Kiki Dee
Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. She was the first white, female, blue-eyed soul singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records.
She is best known for her 1974 hit, entitled "I've Got the Music in Me", and also for her 1976 duet with Elton John entitled, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", which went to Number 1 both in the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1993 she performed another duet with Elton John for his Duets album, a cover version of Cole Porter's "True Love", which reached No. 2 in the UK. During her career, she has released 40 singles, three EPs and 12 albums.
Early life
Pauline Matthews was born in Little Horton, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Career
Musician
Kiki Dee began singing with a local band in Bradford in the early 1960s. Her recording career began as a session singer. She sang backing vocals for Dusty Springfield, among others, and was well regarded by other singers but did not achieve solo success in the UK for many years. In 1963 Dee released her first single "Early Night", and recorded her debut album I’m Kiki Dee, which included a series of Phil Spector style tracks and covers for Fontana Records. Her 1966 release "Why Don't I Run Away From You" (a cover of Tami Lynn's "I'm Gonna Run Away From You") was a big hit on Radio London and Radio Caroline, and she sang the B side "Small Town" in her appearance in Dateline Diamonds the same year. Her 1968 release "On a Magic Carpet Ride", which was originally a B-side, has remained popular with the Northern Soul circuit. Much of her early recorded work for Fontana Records was released on 24 January 2011, on the CD compilation I'm Kiki Dee.
Podcasts:
Kiki Dee
ALBUMS
- The Best of Kiki Dee released: 2009
- Cage the Songbird released: 2008
- Stay With Me released: 2008
- I've Got the Music in Me released: 2001
- Where Rivers Meet released: 1995
- The Very Best Of released: 1994
- Angel Eyes released: 1987
- Great Expectations released: 1970
- Kiki Dee released:
- Loving and Free released:
- Amoureuse released:
I've Got the Music in Me
Released 2001- Amoureuse
- Loving & Free
- Chicago
- I've Got the Music in Me
- (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
- Step by Step
- Dark Side of Your Soul
- Why Don't I Run Away From You
- Runnin' Out of Fools
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- One Jump Ahead of the Storm
- First Thing in the Morning
- Talk to Me
- You Need Help
- You're Holding Me Too Tight
- One Step
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- Stay With Me, Baby
Angel Eyes
Released 1987- I Fall in Love Too Easily
- Stay Close to Me
- I'll Build a Tower Over You
- Pay
- We Cry On
- Angel Eyes
- Knowing You Like I Do
- Another Day Comes (Another Day Goes)
- Keep It to Yourself
- Good Times
- Africa
- Don't Cry
- Won't Make Sense
- Beyond Control
- I Fall in Love to Easily (extended mix)
- Another Day Comes (Another Day Goes) (Nightmare mix)
Great Expectations
Released 1970- The Day Will Come Between Sunday and Monday
- Johnny Raven
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- Jimmy
- I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You
- More Today Than Yesterday
- Love Makes the World Go Round
- You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
- Love Is a Warm Kind of Sorrow
- For Once in My Life
- My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)
- I Second That Emotion
Amoureuse
- Amoureuse
- Loving and Free
- Chicago
- I Got the Music in Me
- (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
- Step By Step
- Dark Side of Your Soul
- Why Don't I Run Away from You
- Runnin' Out of Fools
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- One Jump Ahead of the Storm
- First Thing in the Morning
- Talk to Me
- You Need Help
- You're Holding Me Too Tight
- One Step
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- Stay With Me, Baby
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THE ONE
by: Dee DeeI wonder where you are
Near or far away
I wanna be with you
Every night and day
I'm looking for an answer in your eyes
I'm searching for your love given in time
Your love is everything I need for
Your voice is what I hear
Your touch is everything I dream about
'Cause you are the one I need, the one I need
I wonder how you feel
My love for you is true
I walked a thousand miles
Just to be with you
I'm looking for an answer in your eyes
I'm searching for your love given in time
Your love is everything I need for
Your voice is what I hear
Your touch is everything I dream about
'Cause you are the one I need, the one I need