"Pearl's a Singer" is a song made famous by the BritishsingerElkie Brooks, as taken from her 1977 albumTwo 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.
The song is a ballad, telling the story of a failed singer who still dreams of the success she might have had.
"Pearl's a Singer" afforded Elkie Brooks her debut chartsingle - thirteen years after she'd recorded her first track - reaching #8 in the UK Singles Chart in spring 1977. It remained her highest placing in that chart until "No More the Fool" reached #5, early in 1987.
Brooks would recall that at a rehearsal session for her Two Days Away album "Jerry Leiber [said]: 'I want to play you this song, I don't think you're going to like it, it's too countryish for you but I'll play it for you anyway.'...I said: 'Go on, I've got an open mind, I like a lot of country [music].' I listened to 'Pearl's a Singer' and told [Leiber & Stoller] I liked it but that they needed to [modify it with] a middle section. To which Jerry said: 'No problem'. And with that he disappeared and came back half an hour later with the [modified] version of 'Pearl's a Singer'" which Brooks recorded. Brooks - "To be honest [in the mid-1970s] I just wanted to enjoy myself in music and I never thought 'Pearl...' was going to be a big hit but [after] it was released on my birthday in 1977 the record company really pushed it, [it] got played on all the radio stations and became very successful. No one was more surprised than me."
Pearl's a singer She stands up when she plays the piano In a nightclub Pearl's a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job is entertaining folks Singings songs and telling jokes In a nightclub Pearl's a singer And they say that she once was a winner In a contest Pearl's a singer And they say that she once cut a record They played it for a week or so On the local radio It never made it She wanted to be Betty Grable But now she sits there at that beer stained table Dreaming of the things she never got to do All those dreams that never came true Pearl's a singer She stands up when she plays the piano In a nightclub Pearl's a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job is entertaining folks Singing songs and telling jokes In a nightclub Pearl's a singer She stands up when she plays the piano In a nightclub Pearl's a singer She sings songs for the lost and the lonely Her job's entertaining folks Singing songs, telling jokes
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