Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee ( born March 6, 1947 in Keighley in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; actually Pauline Matthews) is a British singer and songwriter.
Life
The first single from Kiki Dee was published in 1963 ( Early Night by Mitch Murray ). The second single, Do not Put Your Heart in His Hands, was a composition by Jackie DeShannon and Sharon Sheeley. In February 1964, she first appeared on the British music show Ready Steady Go. In the following years they coverte especially current American soul hits. She supported along with Madeline Bell and Lesley Duncan Dusty Springfield at live performances and recordings. Springfield, who was a fan of Dee, was heard in return for some of their recordings in the background.
Entitled Aspetta domani In January 1965 she took (Text: Fred Bongusto ) at the Italian Sanremo Festival and arrived the 4th Place. This track she co also in German and Spanish. Other recordings followed in Italian, German and French. 1966 Dee had her first film role in the British musical film Dateline Diamonds. In the same year she sang the title song of the same name to the British comedy Doctor in Clover. Many of Dee's recordings from the second half of the 1960s have become classics of the Northern Soul genre, especially Excuse Me ( 1967), On a Magic Carpet Ride (1968) and Why Do not I Run Away From You (1966 ), of which they also recorded a German version ( No, I do not know what I do ).
In 1968, at Fontana Records released their debut album I'm Kiki Dee. It was 1969, the first European and according to Debbie Dean and Chris Clark only the third white artist who was taken at Motown Records. There she released her second album Great Expectations in May 1970.
However, commercial success was only when she moved to Elton John's Rocket Records label. In 1973 she reached the place 13 in the UK charts with the ballad Amoureuse. The following year, they again reached the Top Twenty with the " blacker " and rhythmic disk I Got the Music in Me
Her biggest success came in 1976 with the song Do not Go Breaking My Heart, which she sang in a duet with Elton John and reached on both sides of the Atlantic No. 1. In the same year she was able to achieve another solo hit with the ballad written by herself Loving and Free.
From 1984, she tried to take as an actress foot and was seen in several musicals.
In 1993 she sang again in a duet with Elton John. Your version of True Love, the title, the once Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly made to Evergreen, was again a hit in the UK (No. 2).
Since 1995 she has worked musically with the guitarist, composer and producer Carmelo Luggeri; The two have since released three CDs.