Kiki Dee is celebrating 50 years in music. I think she is one of the most underrated singers in the UK. Great voice.
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That reminds me, what's the story behind this quote in NME 1982?
October 30th 1982 - New Musical Express
October 30th 1982 - New Musical Express
Was she planning on recording "Just A Memory" -- or perhaps did record it, but never released it?Neil Spencer: A few years ago it seemed as though people were turning to Elvis Costello songs to cover — George Jones and Linda Ronstadt say; but that doesn't seem to have continued. Are you disappointed your songs haven't been covered more?
EC: No, I don't think that's true. There never were many covers — I always thought I could have had more. I could never understand the A&R men's lack of imagination in not picking up on some of the songs — and those you mention are about the extent of it. But this year there's been a Kiki Dee, a Shaking Pyramids and a Dusty Springfield version of 'Just A Memory' — and that's just one song this year, more than I ever got before.
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Good question, but one the internet isn't keen to help answer! I've never checked out the other two:
You wouldn't want to hear either more than once, would you? But one thing that caught my eye was the presence of one Davey Faragher on the White Heat Dusty album - so was he, out of the five bassists here, the one on the very oddly retitled (given the Dusty classic Losing You) Losing You (Just a Memory)?
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... White_Heat
Over to John Foyle or someone with the album in their collection to see if the musician credits are song by song!
You wouldn't want to hear either more than once, would you? But one thing that caught my eye was the presence of one Davey Faragher on the White Heat Dusty album - so was he, out of the five bassists here, the one on the very oddly retitled (given the Dusty classic Losing You) Losing You (Just a Memory)?
http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/inde ... White_Heat
Over to John Foyle or someone with the album in their collection to see if the musician credits are song by song!
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Yes, he was. It's actually the only track he plays on on the White Heat album.Otis Westinghouse wrote:But one thing that caught my eye was the presence of one Davey Faragher on the White Heat Dusty album - so was he, out of the five bassists here, the one on the very oddly retitled (given the Dusty classic Losing You) Losing You (Just a Memory)?
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Perfect - little did he know...
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Davey told me via Facebook about recording with Dusty - I'll try and find the quote later.
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It's been difficult to find a copy of Dusty's White Heat album (vinyl, cd or download) but a copy of the Just A Memory track is on youtube - Nicky Hopkins plays piano and it is on a channel dedicated to him. Exact address is on Connor's blog/stream 40 Days To Wise up Ghost. I liked her version but then I liked Nicky Hopkins playing.
Does anyone know if Kiki Dee ever recorded a Costello song?
Chris
Does anyone know if Kiki Dee ever recorded a Costello song?
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... the two YouTube screen links I posted above are the Dusty and Shakin Pyramids versions.
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