Elkie Brooks discography

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This is the discography of English singer Elkie Brooks.

Contents

Studio albums

YearTitlePeak chart positions Certifications Record label
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NLD
[3]
NZ
[4]
1975 Rich Man's Woman A&M
1977 Two Days Away 16461934
1978 Shooting Star 20
  • BPI: Silver [5]
1979 Live and Learn 34
1981 Pearls 249
  • BPI: Platinum [5]
1982 Pearls II 5
  • BPI: Platinum [5]
1984 Minutes 35
Screen Gems 35
1986 No More the Fool 5Legend
1988 Bookbinder's Kid 57
1989 Inspiration 58 Telstar
1991 Pearls III Freestyle
1993 Round Midnight 27 Castle
1994 Nothin' but the Blues 58
1995 Circles Permanent
1996 Amazing 49Carlton Classics
2003 Shangri-La Classic Pictures
Trouble in Mind (with Humphrey Lyttelton)
2005 Electric Lady Swing Cafe
2010PowerlessEventful Music Productions
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearAlbumLabel
1997 The Pearls Concert Artful
2005 Don't Cry Out Loud Recall
2007Live with FriendsEMP Records

Compilations

YearAlbum UK [1] CertificationsLabel
1986 The Very Best of Elkie Brooks 10Telstar
1991Priceless: Her Very BestPickwick
1993Original RecordingsCastle
1994Love Is LoveCastle
1995The Best of Elkie BrooksSpectrum
1997 The Very Best of Elkie Brooks 23Polygram
1997Master SeriesA&M
1998Songs of LoveCastle
2000Millennium EditionA&M
2000Hold the Dream: AnthologyCastle
2000Greatest HitsBrilliant
2001Pearl's SingerPlanet Song
2003No More the FoolDelta
2007The Silver Collection45Spectrum
2017Pearls: The Very Best Of14A&M

Singles

YearSingleChart positionsAlbumLabel
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[3]
NZ
[4]
1964"Something's Got a Hold on Me"Non-album single Decca
"Nothing Left to Do but Cry"
1965"The Way You Do the Things You Do"
"He's Gotta Love Me" HMV
"All of My Life"
1966"Baby Let Me Love You"
1969"Come September" NEMS
1974"Rescue Me" Island
1975"Where Do We Go from Here"Rich Man's Woman A&M
"He's a Rebel"
1977"Pearl's a Singer"86591111Two Days Away
"Saved"
"Sunshine After the Rain"101007
"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"
1978"Lilac Wine"16850Non-album single
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"43Shooting Star
"Since You Went Away"
"Stay with Me" (Netherlands only)
"Don't Cry Out Loud"1214Non-album single
1979"The Runaway"50
"He Could Have Been an Army"Live and Learn
"Falling Star"
1980"Why Don't You Say It"Non-album single
"Paint Your Pretty Picture"Pearls
"Dance Away"
1981"Warm and Tender Love"
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"176
1982"Our Love"43Pearls II
"Nights in White Satin"3314
"Will You Write Me a Song"
1983"Gasoline Alley"5215
"I Just Can't Go On"
1984"Minutes"Minutes
"Driftin'"
"Once in a While"Screen GemsA&M/EMI
1986"No More the Fool"5No More the FoolLegend
1987"Break the Chain"55
"We've Got Tonight"69
1988"Sail On"Bookbinders Kid
1989"Shame"Inspiration Telstar
"You're the Inspiration" (Belgium only)
1990"I'll Never Love This Way Again"
"For the World" (withdrawn before release)Non-album singleEuropean Artists
1991"The Last Teardrop"Pearls III (Close to the Edge)Freestyle
"One of a Kind" (Belgium only)
1999"Too Much to Lose" (with Courtney Pine)181 [7] Unfinished Business (unreleased) BMG
2005"Out of the Rain"Electric LadySwing Cafe
2010"Powerless"PowerlessEventful Music Productions
2017"Running to the Future" Finding Your Feet (soundtrack) Virgin EMI
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Singles

Cat Stevens duet with Elkie Brooks Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard, [8] (Linda Lewis appears in the song's video).

Chart 1977Peakref.
Australia Kent Music Report 18 [9]
Canadian Singles Chart RPM Top 10027 [10]
Canada Adult Contemporary RPM AC14 [10]
US Billboard Hot 100 33 [11]
US Adult Contemporary US AC 28 [11]
US Top 100 Singles Cashbox (magazine) 38 [12]
UK Singles Chart 44 [13]
France Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique 35 [14]

Various Artists The Anti-Heroin Project. Charity Single produced by Charles Foskett.

Guest appearances:John Parr, Elkie Brooks, Bonnie Tyler, Nik Kershaw, Holly Johnson, Kim Wilde, Hazel O'Connor, Cliff Richard, Robin Gibb and others.

YearSingleUK Chart
1986"Live-In World" (The Anti-Heroin Project)142 [15]

Albums

Vinegar Joe with Elkie Brooks, Robert Palmer and Pete Gage.

YearAlbumChartPeakref.
1972Vinegar Joe
1972Rock'n Roll GypsiesUS Billboard Bubbling Under the Top LP's201 [16]
1973Six Star General

Various Artists Original Studio Cast: Frankie Miller, Alice Cooper, Elkie Brooks, The Who's John Entwistle, Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, James Dewar, Keith Moon, Justin Hayward, Eddie Jobson. [17]

AlbumChart (1975)PeakRef.
Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6 US Billboard FM Action9 [18]
US Record World 181 [19]
US Billboard Bubbling Under The Top LP's209 [20]

Lou Reizner's stage production of Tommy featuring the London Symphony Orchestra.

This version featured Roger Daltrey, David Essex, Marsha Hunt, Elkie Brooks, Roger Chapman, Graham Bell, Bill Oddie, Merry Clayton, Vivian Stanshall, Roy Wood and John Pertwee.

YearAlbumCountryChartref.
1975Tommy Live at the Rainbow 1973United States [21]
1995Roger Daltrey – Orchestral Tommy Japan

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