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Round Midnight (Elkie Brooks Album)
''Round Midnight'' is an album by Elkie Brooks. Released on CD and cassette in 1993 through Castle Communications, Castle Records, ''Round Midnight'', reached number 24 and stayed in the UK Albums Chart for four weeks. Track listing #"All Night Long" #"What Kind Of Man Are You?" #"Since I Fell for You" #"Cry Me a River (1953 song), Cry Me a River" #"Don't Explain (song), Don't Explain" #"Just For a Thrill" #"'Round Midnight (song), 'Round Midnight" #"Hard Times" #"Black Coffee (1948 song), Black Coffee" #"Trav'lin' Light (song), Travelling Light" #"Drinking Again" #"Here's That Rainy Day" #"Save Your Love For Me" #"Don't Smoke in Bed (song), Don't Smoke In Bed" #"Crazy He Calls Me" #"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" Personnel *Elkie Brooks – human voice, vocals References 1993 albums Elkie Brooks albums {{1990s-jazz-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder; 25 February 1946) 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 After the Rain" and the title track of the album '' No More the Fool'' (1986). She has been nominated twice for the Brit Awards. Brooks is a Gold Badge Award of Merit winner from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) (now The Ivors Academy) and is generally referred to as the "British Queen of Blues". Life and career Early career and Vinegar Joe Brooks was born Elaine Bookbinder in Salford, to a Jewish family. Her father's grandparents emigrated to Britain from Poland at the start of the 20th century to escape the pogroms. Her older brothers are Raymond Bookbinder (born 1938) and Anthony Bookbinder (born 28 May 1943), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
