Patricia Ann Cole (born October 3, 1946), known professionally as P. P. Arnold, is an American soul singer. Arnold began her career as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1965. The following year she relocated to London to pursue a solo career. Arnold enjoyed considerable success in the United Kingdom with her singles " The First Cut Is the Deepest" (1967) and " Angel of the Morning" (1968).

Early life

Arnold was born into a family of gospel singers, and performed as a vocal soloist for the first time when she was four years old. Her family lived in the African-American

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neighborhood of Los Angeles. She married early and had two children, Kevin and Debbie. Arnold worked two jobs, one in an office and the other in food manufacturing.

Career

1960s

In 1965, Maxine Smith, an ex-girlfriend of her brother, contacted her with an offer. Smith and her friend Gloria Scott had managed to arrange an audition for three girls to replace the original

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, the dancer/singer troupe that provided vocal and dance accompaniment for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Smith contacted Arnold, whom she knew to be a singer. At the audition the three young women were offered the job on the spot, but Smith persuaded Arnold to attend a concert in Fresno that night before making a final decision. When she arrived home at 6:00 the next morning, Arnold's furious husband hit her. She left him immediately, and after placing her children in the care of her parents, joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. As an Ikette, Arnold sang lead on the 1966 single "What'cha Gonna Do (When I Leave You)", backed by Brenda Holloway and Patrice Holloway for Phil Spector's

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. Arnold sang backing vocals on the Ike Turner produced side of the album '' River Deep – Mountain High''. She also appeared in the 1966 concert film, ''The Big T.N.T Show''. Arnold quit the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the fall of 1966 after their tour with the Rolling Stones in the UK. She remained in London to establish a solo career, with the encouragement of Mick Jagger. Arnold noted the difference between how she had been treated in America and how she was received in England, saying, "A young black woman on her own in America in a white environment would not have been treated as well as I was in England." Her friendship with Jagger helped her land a solo contract with

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, a label founded by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. PP Arnold (1967)

Arnold enjoyed several major British hits on Immediate Records, including songs written for her by

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, who wrote "The Time Has Come" and released the solo album ''The First Lady of Immediate''. She also recorded songs written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane from labelmates Small Faces, who backed her on several recordings; Arnold had a brief romantic liaison with Marriott in 1967. She toured with the Small Faces during 1967–68, made several TV appearances with them, and featured as backing vocalist on two of their biggest hits, " Itchycoo Park" and " Tin Soldier". In 1968 she released the ambitious solo album Kafunta, with orchestral arrangements by John Paul Jones and including self-penned songs and covers such as " Angel of the Morning" and " Eleanor Rigby", Other credits in this period include her duet with

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on the single "Come Home Baby" (produced by Mick Jagger on Immediate Records, with Ron Wood on guitar, Keith Richards on bass, Nicky Hopkins on electric piano,

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on Hammond organ and the Georgie Fame Brass Section), as well as Chris Farlowe's version of the

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standard "

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" (with Albert Lee on guitar and Carl Palmer on drums). Her first backing band, the Blue Jays, had been inherited from American soul singer Ronnie Jones and included former Bluesbreakers guitarist Roger Dean. This was followed by the Nice, whose line-up was Keith Emerson on organ, who had just quit the VIPs (later to be known as

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), David O'List on guitar, Lee Jackson on bass and Ian Hague on drums. During this period she scored several hits, including the original version of

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' song " The First Cut Is the Deepest" and " Angel of the Morning", plus the Marriott-Lane song "(If You Think You're) Groovy". After the collapse of Immediate Records in the late 1960s, Arnold signed a production contract with the

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and released two singles on the Polydor label, produced by Barry Gibb, but a planned album with Gibb was never completed. Between 1969 and 1970, she recorded eleven songs which were produced by Gibb himself but only two of the songs " Bury Me Down By the River" and "Give a Hand, Take a Hand" were released. In February 1970, she sang harmony vocals on the song "

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" which was included on Gibb's debut solo album '' The Kid's No Good''. Fenklup1968PPArnold

1970s

In 1970 Arnold moved to the musical stage, appearing alongside P.J. Proby in the rock musical ''

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''. She then formed a new backing band that included the future members of

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, plus Steve Howe, who would soon join

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. During this period she renewed her association with Steve Marriott, recording and touring with his new band

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(''Rock On''), as well as contributing

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backing vocals for many notable UK and US recordings including the original 1970 album recording of the rock musical ''

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'',

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's "Poor Boy", and recordings by

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, Graham Nash, Gary Wright, Manassas, Nektar, Jimmy Witherspoon,

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and Eric Burdon. She toured with

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, who also produced a number of unreleased sessions with her; during these sessions she met American bassist Fuzzy Samuels of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and they subsequently became involved romantically and had a son, Kodzo. In 1974 she sang on Freddie King's album ''Burglar''. Feeling out of place in the rapidly changing British music scene of the mid-1970s, Arnold and Samuels returned to her hometown of Los Angeles. While they were living there, Arnold's relationship with Samuels ended; just two weeks after the split, her daughter Debbie was killed in a car accident. After her daughter's death, Arnold withdrew from public life for some time, not re-emerging until 1978. At this time she was reunited with Barry Gibb, who wanted to complete the never-finished solo album for her. In the event, Arnold was able to release these recordings only in 2017, on her album ''The Turning Tide''.

1980s–1990s

In 1981 Arnold returned to the US, moving to

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, but returned to England the following year to raise her younger son there. She began working with leading British reggae band Steel Pulse and returned to the charts in both the UK and Australia on the hit 1983 cover version of the Staple Singers "Respect Yourself", recorded with British

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group

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, which reached #21 in Britain and #19 in Australia. In 1984, she returned to the stage in the cast of the musical '' Starlight Express'' as

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, after which she worked with a number of noted British acts including Boy George as well as working on several film soundtracks. Weeks before beginning a tour with Billy Ocean, her legs were badly injured in a car accident. She went ahead with the Ocean tour, at first appearing on crutches, but her injuries eventually forced her to leave the tour after ten weeks. Without a record contract and unable to play live, Arnold survived by doing sessions for advertising jingles. In 1986 she returned to the rock scene, featuring prominently as a backing vocalist on

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's worldwide hit "

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". This was followed by a successful collaboration with

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on the retro-styled

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hit "Burn It Up", which reached #14 in Britain in October 1988, and became her third hit to spend 10 weeks or more on the UK Singles Chart. "Burn It Up" was included on the Beatmasters' album ''

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''. During the late 1980s and 1990s Arnold resumed an active career as a session vocalist, and her credits in this period included The KLF ("What Time Is Love?", "3 A.M Eternal"), Nina Hagen,

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('' Amused to Death''), and Graham Parker. In 1989 she reunited with her old friend Steve Marriott to record his solo album ''30 Seconds to Midnite'', which proved to be their final collaboration; Marriott died in a house fire in 1991. She then worked with the UK Hardcore group

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on their single "E-Vapor-8" in 1992, and was featured in the video. In 1994, she joined the cast of the award-winning musical '' Once on This Island'' as Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. While the production was playing in Birmingham she met leading UK band Ocean Colour Scene, one of the new wave of latter-day

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groups who (like their mentor Paul Weller), idolised the Small Faces. In 1995 Arnold joined forces with

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to record a blistering cover version of the Small Faces' song "Understanding", the opening track of the various artists Small Faces tribute album ''Long Agos and Worlds Apart''. Following her earlier meeting with Ocean Colour Scene with whom Arnold would eventually form a close friendship she appeared on their 1997 album "Marchin Already" which reached Number 1 in the UK album charts lending backing vocals to single "

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" and duet lead vocals alongside Simon Fowler on 1998 single " It's a Beautiful Thing".

2000s

Arnold joined forces with Chaz Jankel, former pianist with Ian Dury and the Blockheads. This was followed by an invitation to tour widely with Roger Waters. She was a backup vocalist on his 1999–2002 tour ''

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'' (also on the CD and DVD of the same name), as well as the 2006–2008 tour, ''

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''. Her version of " The First Cut Is the Deepest" was featured in the soundtrack of the 2012 movie ''

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''. In 2001 Arnold released her full Immediate Records discography on the album '' The First Cut (The Immediate Anthology)''. It includes her famous albums ''The First Lady of Immediate'' and ''Kafunta'' in addition to several singles. A chance encounter at a party led to

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frontman Dr Robert on their 2007 album ''Five in the Afternoon''. In 2009 she toured the UK with Geno Washington and Jimmy James on the Flying Music 'This Is Soul Tour' and has since toured around the UK in her own. In 2012 she toured the UK with Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue, Dave Swarbrick, and

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. In 2013 Arnold participated in the project ''The Band of Sisters'' with

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, a British songwriter, jingle writer and composer of music for film and television. It brought together Arnold,

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, Lynda Hayes, Stevie Lange and Mandy Bell on the album called ''Issues''. In 2015 Arnold embarked on her first solo tour in Cape Town, South Africa. Arnold was then featured in the ''Small Faces'' musical ''All or Nothing'' at the Vault Theater Waterloo in which her love affair with Steve Marriott was documented.

2017–present: Return with new solo album

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, the album was aborted and remained unfinished until 2017. In 2017 she celebrated her 50th Anniversary in the music industry with a fall tour that coincided with the release of ''The Turning Tide''. She also sang backing vocals alongside Madeline Bell, for the first track "Woo Sé Mama" on Paul Weller's album "A Kind Revolution" released May 2017. In 2018 Arnold went on two tours in Australia: in May she went on first ever solo tour of Australia and New Zealand backed by Tim Rogers, the front man for the rock band You Am I, and

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and Rusty Hopkinson, also members of the band; in November she returned to Australia for the second tour, The Return of PP Arnold, where she performed with You Am I once again with James Black & The Wolfgramm Sisters. she also was a special guest on the RocKwiz Tour 2019, where she performed with Rockwiz Orchestra. In August 2019, Arnold released her fourth solo album ''The New Adventures Of... P.P. Arnold''. The album was recorded and produced by life-long P.P. enthusiast, OCS star and Paul Weller band guitarist

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at his Kundalini Studio in Devon, and follows on—after a 51-year gap – from the singer's first two solo albums on

, ''The First Lady of Immediate'' and ''Kafunta'', as well as a more recent compilation of previously unreleased material from the late '60s and '70s, ''The Turning Tide''. The album spans from classic orchestral soul to house music, ending with a 10-minute reading of Bob Dylan's poem "The Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie". Arnold explained: "I've got this huge catalogue of records I've sung on, but I have only released two albums – and they've stood the test of time." In October 2019, Arnold toured the UK to support the album. On 8 May 2020,

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released their single 'Strangers In The Street' on which Arnold performed lead vocals.

Personal life

Arnold became pregnant at the age of 15 which resulted in her first marriage. She had two children, Kevin and Debbie, with her husband. Her husband was abusive, and she left him to become an Ikette while her mother cared for her children. Her daughter Debbie died in the mid-1970s in a car accident. In 1968, Arnold married her second husband Jim Morris at Guildford Town Hall in Surrey. Barry Gibb was the best man at their wedding. Morris worked for Robert Stigwood as a driver and assistant. Arnold met him through

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. They divorced after two years, but remained friends. Arnold has a son, Kodzo, from her relationship with musician

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. Kodzo is musical director for

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and Jess Glynne. He is credited as a songwriter on Arnold's 2019 album, ''The New Adventures of... P.P. Arnold''.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''The First Lady of Immediate'' (1967) * ''Kafunta'' (1968) * ''Five in the Afternoon'' – Dr. Robert & P.P. Arnold (2007) * ''The Turning Tide'' (2017, recorded late 1960s to early 1970s) * ''The New Adventures of... P.P. Arnold'' (2019)

Compilations

* ''P.P. Arnold / Chris Farlowe'' (1976) * ''P.P. Arnold Greatest Hits'' (1977) * ''Chris Farlowe / P.P. Arnold : Legendary'' (1979) * ''Angel...'' (1986) * ''The P.P Arnold Collection'' (1988) * ''Kafunta - The First Lady Of Immediate: Plus'' (1988) * ''The First Cut'' (1998) * ''The Best Of'' (1999) * ''Rod Stewart 1964-1969'' (2000) - Rod Stewart - "Come Home Baby" * ''The First Cut (The Immediate Anthology)'' (2001) * ''A Little Misunderstood: The Sixties Sessions'' (2001) - Rod Stewart - "Come Home Baby" * ''Can I Get a Witness'' (2001) - Rod Stewart & The Steampacket - "Come Home Baby" * ''Immediate Pleasure'' (2002) - Various Artists - compilation album of Immediate Records with the song "Come Home Baby" * ''Angel of the Morning'' (2006) * ''The Best of P.P Arnold - The First Cut Is the Deepest'' (2006) * ''The Best of P.P Arnold'' (2007) * ''P.P Arnold'' (2008)

Singles

Charting singles

Other appearances

*"What'cha Gonna Do (When I Leave You)" (1966) – The Ikettes – lead vocals *'' River Deep – Mountain High'' (1966) – Ike & Tina Turner – backing vocals *" Tin Soldier" (1967) - Small Faces - backing vocals *'' The Art of Chris Farlowe'' (1967) - Chris Farlowe's Thunderbirds - with Albert Lee and Carl Palmer *''

'' (1970 album) *''Rock On'' (1971) -

, with the Soul Sisters, Doris Troy and

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*'' Bryter Layter'' (1971) -

- chorus with Doris Troy on "Poor Boy" *'' The Sun, Moon & Herbs'' (1971) -

- chorus with Mick Jagger, Doris Troy,

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, Tami Lynn, & Bobby Whitlock *'' Songs for Beginners'' (1971) - Graham Nash - chorus on "Military Madness" *'' Footprint'' (1971) - Gary Wright - with

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, Klaus Voormann, Mick Jones, Alan White, Doris Troy, Nanette Newman, etc. *'' Down the Road'' (1973) - Stephen Stills' Manassas *'' Down to Earth'' (1974) - Nektar *'' Cry Tough'' (1976) -

*'' Playmates'' (1977) - Small Faces * " Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1980) duet with Andy Gibb *'' Electric Dreams'' (1984) - lead vocals on "Electric Dreams" *'' So'' (1986) -

- chorus on "

" and " Big Time" *''30 Seconds to Midnite'' (1989) - Steve Marriott *''

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'' (1991) - Nina Hagen *'' Amused To Death'' (1992) -

- chorus on four songs *''Long Agos And Worlds Apart - A Tribute To the Small Faces'' (1995) - Various Artists - lead vocals on "Understanding" with

*''

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'' (1999) - Steve Howe - lead vocals on "Well, Well, Well" *''

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'' (2000) -

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'' (2000) - Roger Waters *'' Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1'' (2002) - Roger Waters *''Five In The Afternoon'' (2007) - Dr. Robert *''

'' (2012) - Original Soundtrack - features "The First Cut is the Deepest"

References

External links

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