Re: Helen Shapiro - 'Tops' with Me (1962).

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:15 pm

I know this.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:15 pm

Was this Dion?

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:16 pm

gr8 xylophone-or-similar.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:16 pm

She's only 77.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:17 pm

Track 7 - Lipstick on Your Collar.

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:17 pm

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:18 pm

Nightjar wrote:What's her vocal register?

Is she a contralto?

She had a deep timbre to her voice, unusual in a girl not yet in her teens; school friends nicknamed her "Foghorn".

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:18 pm

Funky sax.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:19 pm

"Then I noticed yours was red. Mine was vivid pink." Kenneth

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:19 pm

At the age of 10, Shapiro was a singer with Susie and the Hula Hoops (together with her cousin, 1960s singer Susan Singer), a school band that included Marc Bolan (then using his real name of Mark Feld) as guitarist.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:19 pm

Track 8 - Beyond the Sea.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:20 pm

Bobby Darin?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:20 pm

Downward key change.

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:21 pm

I didn't think I knew this one but it turns out I do.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:21 pm

Dainty tinklings.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:21 pm

More random men.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:22 pm

Her vocal range, despite being interestingly deep for, basically, a child is somehwat limited.

by Butterfield Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:22 pm

gr8 (horrible) male backing singers.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:22 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:More random men.

I hope she had a Shapirone.

by Nightjar Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:23 pm

I could imagine this being included in an episode of Stingray.

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