne Warwick Sings the Bacharach & David Songbook

This is a favourite of mine, such a wonderful album with perfect arrangements/performances of some of the most beautiful songs ever written:

Do You Know The Way To San Jose
What The World Needs Now Is Love
Alfie
I Just Don't Know What Do To With Myself
I Say A Little Prayer
Anyone Who Had A Heart
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Walk On By
Trains Boats And Planes
Make It Easy On Yourself
Always Something There To Remind Me(There's)
The Look Of Love

Truly soulful, timeless music. From the heart.

[Andy-831]

And one of the best female vocalists that have graced this planet Fretless along with Ella of course.

[karatestu]

Stu, give ''The Performance'' a try, very polished and bondesque in places, one of my fave disc of SB.

Cheers wii, i will give that one a go. Growing up in the late 70's i too remember crap variety show performances from all sorts of artists. Wouldn't want to associate myself with that but all the female singers mentioned here are good at what they do. Maybe me coming out of the wood work and admitting to liking stuff is an age thing, i'm the wrong side of 40 after all.

My mum used to play all sorts- must raid her collection

[Andy-831]

Its always a good place to start, I got my liking for Big Band Jazz from Mum.

[Stemcor1990]

I owe my love of music to my Mum. She always had the radio or the record player going when I was a kid. My interest in hifi comes from her father.

Nothing wrong with a bit of SB. If you like it, it’s good. Thanks to Mum I’m a bit of a Dusty Springfield fan.

[slinger]

I first heard Elkie Brooks with a band named Dada, a jazz-rock band. Great voice. Did you know her brother was the drummer with Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas?

This is Elkie's first ever recording, at age 18 or 19, covering an Etta James song. It was produced by Ian Samwell and 'probably' features Jimmy Page on guitar.

[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-xdfym2ZDA[/BBvideo]

If you want to talk "uncool" my old band covered The Beatles' '8 Days a Week'...a speeded-up version of the first section of Alma Cogan's treatment. It swung like a good 'un but was quite embarrassing when people asked where we got the idea from. We mostly blamed John, one of our guitarists, for finding it.

[savvypaul]

Petula Clark is my 'inherited' female singer...

...and Sandy Denny.

[Mississippi Blind Child Assburn]

Sandy orlroight!

Petulia doin' "Downtown" on Ed Sullivan. Best ever! (Fuck Topo JeeJoe.)

[It is I, Leclerc]

Shirley Bassey can only be full appreciated on a pair of big Spendors.