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BuzzJack Music Forum _ 20th Century Retro _ Lynsey De Paul dies

Posted by: euro music Oct 2 2014, 10:38 AM

1970's singer-songwriter Lynsey De Paul died on 01 October from a brain haemorrhage. Aged 64.

She had 5 hits between 1972 & 1977. Her most famous was her first - Sugar Me peaked at #5 in 1972

R.I.P. Lynsey

Here's 3 of her biggest hits

Sugar Me
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Ooh I Do
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No Honestly
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Posted by: Outcast Oct 2 2014, 10:39 AM

Don't want believe in it. Most painful celebrity death for me after Kathy Kirby.

She was all-time best British female singer-songwriter. R.I.P Lynsey De Paul.

All Lynsey De Paul's # 1 singles in my personal chart :
1. Sugar Me (9 weeks) (1972) (Song Of The Year)
2. Getting A Drag (5 weeks) (1972)
3. All Night (4 weeks) (1973)
4. Won't Somebody Dance With Me (5 weeks) (1973)
5. No Honestly (6 weeks) (1974)
6. My Man And Me (5 weeks) (1975)
7. Rhythm And Blue Jean Baby (6 weeks) (1975)
8. Rock Bottom (4 weeks) (1977) (# 1 in Eurovision rate)

Posted by: popchartfreak Oct 2 2014, 11:53 AM

Sad news, I was a fan at 14, an under-rated songwriter, and anyone who can be friends with Spike Milligan has to be on the same comic wavelength. Storm In A Teacup and Central Park Arrest are fantastic songs by any standard.