Jackie Lee
Jackie Lee was born in Clontarf, Leinster, Ireland on May 29th, 1936 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 87, Jackie Lee biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jackie Lee (born Jacqueline Norah Flood, 29 May 1936, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish popular music performer who has performed under a variety of names.
Career
Lee was a musical child prodigy. She received a scholarship and trained as a soprano for four years. She became a vocalist with the top showbands in Ireland after finishing her studies.
When Lee moved to London and joined The Squadronaires, she had the same success. In 1955, her first solo debut was released, followed by two more in the coming year. Lee was a member of The Raindrops, a bossy quartet that made numerous appearances on British television and variety shows, and a number of albums were released, the majority of which featured Lee as lead vocalist. Les Vandyke and Vince Hill were also included in the Raindrops' lineup. She appeared in the UK heats of the Eurovision Song Contest as a solo artist with "There's No one in the Whole Wide World" in 1962 and represented it at the British national finals for BBC TV. During this time, The Beatles covered and performed in concerts.
Lee decided to become a solo artist in 1965 and has released 'beat' records until 1967. "Just Like a Man," one of these launches, made it to the NME charts. The B-side, or "I Gotta Be With You," became extremely popular on the Northern soul circuit. This single was released under the band name 'Emma Rede' for EMI.
Lee had a parallel career as a respected session singer with her bands The Jackie Lee Singers and Tears of Joy. She sang of "Green Green Grass of Home" by Tom Jones and "Release Me" by Engelbert Humperdinck. On such diverse albums as Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" and a portion of the James Last catalogue at the time, she demonstrated her unique vocal range, talent, and versatility. Elton John was employed by Lee as a member of her session singers at one point. In addition, she performed various songs on film soundtracks. "Born To Lose" from the Norman J. Warren film Loving Feeling (1969), "Love Is Now" from the Norman J. Warren film Robbery (1969), and the title song to the horror film Goodbye Gemini (1970).
With "White Horses," the theme from a children's television show, she had a UK Top Ten hit single in 1968. The Penguin Television Companion named her definitive version as the best TV theme tune of all time in 2003. In 1968, she released a jazz-styled album with Dudley Moore as the pianist. "Jacky" reverted to "Jackie Lee" in 1970, and had another hit song, Rupert" from the TV show based on Rupert Bear's well-known cartoon character, Rupert Bear (inaccurately referred to as "Rupert the Bear" in the song's lyrics). This recording also appeared in the "Best TV themes of all time" list from The Penguin Television Companion at Number 7, thus solidifying Lee's fame. On Pye Records (PKL 5533) in 1971, Jackie's Junior Choice, followed by Rupert and Other Junior Favourites on Pye's budget Golden Guinea label (GSGL 10492) in 1973, which also included Jackie's appearance of another children's series, Inigo Pipkin.
Despite the brief duration of her career, she resigned from singing due to vocal difficulties and throat difficulties shortly after. However, her singing is still being held in sway. According to the author, her work has "firmly embedded itself in a generation's memory."
In 2007, A Pye Anthology – A Rainbow – was released on a CD. It includes all of Lee's later recordings, which were released for Pye Records between 1969 and 1973. The Town I Live In (2009), a second CD, has all of her 1966-1967 recordings for EMI. Lee is now retired and lives in Canada. Liam Hopkins, her husband, died in 2018.