2018 I was 18 years old, I went with my mum, dad, grandma and my little brother, elkie performed in my local town hall, she was 71 and she danced and sang her little heart out like she was in her 20s. 1000% one of my favourite memories and one of the best performances I’ve ever seen
My father's favorite song. Tears have run through my face when I found this music on a cd inserted on his car system. It's been almost 10 months since my father passed away, too soon for a good and kind man. Still giving me goosebumps every time I hear this. Thank you, Elkie Brooks, for your gentle tone and for this lovely song.
When this was released in 1977 it was a massive hit. It wasn't underated at all. It migh have only reached #8 in the UK back then but the charts were very different. That was a big hit.
Elkie Brooks - Pearl's A Singer 1245pm 17.9.24 for some reason it struck a chord with me. i used to own the 7inch. lost to grubby pervs... the i heard the song motorcade by magazine, and..... he's distorted enough to have been wise to elkie brooks to have taken such a rhythm and made it magazines... judging by how perverted these folk are you could well be in possession of the 7inch some retard stole from me...
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Elkie was like a combination of those three, who were all great in their own right. Bonnie Tyler was underrated too. Like Elkie, she didn't fit the Beeb's TOTP mentality.@@johnjackson8692
Almost 80 now, still touring. Started out with Vinegar Joe, a full on rock band. Still got the attitude, even with more MOR material. Really good live.
Saw this lady in concert in the early eighties.She is tiny with a booming voice that causes vibrations in your chest.Totally unique talent,the hairs on the back of my neck and goosebumps continued for the duration of the concert.Very powerful singer with strong stage performance.Fifty year career ,fabulous!
I love these British female vocalists, the likes of Elkie, Barbara Dickson etc, who came to prominence in the 70s/80s. I always want to imagine they still live louche, hippy-ish lifestyles, live in remote cottages where the rooms are a fug of joss-stick and are full of dream catchers and paper flowers etc. And they're always barefoot in boho flowing dresses. In reality they no doubt go to Tesco in baggy joggers and worry about the leccy bill like the rest of us.
Oh .....isn't she wonderful darling Ellkie.......I used to love her in Vinegar Joe.......remember them...Robert Palmer too......just breathtaking music ......xxxxx
Ellie totally underrated. What a voice and talent. Loved her voice played her records in the record shop I worked in. Back in the 70 's. Those were the days.
I absolutely love this song. Elkie Brookes was one of the greatest blues singers of our generation and sadly underated. The last bit where she gets all funky is my favorite and the Black guy on the piano just set the whole song on fire. 🔥 😍
Happy Birthday Elkie Brooks born on February 25, 1945. She 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 1970's and 1980's, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with Pearl's a Singer, Sunshine After the Rain and the title track of the album No More the Fool. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkie_Brooks
Oh my heart. We used to turn the volume up at parties, everyone would sing and swing their sexy dance moves. Great memories this beautiful song evokes all the time.
Elkie can damn sing!!!!! It's a shame we was born 20 years early, or else she'd be bossing these talent shows in early 20000s,,,,my god what a voice ❤x
i totally agree the first part , electric panio bass guitar and drums the second part a six string guitar comes in and the bridge a pedal steel guitar so it all builds up
Going through my old records and found hers, had forgotten how much I liked her. Love her singing this, Fool If You Think It's Over and Don't Cry Out Loud. She had lots of great songs,
I remember buying that album aged 12. That's giving my age away though. Cracking album. See what happens when you are looking up house prices in Cumbria? Eventually led me to Ms Brooks!
Last time i heard this track was not in a Nightclub ! It was in a Disco My children still laugh at me when i say Disco Proper 70's or Welsh or both 😂 Good song though
OBVIOUSLY CRYSTAL CLEAR LYRICS LIKE ALL SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES MUSIC NOT LIKE TODAY. TODAYS MUSIC WILL NEVER BE REMEMBERED LIKE ELKIE BONNIE TYLER MARISKA VERES JUDITH DURHAM PET CLARK ETC. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ELKIE AND BONNIE TYLER SINGING TOGETHER. NOT SURE IF THEY EVER DID ?
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Love this song my mam was called Pearl who sadly died today rip mam
Forever in our hearts
Sorry for your loss,I know this is a belated message but I lost my mam 3 years ago and it still hurts.
2018 I was 18 years old, I went with my mum, dad, grandma and my little brother, elkie performed in my local town hall, she was 71 and she danced and sang her little heart out like she was in her 20s. 1000% one of my favourite memories and one of the best performances I’ve ever seen
You so fortunate, I so adore listening to her, thanks Davie x x
That's so awesome ❤what a great memory
I met her when I was 14 (I’m now 32) and honestly she’s the most gorgeous person! She’s one of my inspirations
Yes flawless she is amazing 👏
Flawless is the only way to describe her, absolutely awesome!
My father's favorite song. Tears have run through my face when I found this music on a cd inserted on his car system. It's been almost 10 months since my father passed away, too soon for a good and kind man. Still giving me goosebumps every time I hear this. Thank you, Elkie Brooks, for your gentle tone and for this lovely song.
In the UK we have so many awesome lady singers that are underrated. The world should realise how good they really are.
In the uk I’d like the queen to die
Ain’t wrong mate, go to the punk days too, X-ray specs polystyrene was great
she is not underrated at all
When this was released in 1977 it was a massive hit. It wasn't underated at all. It migh have only reached #8 in the UK back then but the charts were very different. That was a big hit.
had
some might be regarded as great entertainers considering that you are all entertained apparently by it
What an absolute trooper still performing, I love people like Elkie, no bullshit just raw talent and determination...God bless her.
She is on tour again this year , check out her website , I just hope she adds some London dates !
Down to earth. Real person who lives in the real world. She deserves all the success and longevity her career has brought her.
@@jonathanarnett6216 Saw her last month at Harrogate..as good as ever.
@@johnclegg6739 You lucky man.
Think she has to keep going as she had a lot of financial problems from when here accountant didn't pay her taxes
No backing dancers prancing about. Just 100% talent what a voice.
I can't stop listening to this song. Songs aren't like this anymore...
Technically - I think this may be one of the greatest songs ever written/performed. Genius.
You're probably right ❤
Damn good for sure.
I love pearl. Anyone has a problem with her god help them
Never goes out of date. Terrific song.
Word🙌
WORD
@@missingboy123sugar man
Love it forever!!!!
This song stirs my loins 😏
Who's listening to this timeless song 2024
Always..
Elkie Brooks - Pearl's A Singer 1245pm 17.9.24 for some reason it struck a chord with me. i used to own the 7inch. lost to grubby pervs... the i heard the song motorcade by magazine, and..... he's distorted enough to have been wise to elkie brooks to have taken such a rhythm and made it magazines... judging by how perverted these folk are you could well be in possession of the 7inch some retard stole from me...
Yes 18th September
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@@JJONNYREPP its my sisters 40th birthday and this is one of her favourite song I'm playing for her at her birthday party
Elkie Brooks, what a singer. ❤
The best British woman vocalist imo ... always underrated I love her 💕👋👋
But what about Barbara Dixon, Elaine Paige and Bonnie Tyler.
Elkie was like a combination of those three, who were all great in their own right. Bonnie Tyler was underrated too. Like Elkie, she didn't fit the Beeb's TOTP mentality.@@johnjackson8692
@@johnjackson8692 Its Barbara DICKSON
Underrated by whom?
There are too many to choose a best of... Elkie is definitely up there .
This song still touches my heart at 75 years.
👍✌✌🌼👌💜 bighug from amsterdam Karin
46yrs ago and it's a timeless classic. Thank you Elkie.
Almost 80 now, still touring. Started out with Vinegar Joe, a full on rock band. Still got the attitude, even with more MOR material. Really good live.
She still belts the Rock numbers.
Called my daughter Pearl, and all the older folk sang this as they met her first time. I didn't know it existed, and I'm now a fan
Saw this lady in concert in the early eighties.She is tiny with a booming voice that causes vibrations in your chest.Totally unique talent,the hairs on the back of my neck and goosebumps continued for the duration of the concert.Very powerful singer with strong stage performance.Fifty year career ,fabulous!
100% judith, Beautiful woman unique voice ❤
Yes, a real talent. They are rare
Makes me feel young again just listening to her singing...what a voice.
@judith
Ditto
Hammersmith Odeon as then was. I think it was 1982
Woody bay,,nice lady,,Emma was a nice friend
Class class class
I heard this song on radio 2 today . Good music never gets old .
I lost my nana on the 14th October this was her favourite song she had it as her funeral song such a beautiful song ❤
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There's always one
I'm that old I remember when this song came out, still listening to it now
I love these British female vocalists, the likes of Elkie, Barbara Dickson etc, who came to prominence in the 70s/80s. I always want to imagine they still live louche, hippy-ish lifestyles, live in remote cottages where the rooms are a fug of joss-stick and are full of dream catchers and paper flowers etc. And they're always barefoot in boho flowing dresses.
In reality they no doubt go to Tesco in baggy joggers and worry about the leccy bill like the rest of us.
Dickson is boring . IMO
PRECIOUS😊
I briefly met her at Lynton in 1992 when I was working at Watersmeet coffee , she always said hello.
I remember this as if it were yesterday. What a performance, what a classy lady, what emotion and what a voice... Thanks Elkie
I love this song....never gets old! 😍
Terrific song terrific Singer
Oh .....isn't she wonderful darling Ellkie.......I used to love her in Vinegar Joe.......remember them...Robert Palmer too......just breathtaking music ......xxxxx
I could look at and listen to elkie brooks all day long
Classic
The super cool guy playing the piano is living his best moment...& this song , her voice absolute belter....👍👍
Remember dancing to this with my (late) wife back in '77/78....as good today as it was then. Brilliant soulful voice....
Ellie totally underrated. What a voice and talent. Loved her voice played her records in the record shop I worked in. Back in the 70 's. Those were the days.
Remember this as a kid, Ellie is more than just a pop star....much more.
I heard it recently and just remember what a classic it is.
I absolutely love this song. Elkie Brookes was one of the greatest blues singers of our generation and sadly underated. The last bit where she gets all funky is my favorite and the Black guy on the piano just set the whole song on fire. 🔥 😍
Wow, the husk in that voice...😛
It's so long since I last heard this track I'd forgotten just how brilliant she is. Xx
It occasionally randomly pops into my head.
My Mum’s name was Pearl and as a child I used to sing Pearls a Swinger not knowing its meaning of course 😂
😂😂
That rasp of hers is frikken deadly. Magnificent
Mum's fav, she just passed and I had to select this as one of her songs for the funeral 💔
Happy Birthday Elkie Brooks born on February 25, 1945. She 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 1970's and 1980's, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with Pearl's a Singer, Sunshine After the Rain and the title track of the album No More the Fool. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkie_Brooks
Great Voice this Lady has ,she puts a lot of today's average singers to shame.
Was für ein schöner Song!
Took my mother to see Elkie at the Whitley Bay playhouse, cracking night 😁
I love this comment. Whitley Bay is home.
A dieing breed of genuine talent. ❤
Oh my heart. We used to turn the volume up at parties, everyone would sing and swing their sexy dance moves. Great memories this beautiful song evokes all the time.
Awesome singer. Would have loved to see her.
That's her voice. No autotune, no click track. Eat that @RickBeato!
Fabulous ✨️ 💯✨️
What a fantastic singer! She couldn’t do a better job on it.
Elkie can damn sing!!!!! It's a shame we was born 20 years early, or else she'd be bossing these talent shows in early 20000s,,,,my god what a voice ❤x
Reminds me of my dad
How Wonderful 🤗❤❤❤
Great voice, part of the playlist of my life!
Happy birthday mum miss u so much but here is Ur favourite 💘 song xx love u always x
It just came into my head. I haven't heard it for years, and I realised how good it is in a musical sense. It's a clever arrangement.
i totally agree the first part , electric panio bass guitar and drums the second part a six string guitar comes in and the bridge a pedal steel guitar so it all builds up
My ERA AND WHAT A GREAT TIME IT WAS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great blues voice,so underestimated in this country
Just watched it again. Wow!
Going through my old records and found hers, had forgotten how much I liked her. Love her singing this, Fool If You Think It's Over and Don't Cry Out Loud. She had lots of great songs,
One of the greatest.God bless her.
Timeless 😅❤
A classic gem from Elkie's best album (2 Days Away) from 1977, they don't make songs like this anymore.
I remember buying that album aged 12. That's giving my age away though. Cracking album. See what happens when you are looking up house prices in Cumbria? Eventually led me to Ms Brooks!
Wonderful song,makes me cry for poor Pearl every time
Always loved this Song ,Especially Elkie’s Voice,it’s Gritty,Bluesy and just Great,if I could truly Sing I’d love a Voice like hers, Awesome 😎
Will be a long time till we are all in nightclubs again.."till then we have the songs ...sing on elkie
Great song,love it,sing on!!!
Love this song! Especially at 0430 hrs. I don't ever think I'll tire from listening to this song at any hour of the day.
Yes and also I think Christmas will be cancelled xxx
Last time i heard this track was not in a Nightclub !
It was in a Disco
My children still laugh at me when i say Disco
Proper 70's or Welsh or both 😂 Good song though
Just beautifuly sad and Elkie is the most beautiful singer in the night club, thank you
So sweet, my child hood fav song!
I love songs that tell a story!
Saw Elkie on Sunday night- absolutely amazing concert
Voice is as strong as ever ❤
Elkie OWNS this song
Been a fan since...well, a long time ago. That voice just drags you in.
This is an absolute stone cold classic. It ends up on a lot my of playlists.
Great voice superb song
Amazing elkie Brooks so amazing great song ❤❤😢
I'm a Rocker but this is one of my all time Favourite songs. Thsnk you
Elkie was known as the Wild Woman of Rock.
true
CLASS TOTAL CLASS.
Evokes memories of Spring 1977.
Saw Ellie brooks last night and she is totally amazing
Lucky you, I've not seen her since about 1976. Visited UK in 2015, unfortunately missed her then. Love this Lady and her music!
One year later... I bet that memory is even more treasured now.
Brilliance
Love this song
ELKIE just recommended to me by an English friend ...
This song came literally to my mind, all by itself.. How ridiculously good it is.. telling a true story.. Let's engage in a big hugg x x x
Great song great singer
sheer talent
Ditto
Beautiful voice.
And a beautiful song too! 🙂👍
I love it!
An absolute star. I've seen her in concert many times. Love that woman.
Love this song so much wonderful singer Xx
Brilliant singer, saw her in 2018 and seeing her again in February this year. What a talent and a lovely lady. Will be taping my feet as well
O this brings so manny good times
Bought this when released, one of the greatest Singer's of all time...
BEST SINGER ALONG WITH DUSTY. TO COME OUT OF THE UK JUST SO MUCH SOUL , j Vincent Edwards
Only 72'000 views! Pearls before swine 🤷 What a voice, and still great to this very day 👍
OBVIOUSLY CRYSTAL CLEAR LYRICS LIKE ALL SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES MUSIC NOT LIKE TODAY. TODAYS MUSIC WILL NEVER BE REMEMBERED LIKE ELKIE BONNIE TYLER MARISKA VERES JUDITH DURHAM PET CLARK ETC. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ELKIE AND BONNIE TYLER SINGING TOGETHER. NOT SURE IF THEY EVER DID ?
Just listen to that VOICE!!-brilliant
Absolutely brilliant stuff.
The most beautiful singer, could listen to this song all night.
she have jazz in her veins, she is one compass delayed like billie holiday
OMG hear her sing. I will listen to this again and again awesome 💖
Beautiful woman with a amazing voice! This could easily be a Elvis song/performance.
Absolutely the best song, ever, the words resonates with today.
My all time favourite artist.