Lyn Cornell, sometimes billed as Lynn Cornell (born 1940) is an English pop and jazz singer. She is best known for her membership of The Vernons Girls, The Carefrees and The Pearls, having had at least one chart hit with each group, and as a solo artist with a Top 30 UK hit to her name.
AllMusic noted that Cornell "could unfurl a suppleness of vocal gesture that was denied to luckier but less stylistically adventurous contemporaries".[1]
She was originally a member of The Vernons Girls, who appeared on the ITV show Oh Boy! with the house band between 1958 and 1959, and made a series of relatively successful singles for Parlophone between 1958 and 1961.[3] Cornell launched her solo career in April 1960,[4] before the Vernons reached their own disbanding in 1961.[1] She recorded solo for Decca Records, and is best remembered for her version of the film title theme, "Never on Sunday".[1] Her 1960 recording of "Never on Sunday" reached No. 30 in the UK Singles Chart.[5] Cornell appeared in the edition of 25 November 1960 of the NME.[6] Also in 1960, Cornell recorded and released as a single a Christmas song, "The Angel and the Stranger".[7] In the summer of 1961, she performed at the North Pier Pavilion in Blackpool, on a bill including Matt Monro and Bert Weedon.[8]
In 1964, she joined The Carefrees, who became best known for their song "We Love You Beatles". The track was The Carefrees first recording and only charted single, reaching No. 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and staying on the Billboard chart for five weeks.[12][13] After one further single and an album, the group disbanded later in the same year.
Cornell and White later divorced and she now lives in London. At one time she dated Adam Faith.[7]
In 1972, Cornell and Ann Simmons (née O'Brien), who were both part of The Vernons Girls, had assistance from the record producer, Phil Swern, in forming The Pearls.[14] They were a 1970s girl vocal duo.[15] The Pearls released a total of 12 singles, the most successful being "Guilty", which reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1974.[15][16]
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Lyn Cornell sometimes billed as Lynn Cornell born 1940 is an English pop and jazz singer She is best known for her membership of The Vernons Girls The Carefrees and The Pearls having had at least one chart hit with each group and as a solo artist with a Top 30 UK hit to her name Lyn CornellAlso known asLynn CornellBorn1940 age 82 83 Liverpool EnglandGenresPop jazzOccupation s Singer backing vocalistInstrument s VocalsYears activeLate 1950s 1970sLabelsDecca Records AllMusic noted that Cornell could unfurl a suppleness of vocal gesture that was denied to luckier but less stylistically adventurous contemporaries 1 Biography EditCornell was born in Liverpool England 1 2 She was originally a member of The Vernons Girls who appeared on the ITV show Oh Boy with the house band between 1958 and 1959 and made a series of relatively successful singles for Parlophone between 1958 and 1961 3 Cornell launched her solo career in April 1960 4 before the Vernons reached their own disbanding in 1961 1 She recorded solo for Decca Records and is best remembered for her version of the film title theme Never on Sunday 1 Her 1960 recording of Never on Sunday reached No 30 in the UK Singles Chart 5 Cornell appeared in the edition of 25 November 1960 of the NME 6 Also in 1960 Cornell recorded and released as a single a Christmas song The Angel and the Stranger 7 In the summer of 1961 she performed at the North Pier Pavilion in Blackpool on a bill including Matt Monro and Bert Weedon 8 In April 1962 9 Cornell married the session musician Andy White 7 July 1930 9 November 2015 the drummer on the album version of The Beatles first hit Love Me Do 7 The same year Decca released Cornell s version of African Waltz 10 which failed to make inroads compared to John Dankworth s instrumental chart hit The B side was an arrangement of the Jon Hendricks penned jazz standard Moanin which showed her expanding well beyond traditional pop music boundaries 1 This release was followed by Jack Good s eccentric production work on her 1962 cover of The Blue Belles US hit I Sold My Heart to the Junkman Despite gaining airplay on the BBC Light Programme it too did not match the chart appearance of Never on Sunday 1 In 1963 Decca released Cornell s working of Sally Go Round the Roses 11 In 1964 she joined The Carefrees who became best known for their song We Love You Beatles The track was The Carefrees first recording and only charted single reaching No 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and staying on the Billboard chart for five weeks 12 13 After one further single and an album the group disbanded later in the same year Her television and film credits from this period include Shindig 1964 Just for Fun 1963 Thank Your Lucky Stars 1962 Big Night Out 1961 and Parade 1960 Cornell and White later divorced and she now lives in London At one time she dated Adam Faith 7 In 1972 Cornell and Ann Simmons nee O Brien who were both part of The Vernons Girls had assistance from the record producer Phil Swern in forming The Pearls 14 They were a 1970s girl vocal duo 15 The Pearls released a total of 12 singles the most successful being Guilty which reached No 10 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1974 15 16 Cornell later worked as a singer with the James Last Orchestra 17 In 1975 she provided backing vocals on Polly Brown s album Special Delivery 18 References Edit a b c d e f Lynn Cornell Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved 25 December 2016 Larkin C 1997 Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music Muze UK Ltd p 127 ISBN 0 7535 0149 X Larkin C 1997 Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music Muze UK Ltd p 461 ISBN 0 7535 0149 X Portsmouth music scene Michaelcooper org uk Retrieved 25 December 2016 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 121 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 New Musical Express November 1960 Skidmore edu Retrieved 25 December 2016 a b c Liverpool Echo Latest Liverpool and Merseyside news sports and what s on Icliverpool icnetwork co uk 24 January 2014 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Concerts amp Package Tours 1961 July to August Bradfordtimeline co uk Retrieved 25 December 2016 Andy White Drummer who played with Fury and Bacharach but was best known as Ringo Starr s stand in on Love Me Do The Independent Retrieved 25 December 2016 Lyn Cornell African Waltz discogs 21 December 2016 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Lyn Cornell Sally Go Round The Roses Vinyl discogs 21 December 2016 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Who backed The Beatles Something Books Archived from the original on 26 October 2017 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Harry Bill 2009 Bigger Than The Beatles Trinity Mirror Media pp 195 196 ISBN 978 1906802042 1 Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine a b The Pearls Last fm 26 November 2013 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 421 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 The Musicians Olympus Kay Garner backing vocals Musiciansolympus blogspot co uk 20 April 2011 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Special Delivery Polly Brown Credits AllMusic Retrieved 25 December 2016 External links EditLyn Cornell at IMDb Discogs com discography Another discography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lyn Cornell amp oldid 1168660057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
