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The Best of Elkie Brooks — Spectrum 1997 The Very Best of Elkie Brooks: 23 BPI: Gold; Polygram 1997 Master Series — A&M 1998 Songs of Love — Castle 2000 Millennium Edition — A&M 2000 Hold the Dream: Anthology — Castle 2000 Greatest Hits — Brilliant 2001 Pearl's Singer — Planet Song 2003 No More the Fool — Delta 2007 The Silver ...
Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder; 25 February 1945) is an English rock, blues and jazz singer. She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe , and later became a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with " Pearl's a Singer ", " Sunshine ...
The song was written by English producer and songwriter Russ Ballard, whom Elkie Brooks ' new label Legend Records commissioned to make an album with her. [6] He had originally intended the song for Kim Wilde, but was persuaded to give it to Brooks. [7] As the singer recalls in her book Finding My Voice, when she and her husband, Trevor Jordan ...
Pearl's a Singer. " Pearl's a Singer " is a song made famous by the British singer Elkie Brooks, as taken from her 1977 album Two Days Away which was produced by the song's co-writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The original version of "Pearl's a Singer" had been introduced by the duo Dino and Sembello – also the song's co-writers – on ...
The song later served as the title track for Brooks' 2005 live album release cut in 2004. In 2009, Brooks stated: "Many years ago I was persuaded to do a lot of songs I wasn't particularly keen on. 'Don't Cry Out Loud' was one of them—but over the years I have [grown] to like it!" Personnel. Elkie Brooks – vocals
Screen Gems. (1984) No More the Fool. (1986) The Very Best of Elkie Brooks. (1986) No More the Fool is a 1986 album by Elkie Brooks. It includes the title track single which became the biggest hit of Brooks' career. Both the album and single peaked at No. 5 on the UK charts in early 1987.
Pearls. (Elkie Brooks album) Pearls is an album by English singer Elkie Brooks, released in 1981. It is in part a compilation album, featuring earlier singles by Brooks mixed with newly recorded material. It went on to become a major hit in the United Kingdom – the biggest of her career.
The sequel to Brooks' popular Pearls album, A&M decided to play it safe by keeping Gus Dudgeon as producer. Another set of songs, old and new, helped to maintain Brooks' popularity. The album reached number five in the UK Albums Chart and remained on the chart for 25 weeks, where it joined its predecessor which was still riding high.