Elkie Brooks

England

Born: 25 February 1946

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock, Vocal, Jazz, Blues

Styles: Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Rock & Roll/Roots, Standards, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Vocal Jazz

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British pop-jazz-blues crooner Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder) dominated U.K. radio in the late '70s with a series of hit singles that established her as "the biggest-selling female album artist in the history of the British pop charts." The Manchester native, who grew up in an extremely musical family, left school at the age of 15 to join a dance band in London. She eventually mad the jump to radio, as well as numerous appearances with legendary jazz bandleader Humphrey Lyttelton, before embarking on a career in pop music. The early '60s...

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