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.
After the Rain is the sixth studio album by Muddy Waters, a follow-up to the previous years' Electric Mud and sharing many of the musicians from that album. Unlike Electric Mud, After the Rain contained mostly his own compositions and the songs, while still distorted, are less overtly psychedelic.
Release
On September 13, 2011, Get On Down Records digitally remastered and reissued the album on compact disc and vinyl. On November 22, 2011, After the Rain and Electric Mud were combined and reissued on a single disc by BGO Records.
After the Rain is a jazz album released in 1994 by John McLaughlin on Verve Records. The album reached number 9 in the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart 1995.
The Rain were the Manchester band that eventually evolved into Oasis. The band formed in Manchester, England in 1991, taking their name from The Beatles' B-side, "Rain". Founding members were Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass), Chris Hutton (vocals). Drummer Tony McCarroll joined shortly after the band formed to replace their drum machine and Hutton was replaced as vocalist by Liam Gallagher, who became the band's songwriter, in partnership with Arthurs. In this partnership, they wrote several songs including "Take Me" and "Life in Vain". The band rehearsed only one day a week and did not perform at shows often.
Shortly after Liam joined, the band was renamed Oasis, at his suggestion. Various explanations of the origins of the name have been offered, however, it came about when Liam’s older brother Noel roadied for the Inspiral Carpets at a venue in Swindon called the Oasis Leisure Centre. Liam reportedly liked the name's "resonance of imagery."
One day in August 1991, Noel, having recently returned from the Inspiral Carpets' tour of the U.S., went to watch his brother's band perform at the Manchester Boardwalk, supporting a band called Sweet Jesus. Noel offered to join, reportedly on condition that he would be the lead guitarist and they would perform only his songs. Noel made an instant impact on the band, he began to introduce new sounds and ways of creating music. After a few small warm up gigs in towns such as Middlesbrough, the band decided to produce Definitely Maybe, under the name of Oasis.
The song was released to U.S. radio stations on May 20, 1997, and the Hype Williams-directed video was released to video shows starting June 3, 1997. The song entered the Hot R&B Airplay chart in mid-June, and peaked at #6 the week of August 9, 1997. It peaked at #51 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart the following week.
The song was released as the album's lead single on July 2, 1997 (see 1997 in music), and reached the top twenty in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. VH1 ranked the song 99th on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s. And in 2010 Pitchfork Media included the song at number 33 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. In 1998, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" was named the fourth-best single of 1997 by the The Village Voice's annual-year end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.
British songstress Elkie Brooks scored half a dozen hits at home, three of which made the Top 10 - "Pearl's a singer", "No more the fool" and this 1977 hit 'Sunshine after the rain".
Elkie achieved a bigger hit with Chris Rea's 'Fool if you think its over' than he did in the United Kingdom. She also memorialized versions of the Peter Allen classic 'Don't cry out loud' and the Moody Blues 'Knights in white satin'. With a five decade career, Ms Brooks is something of an icon in her homeland, but chart success by and large eluded her in Australia, but several of her songs have made their way into my collection, and her warm, textured voice is always a delight to hear. I hope all who find this, enjoy it.
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Sunshine After The Rain · Elkie Brooks
Pearls - The Very Best Of
℗ 1977 A&M Records Limited
Released on: 2017-10-20
Producer: Jerry Leiber
Producer: Mike Stoller
Associated Performer, Vocals: Elkie Brooks
Associated Performer, Guitar: Isaac Guillory
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Steve York
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Jean Roussel
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion: Trevor Morais
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Ellie Greenwich
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Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After The Rain [totp 18th Aug 1977]
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Elkie Brooks -- Sunshine After The Rain( Live At Shepherds Bush Empire 2004
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Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After The Rain (1977)
Really wish it would rain here
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British songstress Elkie Brooks scored half a dozen hits at home, three of which made the Top 10 - "Pearl's a singer", "No more the fool" and this 1977 hit 'Sun...
British songstress Elkie Brooks scored half a dozen hits at home, three of which made the Top 10 - "Pearl's a singer", "No more the fool" and this 1977 hit 'Sunshine after the rain".
Elkie achieved a bigger hit with Chris Rea's 'Fool if you think its over' than he did in the United Kingdom. She also memorialized versions of the Peter Allen classic 'Don't cry out loud' and the Moody Blues 'Knights in white satin'. With a five decade career, Ms Brooks is something of an icon in her homeland, but chart success by and large eluded her in Australia, but several of her songs have made their way into my collection, and her warm, textured voice is always a delight to hear. I hope all who find this, enjoy it.
British songstress Elkie Brooks scored half a dozen hits at home, three of which made the Top 10 - "Pearl's a singer", "No more the fool" and this 1977 hit 'Sunshine after the rain".
Elkie achieved a bigger hit with Chris Rea's 'Fool if you think its over' than he did in the United Kingdom. She also memorialized versions of the Peter Allen classic 'Don't cry out loud' and the Moody Blues 'Knights in white satin'. With a five decade career, Ms Brooks is something of an icon in her homeland, but chart success by and large eluded her in Australia, but several of her songs have made their way into my collection, and her warm, textured voice is always a delight to hear. I hope all who find this, enjoy it.
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Sunshine After The Rain · Elkie Brooks
Pearls - The Very Best Of
℗ 1977 A&M Records Limited
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Sunshine After The Rain · Elkie Brooks
Pearls - The Very Best Of
℗ 1977 A&M Records Limited
Released on: 2017-10-20
Producer: Jerry Leiber
Producer: Mike Stoller
Associated Performer, Vocals: Elkie Brooks
Associated Performer, Guitar: Isaac Guillory
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Steve York
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Jean Roussel
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion: Trevor Morais
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Ellie Greenwich
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Sunshine After The Rain · Elkie Brooks
Pearls - The Very Best Of
℗ 1977 A&M Records Limited
Released on: 2017-10-20
Producer: Jerry Leiber
Producer: Mike Stoller
Associated Performer, Vocals: Elkie Brooks
Associated Performer, Guitar: Isaac Guillory
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Steve York
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Jean Roussel
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion: Trevor Morais
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Ellie Greenwich
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Pearls
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British songstress Elkie Brooks scored half a dozen hits at home, three of which made the Top 10 - "Pearl's a singer", "No more the fool" and this 1977 hit 'Sunshine after the rain".
Elkie achieved a bigger hit with Chris Rea's 'Fool if you think its over' than he did in the United Kingdom. She also memorialized versions of the Peter Allen classic 'Don't cry out loud' and the Moody Blues 'Knights in white satin'. With a five decade career, Ms Brooks is something of an icon in her homeland, but chart success by and large eluded her in Australia, but several of her songs have made their way into my collection, and her warm, textured voice is always a delight to hear. I hope all who find this, enjoy it.
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Sunshine After The Rain · Elkie Brooks
Pearls - The Very Best Of
℗ 1977 A&M Records Limited
Released on: 2017-10-20
Producer: Jerry Leiber
Producer: Mike Stoller
Associated Performer, Vocals: Elkie Brooks
Associated Performer, Guitar: Isaac Guillory
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Steve York
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Jean Roussel
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion: Trevor Morais
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Composer Lyricist: Ellie Greenwich
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Sunshine After The Rain · Elkie Brooks
Pearls
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Released on: 2016-07-14
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Composer: (Greenwich)
Music Publisher: EMI UNITED PARTNERSHIP LTD
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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.
Everywhere I go I see a face we used to know I pass a place we used to go When you were mine Since you went away (Since you went away) My hearts not free It keeps on rainin down on me Will there be a day when the sun will shine? [Chorus] I want to see the sunshine after the rain I want to see bluebirds flying over the mountains again Oh, where is the silver lining shining at the rainbow's end? When I hear your name I start to cry Each day's the same since your goodbye It's like a game, forgetting you Every night I pray (Every night I pray) Tomarrow brings a sunny day And happy things Just like the way it used to be For you and me [Chorus] Everywhere I go I see a face we used to know I pass a place we used to go When you were mine Since you went away (Since you went away) My hearts not free It keeps on raining down on me Will there be a day when the sun will shine? [Chorus] I wanna see bluebirds flying over the mountains again