Elkie Brooks

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Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder, 25 February 1945) is an English singer.

She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later became a solo artist.

She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with "Pearl's a Singer", "Sunshine After the Rain" and the title track of the album No More the Fool.

She has been nominated twice for Brit Awards.She is generally referred to as the "British Queen of Blues".

Her 1981 album Pearls became the best-selling album by a UK female artist in the history of the charts at that point.

In 2012, Brooks was the British female artist who had achieved the most Top 75 UK Albums Chart entries.

Personal life

In the early to mid-1970s, Brooks was married to guitarist Pete Gage. On 1 March 1978, she married her sound engineer, Trevor Jordan, who had worked with Diana Ross, Rolling Stones, Pavarotti, Sarah Vaughan and many others. They live in Devon and have two sons, Jermaine (born 22 December 1979) and Joseph (born 31 December 1986). Between 1981 and 2002, they lived in a mansion in a secluded area of North Devon. However, in 1998, after her accountant informed her that he had not been paying her taxes, Brooks found herself in severe debt and was reduced to living in a mobile home. After four years of increasing interest bills and loans, Brooks managed to sell her home (after being threatened with repossession) and cleared all of her debts. In 2000, Brooks' management and tour promotion was taken over by her son, Jermaine, and his wife, Joanna.

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Life and career

Brooks was born in Salford, Elaine Bookbinder, to a Jewish family. To escape the pogroms, her father's grandparents immigrated to Britain from Poland at the start of the twentieth century. Raymond Bookbinder (born 1938) and Anthony Bookbinder (born 28 May 1943), who went by the stage name of Tony Mansfield and was drummer for Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas on their 1960s hit records, are her older brothers.

Brooks began performing at barmitzvahs and weddings as a child; according to Brooks, her unofficial debut was a performance at the "Laronde" on Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, when she was 13 years old. She won a talent competition in Manchester, which culminated in her taking part in Don Arden's pop package tour (whose daughter, Sharon Osbourne, will later be known as a music manager). In 1964, Etta James' "Something's Got a Hold on Me" was her first album, a cover of Etta James' "Something's Got a Hold on Me," was released on Decca. Brooks spent the majority of her 1960s on Britain's cabaret scene, a period of her life that she did not particularly enjoy. She appeared with the Beatles at their Christmas show in London in the mid 1960s and later assisted the Small Faces in their early careers by introducing them at various venues. She went on to tour the United States with several bands, including The Animals. With Jon Lord's The Artwoods, she also explored Poland then communist Poland.

Brooks had begun playing jazz with Humphrey Lyttelton's band in the 1960s, but the band's musical direction shifted direction later. She met Pete Gage, the upcoming blues rock fusioneers, before deciding Vinegar Joe with Gage and Robert Palmer, who she would marry. Brooks is best known for her appearances on stage, earning her the reputation as the wild woman of rock 'n' roll. They separated in 1974, and Brooks and Palmer embarked on separate solo careers after three albums. She returned to England after a stint as backing singer with Wet Willie's southern boogie band.

Rich Man's Woman (1975), Brooks' first solo album, was released on A & M Records. It was released to critical acclaim, but Brooks was dismissed for the album's cover shot of a naked Brooks with a feather boa, which was considered outrageous for the time.

This was before a run of 16 albums in 20 years, beginning with Two Days Away (1977), which had previously worked with Elvis Presley; Brooks also wrote tracks with Leiber and Stoller. "Pearl's a Singer" is the rage (not counting No. 1). "Sunshine After the Rain" (which reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart) and "Sunshine After the Rain" (which reached No. 8), which fell to No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart). This album had ten songs on it. Brooks performed duet with Cat Stevens on the album "Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard" in 1977, which debuted at No.33 on the Billboard charts and No. 44 in the United Kingdom. Shooting Star (1978) and Live and Learn (1979) both had success, as well as "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "Don't Cry Out Loud." The Scottish singer-songwriters appeared with Brooks on Top of the Pops to provide back vocals. Her polished, sympathetic interpretation of Gallagher and Lyle's "The Runaway" featured the Scottish singer-songwriters.

Brooks appeared with The Beach Boys, Santana, and Mike Oldfield at the Knebworth Festival in 1980. The Pearls album, which came out in 1981, was the most commercially successful of her career, charting for 79 weeks and securing No. 1 for 79 weeks. 2nd in the UK Albums Chart. When Pearls ll (1982) reached No. 1, the album was still in the top charts a year later. 5 weeks on the charts, spending 26 weeks. "Fool If You Think It's Over (1981), written by Chris Rea, was Brooks' most popular hit single. "Our Love," "Nights in White Satin," and "Gasoline Alley" were among the chart singles followed, which were followed by Dudgeon. In the same year, the 1984 albums Minutes and Screen Gems became a hit on the charts. Brooks performed the title theme song for BBC television series A Very Peculiar Practice in 1986. It was never published commercially, according to Dave Greenslade.

The song "No More Fool" debuted in the top five for Brooks in early 1987 and became her most hit single to date, with the parent album also reaching the top five. With two albums in the top ten and a single in the top ten in the same week, she was able to hit another career peak in her career, as well as a single in the top ten. With the release of The Very Best of Elkie Brooks (1989), Bookbinder's Kid (1988), Inspiration (1989), Nothin' But the Blues (1994), The Very Best of Elkie Brooks (1997), more chart success ensued. (1997)

Brooks appeared in the ITV music talent competition in the United States in March 2003, alongside singers such as Peter Cox, Tony Hadley, and Leee John. Trouble in Mind, her debuting year, also includes her collaboration with Humphrey Lyttelton, with whom she had collaborated with earlier in her career, as well as his Band. With added lyrics, "Bad Penny Blues" was included on the album. The Electric Lady album, which was produced by her son Jermaine Jordan's son, saw a return to her blues and rock roots, as well as re-workings of numbers by the Doors, Bob Dylan, Paul Rodgers, and Tony Joe White. Elkie Brooks & Friends: Pearls, her first official DVD, was released in the following year, starring a cast of guest artists.

Powerless, Brooks' twentieth studio album that was also released by Jordan, contained songs such as Prince's "Purple Rain" and Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love." She continues to perform live across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Brooks' autobiography Finding My Voice, published by The Robson Press in 2012, was published in her autobiography Finding My Voice. She delved into her personal life and work, emphasizing on her passion for performing live and the drawbacks of recording industry, which she claims has often left her financially secure.

The album Pearls - The Very Best Of In July 2017, the band was signed to Virgin EMI, and the album Pearls - The Very Best Of was released. It debuted at No. 1 on the charts. "Love Ain't Something You Can Get for Free" and "Forgive and Forget" were two new songs on the 14th, which included two new songs: "Forgive and Forget" by Bryan Adams. A remix of the 1979 album song "The Rising Cost of Love" was also released as a single later this year. All three singles made it onto the Radio 2'A' playlist, with "Forgive and Forget" being the network's "Record of the Week" on the network. Brooks has appeared on Radio 2 programs, including the Aled Jones Show and The One Show on BBC One, promoted the album. Brooks performed at the London Palladium on September 19th this year, marking 40 years since the venue's first sell-out week in 1977. Since the introduction of the single "Pearl's a Singer" in the first place, the show also celebrated 40 years of success.

Brooks recorded the closing theme song for the 2017 British film Finding Your Feet, which starred Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, and Joanna Lumley. "Running to the Future" was released as a download-only track and on the soundtrack album. Brooks' self-penned song "Just an Excuse" has been remixed numerous times, most notably on the hit Bonobo album Migration in 2017. She has performed live since 1960; her 2021 tour, which was postponed until 2020, has been described as her 60th Year Anniversary Tour.

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