Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder, 25 February 1945) is an English singer, a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s and has been nominated twice for Brit Awards. She is known for her powerful husky voice and hit singles such as "Pearl's a Singer", "Lilac Wine", "Don't Cry Out Loud", "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", and "No More the Fool", and top-selling album Pearls. She is generally referred to as the "British Queen of Blues". By April 2012, Brooks had released more albums that had reached the top 75 of the UK album chart than any other British female artist.

Life and career

Early career and Vinegar Joe

Brooks was born Elaine Bookbinder in Broughton, Salford, the daughter of Marjorie Violet "Vi" (née Newton) and Kalmon Charles "Charlie" Bookbinder. Her paternal grandparents and great-grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Kielce, Russian Poland. Her mother, who had been born to a Catholic family, converted to Judaism. She was raised in Prestwich. She attended North Salford Secondary Modern School.

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Our Love

Our Love can refer to:

  • Our Love (Twins album), an album from the Cantopop band Twins
  • Our Love (Caribou album), an album from the Canadian musician Caribou
  • "Our Love" (Natalie Cole song), a 1978 song by Natalie Cole
  • "Our Love" (Donna Summer song)
  • Our Love (film), a 2000 Hungarian film
  • "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away", a 1978 song by Andy Gibb
  • "Our Love", a 1994 song by Matt Bianco
  • "Our Love", a song by Krokus from The Blitz
  • "Our Love", a song by Rhett Miller
  • "Our Love", an unreleased song by Drake Bell

    • Our Love is also contained within:

  • Our Love to Admire, the full title of an album by Interpol
  • "Where Did Our Love Go", the full title of a song by The Supremes

    • See also

  • "Cinta Kita" (Indonesian for "Our Love"), a 1995 song by Nike Ardilla
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    Our Love (song)

    "Our Love" is 1939 song that was recorded by Frank Sinatra and was his first recording. Some sources have said that this song was recorded a day before Sinatra married his first wife Nancy or a month later in March. This song would not make Sinatra famous, but in this year he would join the Harry James Orchestra, but left them a year later and in the 1940 would join Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra and Sinatra would make his first hit song I'll Never Smile Again. Sinatra's recording of "Our Love" can be heard on YouTube.com.

    Writers were Larry Clinton, Buddy Bernier, and Charles Emmerich. This is one of a group of songs from the Big Band jazz era that were written as popular adaptations of classical music. This song is based upon the Act 2 love theme, "O nüit divine" from the Charles Gounod opera, Romeo et Juliette. The song was recorded again in 1960 by George Greeley on his Warner Bros. (WS-1387) album Popular Piano Concertos of the World's Great Love Themes. Sinatra and Greeley joined the Tommy Dorsey band on the same day, and worked together for a year.

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    Our Love (film)

    Our Love (Hungarian: A Mi szerelmünk) is a 2000 Hungarian drama film directed by József Pacskovszky. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival.

    Cast

  • Melinda Major as Emmi
  • Lajos Bertók as Légoza László
  • Erik Desfosses as Alex
  • Jan Kidawa-Blonski as Grund
  • Teréz Rudolf as Éva
  • Marzena Trybala as Madeleina
  • Margit Földessy as Dusi
  • Eszter Balla as Sabine
  • Emese Vasvári as Marie
  • István Göz as Pap
  • Fidel Atya as Atya

    • References

    External links

  • Our Love at the Internet Movie Database
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    Podcasts:

    Elkie Brooks

    ALBUMS

    Sunshine After the Rain: The Collection

    Released 2010

    Electric Lady

    Released 2005

    Gold and Blues

    Released 1998

    The Very Best of Elkie Brooks

    Released 1997

    Amazing

    Released 1996

    Circles

    Released 1995

    Priceless (Her Very Best)

    Released 1994

    The Last Teardrop

    Released 1994

    'Round Midnight

    Released 1993

    Original Recordings

    Released 1993

    Pearls III

    Released 1991

    Inspiration

    Released 1989

    Bookbinder's Kid

    Released 1988

    No More The Fool

    Released 1986

    The Very Best of Elkie Brooks

    Released 1986

    No More the Fool

    Released 1986

    Rich Man's Woman

    Released 1985

    Pearls

    Released 1985

    Pearls II

    Released 1985

    Minutes

    Released 1984

    Screen Gems

    Released 1984

    Live and Learn

    Released 1979

    Shooting Star

    Released 1978

    Two Days Away

    Released 1977

    Powerless

    The Best of Elkie Brooks

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    Fool If You Think It's Over

    by: Elkie Brooks

    Dyin' flame, you're free again
    Who could love, do that to you
    All dressed in black, he won't be comin' back
    Save your tears, got years and years
    The pains of seventeen's
    Unreal, they're only dreams
    Save your cryin' for the day
    Fool, if you think it's over
    'Cause you said goodbye
    Fool, if you think it's over
    I'll tell you why
    New born eyes always cry with pain
    At the first look at the mornin' sun
    Fool, if you think it's over
    It's just begun
    Miss Teenage Dream, such a tragic scene
    He knocked your crown and ran away
    First wound of pride and how you cried and cried
    But save your tears, got years and years
    Fool, if you think it's over
    'Cause you said goodbye
    Fool if you think it's over
    I'll tell you why
    New born eyes always cry with pain
    At the first look at the mornin' sun
    Fool, if you think it's over
    It's just begun
    Fool if you think it's over
    Fool if you think it's over
    I'll buy you first good wine
    We'll have a real good time
    Save your cryin' for the day
    That may not come
    But anyone who had to pay
    Would laugh at you and say
    Fool, if you think it's over
    'Cause you said goodbye
    Fool, if you think it's over
    I'll tell you why
    I'll buy you first good wine
    We'll have a real good time
    Fool, if you think it's over
    I'll tell you why
    New born eyes always cry with pain
    At the first look at the mornin' sun
    Fool, if you think it's over




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