Singer-songwriter Linda Lewis, whose profession spanned greater than 4 many years, has died on the age of 72, her household has confirmed.
Identified for a five-octave vocal vary and skill to carry out a wide selection of genres, she loved solo success within the Nineteen Seventies and offered backing vocals for such artists as David Bowie and Rod Stewart.
In an announcement on social media, her sister Dee Lewis Clay stated: “It's with the best unhappiness and remorse we share the information that our beloved lovely sister Linda Lewis handed away right now peacefully at her house.
“The household asks that you just respect our privateness and permit us to grieve at this heartbreaking time.”
Born Linda Ann Fredericks in West Ham, she attended stage college and appeared in a non-speaking position within the British movie A Style of Honey in 1961 and as a screaming fan within the first Beatles movie A Exhausting Day’s Evening three years later.
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A self-taught guitarist and keyboard participant, she appeared on the first Glastonbury Pageant in 1970 and had 4 high 40 hits all through the following decade – the primary coming with Rock-a-Doodle-Doo which reached quantity 15 within the UK in 1973.
Her largest hit got here with It’s In His Kiss – a canopy of Cher’s The Shoop Shoop Track – which reached quantity six in 1975.
She additionally toured with Cat Stevens, considered one of many large names for whom she offered backing vocals, together with Bowie – on the Aladdin Sane album – Stewart, Steve Harley and Cockney Revel, Rick Wakeman, Joan Armatrading and Jamiroquai.