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Helen Shapiro
Shapiro in 1963
Background information
Birth name
Helen Kate Shapiro
Born
(1946-09-28) 28 September 1946 (age 77) Bethnal Green, London, England
Genres
Pop, jazz
Occupation(s)
Singer, actress
Years active
1961–present
Musical artist
Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress.[1] While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years", Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", when she was just 14 years old.[2]
Shapiro first achieved prominence in 1961 when her debut single, "Don't Treat Me Like a Child", reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. After the two million-sellers, her success continued in 1962 with further hits including "Tell Me What He Said" and film appearances in Play It Cool and It's Trad, Dad!.[3] In 1963, Shapiro toured with the Beatles, who were her supporting act.[4] Since the 1970s, she has branched out as a performer in musical theatre and jazz; she appeared in the West End and toured extensively with the British jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and his band.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1075/6. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^Eder, Bruce. "Helen Shapiro". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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^"Ringo Starr will keep on drumming, but forget about a memoir: 'I'm not doing a book'". USA TODAY. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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