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English singer (born 1945)

Musical artist

Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder; 25 February 1945) is an English rock, blues and jazz 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" (both 1977), "Fool (If You Think It's Over) (1981), and "No More the Fool" (1986).^[5] She has been nominated twice for the Brit Awards.^[6]

Brooks is a Gold Badge Award of Merit winner from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) (now The Ivors Academy)^[7] and is generally referred to as the "British Queen of Blues".^[8][9]

Life and career

Early career and Vinegar Joe

Brooks was born Elaine Bookbinder in Salford, to a Jewish family.^[1][10][11] Her father's grandp