Linda Lewis, the British vocalist who loved hits within the Seventies with “It’s In His Kiss” and others, and was the envy of fellow singers as a consequence of her five-octave vary, died Wednesday (Might 3) at 72.
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The tragic information was confirmed by her sister, Dee Lewis Clay. “It’s with the best unhappiness and remorse we share the information that our beloved stunning sister Linda Lewis handed away right now peacefully at her house,” she writes on social media. “The household asks that you simply respect our privateness and permit us to grieve at this heartbreaking time.”
Born Linda Ann Fredericks in West Ham, London, Lewis attended stage faculty, and landed movie roles, together with an element as a screaming fan in Beatles movie, A Exhausting Day’s Night time.
Later, followers would scream for Lewis, as she reeled off U.Okay. hits via the Seventies with “Rock-A-Doodle-Doo,” “It’s In His Kiss,” “Child I’m Yours” and “I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You.”
Written and composed by Rudy Clark, “It’s In His Kiss” would give Lewis a U.Okay. high 10 look, peaking at No. 6 in 1975, and a spot on the Billboard Sizzling 100, at No. 96.
Lewis’ extraordinary vary, and her presents throughout people, soul, pop and reggae, would be a magnet for rock music’s superstars, together with David Bowie and Rod Stewart, each of whom recruited her for backing vocals. She would additionally work with the likes Joan Armatrading, Basement Jaxx, Turin Brakes and Jamiroquai.
Covers and samples of her work has been artists together with Joss Stone and Widespread.
Throughout her profession, Lewis reduce ten studio album, together with Say No Extra, her 1971 debut, which was impressed by dwelling with fellow artists in a commune in Hampstead, north London, a spot the place Cat Stevens (later Yusuf Islam), Marc Bolan and Elton John would drop by.
In 2002, Warner Music launched a group of her ‘70s music, Attain for the Reality. The next yr, BMG issued a profession retrospective The Better of Linda Lewis, and later, the 3-CD boxed set Legends, together with hits and rarities. In 2017, to have a good time her 50th anniversary within the music enterprise, Lewis launched Funky Bubbles, a 5-CD field set together with rarities and reside variations.
The music neighborhood is paying tribute to the late singer. “Actually unhappy to listen to this,” writes Ultravox frontman Midge Ure in a social submit. “I had an enormous crush on Linda Lewis. ‘Not slightly woman anymore’ was a terrific track and fantastically sung by her.”
Mike Scott, frontman of British band The Waterboys, tweets: “Very sorry to listen to concerning the dying of British singer Linda Lewis. She was fabulous.”
Intercourse Pistols bass participant Glen Matlock added that Linda was “beautiful.”
Armatrading writes, “I’m so unhappy to listen to of the dying of Linda Lewis. She had a phenomenal voice and was a very beautiful particular person.”
French indie pop band Tahiti 80 remembers Lewis as a expertise “like nobody else.” A submit from the band reads, “Very unhappy to listen to of Linda Lewis’s passing. We had been fortunate sufficient to collaborate with Linda on Your Love Shines on Fosbury. She sang like nobody else. I found her music in Japan and was immediately hooked. Collaborating along with her was such a excessive.”
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