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Post by nicadare on Oct 2, 2014 8:57:18 GMT
Singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul, who represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977, has died at the age of 64.
Won't Somebody Dance With Me 1973 (BR Music)
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Post by John Green on Oct 2, 2014 8:59:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 9:49:57 GMT
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Post by williammcgregor on Oct 2, 2014 11:49:55 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by Alan Turrell on Oct 2, 2014 13:12:05 GMT
R.I.P.
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Post by Jeff Leach on Oct 2, 2014 20:07:59 GMT
I was genuinely shocked when I saw this - a real shame to go relatively young.
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Post by John Green on Oct 3, 2014 0:05:33 GMT
She makes the covers of one or two of today's-Friday's-papers.
Any word of a tribute repeat on TV?
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Post by Liam Joseph on Oct 3, 2014 7:03:33 GMT
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Post by Chris Barratt on Oct 3, 2014 9:01:45 GMT
Another nice tribute here from her friend Adrian Juste: "I certainly didn't expect to live to see this sad news. or certainly for another ten years at the very least. Lynsey was such a health freak, and had looked after herself so well these last years. It has come as a real shock. Through a mutual 'girlie' friend I'd known her on and off for around 20 years. I always liked LD-P, as she had a wicked sense of humour and waspish wit that could outsmart any foe at twenty paces. And she certainly did not suffer fools gladly - a trait we had in common. Thankfully I was not entered in the ‘fool’ section of the De-Paul lexicon .. although she would complain that I was sometimes a little loud - and I couldn’t really argue with that ! I didn’t know it at the time, but my last contact with her was to be over the DLT trial. She truly hated injustice and immediately volunteered to have her day in court to vouch for the man’s character. Evidence coming from such a fiercely independent woman, who’d had all the approaches and dodgy dealing a female artist would encounter back in the music-biz of the 1970s, would have had REAL gravitas. It would not have been pleasant, as the tabloids would immediately have gone into their Cuttings files in an attempt to discredit her, but she wouldn’t be dissuaded in sticking up for her long-time friend. And there you have the woman. In conclusion on this sad morning, can I commend Shaun Tilley’s excellent hour that he recorded with Lynsey last year for the BBC - in which she relates many behind-the-scenes anecdotes about Top Of The Pops, where, because of her formidable writing and singing acumen, back in the ‘70s she seemed a permanent fixture on the show. Hear a marvellous writer, singer and raconteur doing what she did best. And, oh yes ... before I forget: She was also a pretty wonderful human-being." soundcloud.com/shaun-tilley-1/top-of-the-pops-playback-29-9?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter |
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Post by Tony Walshaw on Oct 6, 2014 7:25:50 GMT
Lynsey changed record labels a few times. Her early hits were on the MAM label of Gordon Mills.
She subsequently went to Warner Brothers and their subsidiary Jet, where she had a run-in with the Ardens. I think her career perhaps was colourful from dealings with these tough managers.
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Post by Richard Marple on Oct 6, 2014 12:30:03 GMT
Sad news, she's a bit before my time, & didn't seemed to have much of a revival in the 1990s, unlike many 1970s acts.
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Post by Tony Walshaw on Oct 7, 2014 8:03:45 GMT
Yes, like Linda Lewis, Kiki Dee, Madeline Bell, Sue & Sunny - I feel we should have heard more of her over the years, and the best of her work had an all-time relevance.
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