Live at the Palladium | ||||
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Released | 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1978 | |||
Genre | rock, pop, blues | |||
Label | JAM | |||
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Live at the Palladium is a live album by Elkie Brooks, recorded in 1978 at the London Palladium. It was released on cassette in 1999 and on CD in 2000 by JAM Records.
The album was a fan club-only release.
Elkie Brooks is an English rock, blues and jazz singer. She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later became a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with "Pearl's a Singer", "Sunshine After the Rain" and "No More the Fool" (1986). She has been nominated twice for the Brit Awards.
Vinegar Joe were an English Blues rock band, formed in 1971 in London. They released three albums on Island Records, but were best known for their live shows and launching the solo careers of Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer.
Richard Digance is an English comedian and folk singer.
"Lilac Wine" is a song written by James Shelton.
Live at the Palladium may refer to:
Rich Man's Woman is the first album by Elkie Brooks.
Shooting Star is an album by Elkie Brooks.
Live and Learn is an album by Elkie Brooks, released in 1979.
Pearls is an album by English singer Elkie Brooks, released in 1981. It is in part a compilation album, featuring earlier singles by Brooks mixed with newly recorded material. It went on to become a major hit in the United Kingdom – the biggest of her career.
Pearls II is an album by English singer Elkie Brooks, released in 1982.
Minutes is an album by British singer Elkie Brooks.
Screen Gems is a 1984 album by Elkie Brooks comprising Brooks' interpretations of songs from the movies from the 1920s and 1930s. The album's title references all of the selections being introduced, or prominently featured, in mid-20th century movie releases.
Bookbinder's Kid is a 1988 album by Elkie Brooks, the follow-up to her top five album No More the Fool.
Round Midnight is an album by Elkie Brooks. Released on CD and cassette in 1993 through Castle Records, Round Midnight, reached number 24 and stayed in the UK Albums Chart for four weeks.
Circles is an album by Elkie Brooks. Recorded in 1995 in Brooks's home studio Woody Bay, the album was designed to reflect her love of stripped-down acoustic music and demo format songs.
Live is an album by Elkie Brooks. Recorded live on tour in 1999 and 2000, it was released on CD in 2000 through JAM Records.
Don't Cry Out Loud is a live album by Elkie Brooks, recorded live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, during her 2004 UK tour. It was released on CD in 2005 by Recall Records. The title song "Don't Cry Out Loud" was a hit single for Brooks in 1978.
Electric Lady is an album by Elkie Brooks.
"Pearl's a Singer" is a song made famous by the British singer Elkie Brooks, as taken from her 1977 album Two Days Away which was produced by the song's co-writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The original version of "Pearl's a Singer" had been introduced by the duo Dino and Sembello – also the song's co-writers – on their 1974 self-titled album which Leiber and Stoller had produced.
"Don't Cry Out Loud" is a song written in 1976 by Peter Allen with lyricist Carole Bayer Sager that is best known as a hit single for Melissa Manchester in the US and for Elkie Brooks in the UK.