Maureen Evans (born 23 March 1940,

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

, Wales) is a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

pop singer who achieved fame in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Evans career began as a singer with Waldini's Gypsy Band in the mid-1950s, mainly doing summer seasons at UK holiday resorts such as

Llandudno Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2011 UK census, the community – which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigsi ...

. She released her first

singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

in 1958 on the

Embassy Records Embassy Records was a UK budget record label that produced cover versions of current hit songs, which were sold exclusively in Woolworths shops at a lower price than the original recordings. The original label was active between 1954 and 1965, a ...

label. She entered the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

in 1960 at No. 26 with the song "The Big Hurt", but her biggest

hit Hit means to strike someone or something. Hit or HIT may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Hit, a fictional character from '' Dragon Ball Super'' * Homicide International Trust, or HIT, a fictional organization ...

was 1962's " Like I Do", which peaked at No. 3 in the UK in late January 1963 and achieved silver certification for selling in excess of 250,000 copies in the United Kingdom. "Like I Do" was the UK's 43rd best-selling single of 1963 selling in excess of 300,000 copies. In 1963, Evans competed in the British trials for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

with the song "Pick the Petals", but came in third;

Ronnie Carroll Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate. Career Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in 116 Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son o ...

represented the UK that year in the competition. She continued releasing singles through the 1960s, as well as one EP (1963's ''Melancholy Me'', on Oriole Records) and an album, ''Like I Do'', also on Oriole (1963). One reviewer noted about one of her latter singles, "Never Let Him Go", that it was "an excellent interpretation of a

David Gates David Ashworth Gates (December 11, 1940 – January 5, 2023) was a American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts i ...

song". She had a total of four UK Top 40 hits and sold well over one million records in the UK. She owned the Maureen Evans Theatre School in West Grove, Cardiff, which taught children aged 6 to 18 years old, how to sing, dance and act, from 1998 to 2010. In 2013, Stage Door Records released ''Maureen Evans – The Singles Collection'', as a digital download on

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...

iTunes iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital mul ...

, and

Spotify Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active us ...

. ''Like I Do: The Sixties Recordings'' was released on 25 November 2016 by RPM Records. This is the first time that Evans' work has been treated to a proper CD release. The album contains 31 tracks which includes her best known hits and rare B sides, from her time with both Oriole Records and the UK branch of

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

(now a unit of

Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...

), which purchased Oriole in 1964. Evans wrote the sleeve notes that accompany the CD.

Singles

;

*1958 " Stupid Cupid" / " Carolina Moon" *1958 "

Fever Fever, also referred to as pyrexia, is defined as having a body temperature, temperature above the human body temperature, normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature Human body temperature#Fever, set point. There is not a single ...

" / "

Born Too Late ''Born Too Late'' is the third studio album by American doom metal band Saint Vitus, released in 1986. It was the first Saint Vitus album featuring The Obsessed singer Scott "Wino" Weinrich. It is generally cited as their greatest effort. Al ...

" *1958 "Hula Hoop Song" / "Hoopa Hoola" *1958 " I'll Get By" / "

Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) "Someday You'll Want Me to Want You" is a popular song published in 1944 by Jimmie Hodges. The song became a standard, recorded by many pop and country music singers. Background In April 1951, Hugh O. Starr, an inventor from Steubenville, Ohio, ...

" *1958 "

You Always Hurt the One You Love "You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a pop standard with lyrics by Allan Roberts and music by Doris Fisher. First recorded by the Mills Brothers, whose recording reached the top of the '' Billboard'' charts in 1944, it was also a hit for Sammy ...

" / " The Day the Rains Came" *1958 " Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" / "

To Know Him Is to Love Him "To Know Him Is to Love Him" is a song written by Phil Spector, inspired by words on his father's tombstone, "To Know Him Was to Love Him." It was first recorded by the only vocal group of which he was a member, the Teddy Bears. Their recording ...

" *1959 "

May You Always "May You Always" is a popular song by Larry Markes (lyrics) and Dick Charles (pseudonym of Richard Charles Krieg), published in 1958. The biggest hit version in the United States was by the McGuire Sisters where it peaked at No. 11 on the ''Bill ...

" / " Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye" *1959 " Lipstick on Your Collar" / "

What a Diff'rence a Day Made "What a Diff'rence a Day Made", also recorded as "What a Difference a Day Makes", is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934 with the title "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" ("When I Return to Your ...

" *1959 "

Broken Hearted Melody "Broken Hearted Melody" is a popular song written by Hal David and Sherman Edwards. It was recorded by Sarah Vaughan and it became a hit for Vaughan, reaching No. 7 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1958. Background Hal David wrote the lyrics for "B ...

" / "Plenty Good Lovin'" *1959 "

Among My Souvenirs "Among My Souvenirs" is a 1927 song with words by Edgar Leslie and music by Horatio Nicholls (pseudonym of British composer Frederick Lawrence Wright). Original version The earliest known version of "Among My Souvenirs" was recorded by The Kit ...

" / " Happy Anniversary" ; Oriole Records *1959 "Don't Want The Moonlight" / "The Years Between" *1960 "The Big Hurt" / " I Can't Begin to Tell You" – UK No. 26 *1960 "Love Kisses and Heartaches" / "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" – UK No. 44 *1960 "

Paper Roses "Paper Roses" is a popular song written and composed by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre. It first was a top five hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant. Marie Osmond recorded it in 1973 and took her version to number one on the US country chart. Anit ...

" / "Please Understand" – UK No. 40 *1961 "Mama Wouldn't Like It" / " My Little Corner of the World" *1961 " As Long as He Needs Me" / "

Where Is Love? "Where is Love?" is a song from the Tony Award-winning British musical '' Oliver!'' and the 1968 film of the same name, based on the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. The musical was written by Lionel Bart and was first staged in ...

" *1961 "

Till image:Geschiebemergel.JPG, Closeup of glacial till. Note that the larger grains (pebbles and gravel) in the till are completely surrounded by the matrix of finer material (silt and sand), and this characteristic, known as ''matrix support'', is d ...

" / "

Why Don't You Believe Me? "Why Don't You Believe Me?" is a popular song written by Lew Douglas, King Laney, and Roy Rodde and published in 1952. A recording by Joni James ( MGM Records catalog number 11333) reached No. 1 on the '' Billboard'' charts for four weeks in ...

" *1962 " My Foolish Heart" / "Oh Gipsy Oh Gipsy" *1962 " Never in a Million Years" / "We Had Words" *1962 " Like I Do" / "Starlight Starbright" – UK No. 3 *1963 "Tomorrow is Another Day" / "Acapulco Mexico" *1963 "Pick The Petals" / "Melancholy Me" *1963 "Oh What a Guy" / "

" *1963 "As You Love Her" / "Like You Used To Do" *1964 "I Love How You Love Me" / "John John" – UK No. 34 *1964 "Don't Believe Him" / "He Knows I Love Him Too Much" *1964 "Get Away" / "I've Often Wondered" ;

CBS Records CBS Records may refer to: * CBS Records or CBS/Sony, former name of Sony Music, a global record company * CBS Records International, label for Columbia Records recordings released outside North America from 1962 to 1990 * CBS Records (2006), founde ...

*1965 "All The Angels Sing" / "Speak Sugar Speak" *1965 "Never Let Him Go" / "Poco Sole" *1967 "Somewhere There's Love" / "It Takes A Little Time" *1968 "I Almost Called Your Name" / "Searching For Home"

References

External links

Maureen Evans at 45rpm.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Maureen 1940 births Living people Singers from Cardiff Welsh pop singers 20th-century Welsh women singers Oriole Records (UK) artists

Career

Singles

See also

References

External links