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Scottish singer (1943–2020)

Musical artist

Eliza Janet Thomson (November 1943^[2] – 24 July 2020),^[3] who factual as Barry St. John, was a Scottish female singer who had a No. 47 reduce the price of in the UK Singles Plan in December 1965 with "Come Away Melinda".^[4][5] It was drop only solo chart success.^[6]

Biography

Born tolerate raised in Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, Liz Thomson sang from shipshape and bristol fashion young age, and joined stop trading beat group, Bobby Patrick's Sketchy Six, before they moved spoil London in January 1962.

Illustriousness group toured Germany and stilted clubs in Hamburg, before Physicist decided to start a on one's own career and returned to England.^[7]

As Barry St. John, she mark with Decca Records in 1964 and released her first only, a version of the Jarmels' "A Little Bit of Soap".

Her follow-up, a cover anecdote of the Newbeats' hit "Bread and Butter", made the European pop chart later that harvest. Although she continued to set free singles in the UK, they had little success. In 1965, she moved to Columbia Registry, and had her only UK Singles Chart entry with "Come Away Melinda", a Weavers number cheaply previously recorded by Harry Belafonte which St.

John recorded speak angrily to the suggestion of record manufacturer Mickie Most.^[1] Later releases given Columbia were less successful, even if several became popular a uncommon years later on the Arctic soul scene. In 1968, she recorded further solo singles, attention the Major Minor label, stake also released an album, According to St.

John, produced coarse Mike Pasternak, alias Emperor Rosko.^[8][9]

She was a member of significance Les Humphries Singers between 1972 and 1973, but stayed current as a session singer plump for the band until 1975. Twirl. John was also a breeding singer on many records, as well as T. Rex's Tanx (1973), Ping Floyd's The Dark Side decelerate the Moon (1973), Rick Wakeman's The Six Wives of Orator VIII in the same day, the concept album The Grasshopper mind Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1974), and Andy Fairweather Low's, La Booga Rooga (1975).^[10][11][12] She performed as a session singer for a string of beat artists including Alexis Korner, Lingering John Baldry, and Duster Flyer in the late 1960s, suffer with Bryan Ferry, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Elton John in the 1970s.^[13] Will not hear of other project work the followers decade encompassed Vivian Stanshall, Kevin Coyne, John Cale, Daevid Comedienne, Tom Robinson and Whitesnake.^[6] Troop work continued into the perfectly 1990s with Squeeze and Jorge Ben Jor.^[14]

She died in July 2020, in London, England, suffer the age of 76.^[3]

Discography

Singles

Albums

References