Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress.

Career

Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "

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", and

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's " Season of the Witch", both with

Brian Auger and the Trinity Brian Auger and the Trinity was a British band led by keyboardist Brian Auger. His duet with Julie Driscoll, the Bob Dylan– penned "This Wheel's on Fire", was a number 5 hit on the 1968 UK Singles Chart. The song also reached number 13 in C ...

. Along with the Trinity, she was featured prominently in the 1969 television special ''

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'', singing " I'm a Believer" in a soul style with

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. She and Auger had previously worked in Steampacket, with Long John Baldry and

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. "This Wheel's on Fire" reached number five in the United Kingdom in June 1968, number 13 in Canada, and Bubbled Under the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States at #106 that August. With distortion, the imagery of the title and the group's dress and performance, this version came to represent the

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era in British rock music. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early 1990s with Adrian Edmondson as the theme to the BBC comedy series '' Absolutely Fabulous.'' Since the 1970s, Driscoll has concentrated on experimental vocal music. She married jazz musician Keith Tippett and collaborated with him and now uses the name Julie Tippetts, adopting the original spelling of her husband's surname. She took part in Keith Tippett's big band

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, and sang in

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's Theatre Royal Drury Lane concert in 1974. She released a solo album, ''Sunset Glow'', in 1975; was lead vocalist on

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's album '' Tropic Appetites''; and performed on John Wolf Brennan's "HeXtet". Later in the 1970s, she toured with her own band and recorded and performed as one of the vocal quartet Voice, with Maggie Nichols, Phil Minton, and Brian Eley. She reunited with Auger for the 1978 album ''Encore''. In the early 1980s, Julie Tippetts was a guest vocalist on an early single by pop-jazz band Working Week, on the song "Storm of Light", which brought them to the attention of a wider audience. In 2009, she started collaborating with

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. The duo released six albums between 2009 and 2022.

Discography

LP/CD releases of note

Below is a selected list of Driscoll's work, sorted mostly by recording date: * 1963 – "Take Me by the Hand (And Lead Me)" (with Harold Geller Group) * 1967 – ''Open'' (with Brian Auger &

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) * 1968 – "This Wheel's on Fire" (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) * 1968 – "Road To Cairo" (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) * 1969 – ''

Streetnoise ''Streetnoise'' is a 1969 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, originally released as a double LP. It includes cover versions of The Doors’ " Light My Fire", Nina Simone’s "Take Me To The Water", Laura Nyro’s "Save the ...

'' (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) * 1969 – ''Jools & Brian'' (with Brian Auger & the Trinity) – compilation of early UK singles (rec. 1965–1967): 5 Parlophone titles by Driscoll, and 6 Columbia titles by Auger & The Trinity (Capitol) * 1970 – ''The Best of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity'' – compilation (Polydor) (#94 Canada) * 1971 – ''

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'' (featuring the Keith Tippett Group) * 1971 – ''Quartet Sequence'' (with John Stevens, Ron Herman and Trevor Watts) * 1971 – '' Septober Energy'' (with

) (recorded at Wessex Sound Studios, London, during three days, produced by Robert Fripp) * 1972 – ''Blueprint'' (with Keith Tippett, Roy Babbington, Frank Perry and Keith Bailey) (produced by Robert Fripp) * 1974 – ''Tropic Appetites'' (with

) * 1974 – ''Genesis: Brian Auger & The Trinity Featuring Julie Driscoll'' – compilation (Polydor) * 1975 – ''The Rock Peter and The Wolf'' (an arrangement of songs of the classic Peter and the Wolf story, with Gary Brooker, Bill Bruford,

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, Stephane Grappelli, Jack Lancaster,

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, Alvin Lee,

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, Cozy Powell, Manfred Mann, Keith Tippett, Viv Stanshall) * 1976 – ''Ovary Lodge'' (with Keith Tippett, Harry Miller and Frank Perry) * 1976 – ''Sunset Glow'' (featuring Keith Tippett Group) * 1978 – (22, 23, 24 May) ''Frames: Music for an Imaginary Film'' (Keith Tippett's Ark) (recorded at Wessex Sound Studios, London) * 1978 – ''Encore'' (with Brian Auger) * 1982 – (29 June – 3 July) with ''Company'' (

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, Akio Suzuki, Keith Tippett, Moto Yoshizawa, Anne Le Baron,

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& Derek Bailey) (recorded in London during Company Week) * 1984 – "Storm of Light" – single with Working Week * 1987 – ''

Couple in Spirit ''Couple in Spirit'' is an album by English jazz pianist Keith Tippett and singer Julie Tippetts. It was released on the EG record label in 1987. Reception AllMusic awards the album with 4.5 stars and the review by Thom Jurek states: "The pa ...

'' (duet with Keith Tippett) (mixed by Robert Fripp) * 1989 – ''Fire in the Mountain'' (with Working Week) * 1989 – ''Women With Voices'' (track #12, with Maggie Nicols, Sue Ferrar and Sylvia Hallett, recorded live, 4 March, at Air Gallery, London) * 1991 – (1 June) ''

The Bristol Concert ''The Bristol Concert'' was a collaboration between the British free jazz quartet Mujician (plus vocalist Julie Tippetts) and The Georgian Ensemble, an 11-piece group from Georgia. The concert programme featured compositions by Keith Tippett, wh ...

'' (with

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& The Georgian Ensemble as honorary guest) (recorded live at St. George's concert hall,

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, Bristol, UK, for BBC) * 1992 – ''Best of Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger'' – compilation (Polydor) * 1992 – (2 and 3 January) ''Spirits Rejoice'' (with The Dedication Orchestra) (recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston,

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, UK) * 1993 – (23 October) ''Twilight Etchings'' (with Willi Kellers & Keith Tippett) (recorded at the Podewil in Berlin during the Total Music Meeting) * 1994 – (3, 4, 5 January) ''Ixesha (Time)'' (with The Dedication Orchestra) (recorded at Gateway Studios, Kingston, Surrey, UK) * 1996 – ''Couple in Spirit II'' (duet with Keith Tippett) (recorded live at The Stadtgarten, Cologne) * 1998 – (6 February & 30 April) ''The First Full Turn'' (with RoTToR: Paul Rutherford, Julie & Keith Tippett, Paul Rogers) (recorded at various locations) * 1998 – (3 May) ''First Weaving: Live at

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Jazz Festival'' (Keith Tippett Tapestry Orchestra) * 1998 – "HeXtet: Through the Ear of a Raindrop" (with John Wolf Brennan, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford, Chris Cutler and Peter Whyman (Leo Records 254) * 1999 – ''The Mod Years (1965–1969...Complete Singles, B-sides and Rare Tracks)'' – compilation (Disconforme; later released on Fresh Fruit/MIG 00492) * 1999 – ''Shadow Puppeteer'' – solo * 2001 – ''If Your Memory Serves You Well (The Giorgio Gomelsky Sessions)'' – compilation (Dressed To Kill) reviously released on Charly as ''London 1964-1967''* 2002 – (November & February) ''Fluvium'' (with Martin Archer and

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) (electronics recorded at Telecottage, Sheffield, between January 2000 & March 2002; vocals & acoustic instruments recorded at The Sound Kitchen, Sheffield, between November 2001 and February 2002) * 2003 – ''The Dartington Trio'' (with Keith Tippett and Paul Dunmall) – Live at the BBC & live at The Vortex * 2004 – (8 August) ''Dartington Improvising Trio'' (with Keith Tippett and Paul Dunmall) – Live at The Priory (recorded live at Priory Park, 3rd Southend International Jazz Festival) * 2004 – ''A Kind of Love-In 1967–1971'' – compilation (Raven) * 2004 – (5 September) ''Viva La Black: Live at Ruvo Jazz Festival'' (with Keith Tippett,

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and Canto General) in Ruvo di Puglia,

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, Italy * 2005 – (24 April) ''Mahogany Rain'' (with Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs and Keith Tippett) (recorded at Victoria Rooms Studio, Bristol, UK) * 2008 – (14 November) ''Couple in Spirit – Live at the Purcell Room'' (duet with Keith Tippett) (recorded at the Purcell Room, London, as part of the 2008 London Jazz Festival) * 2008 – ''Nostalgia 77 Sessions featuring Keith & Julie Tippett'' * 2009 – ''Ghosts of Gold'' (with Martin Archer) * 2011 – ''Tales of FiNiN'' (with Martin Archer) * 2011 – (30 & 31 January) ''From Granite to Wind'' (with Keith Tippett Octet) * 2012 – ''Serpentine'' (with Martin Archer) * 2015 – ''Vestigium'' (with Martin Archer) * 2016 – ''The Nine Dances of Patrick O'Gonogon'' (with Keith Tippett Octet) * 2022 – ''Illusion'' (with Martin Archer)

Early UK singles

Parlophone (UK) Records: *Jun 1965 – R 5296 – Don't Do It No More // I Know You (with

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) *May 1966 – R 5444 – I Didn't Want To Have To Do It // Don't Do It No More *Apr 1967 – R 5588 – I Know You Love Me Not // If You Should Ever Leave Me

References

External links

Mind Your Own Music (Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts website)
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Julie Driscoll @ pHinnWeb
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BBC – Classic Pop/Rock Review – Brian Auger Julie Driscoll & The Trinity, Open, Definitely What!, StreetnoiseJulie Driscoll
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