Lesley Rae Dowling is a
South Africa
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n singer-songwriter.
Music
Lesley Rae Dowling was discovered in
Stellenbosch in 1980 by artist manager Paddy Lee Thorpe. She released her first single (''The Spaniard / Grips of Emotion'') and album (''Lesley Rae Dowling'') in 1981. Many of her albums have been produced and co-written (and accompanied) by Tully McCully. Her music has won many South African music awards, including various Sarie (South African Recording Industry) awards, several
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awards, 3M Scotty awards, and an FNB SAMA award.
She declined the opportunity in the early 1980s to go international, as the cultural
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of South Africa during the late
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era meant she would need to live in
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for six months a year, something she was not prepared to do.
She has a well-known love/hate relationship with the music industry, and has never been comfortable with public performances. She lives on her farm, "De Groote Zalze" near Stellenbosch.
Albums
* ''Lesley Rae Dowling'' (1981)
* ''Unravished Brides'' (1982)
* ''Split'' (1983)
* ''Myths And Legends'' (1984)
* ''When The Night Comes'' (1986)
* ''Images'' (1989)
* ''The Best Of Lesley Rae Dowling'' (1990)
* ''Unbounded Waters'' (1993)
* ''Clear'' (1999)
* ''Conspirare - The Very Best Of'' (2001)
* ''State Of Grace'' (2004)
* ''Lesley Rae Dowling / Unravished Brides'' (2006)
* ''Split / When The Night Comes'' (2008)
Singles
* ''The Spaniard / Grips Of Emotion'' (7", 1981)
* ''Grips Of Emotion / Lady'' (7", 1981)
* ''I'm A Woman / Everyman'' (7", 1982)
* ''I Want You / 1917'' (7", 1983)
* ''Give A Little / Jigsaw Man'' (7", 1985)
* ''I wanna dance with you / Renegade'' (7", 1986)
* ''It was the Wind
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* ''Living Without Conversation'' (7", 1987)
* ''Possession / Trade / Truth'' (CD Single, 1994)
* ''Innocent Child / I wanna dance with you'' (Format unknown, 2010)
External links
Lesley Rae Dowling on South Africa's Rock LegendsLesley Rae Dowling on South African Music GuideFacebook group
Living people
21st-century South African women singers
South African pop singers
South African pianists
South African women pianists
21st-century pianists
20th-century South African women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century women pianists
21st-century women pianists
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