(Ike Turner)
New
Zealand
#38 Sydney #16 Melbourne #7 Brisbane #13 Perth
Single on Viking label (NZ).
Powerful, energetic New Zealand singer, known as ‘The Dynamic’ Dinah Lee, born Diane Jacobs in 1943, an admirer of Dee Dee Sharp and Millie Small. Her rocking versions of astutely chosen songs and her cutting-edge mod image made her extremely popular in New Zealand and Australia in the mid-60s.
Further reading: The comprehensive Dinah Lee page at Milesago.
(Ike Turner)
UK
Val McKenna: British pop/soul singer and guitarist managed in the 60s by songwriter-producers John Carter and Ken Lewis (see mini-bio at All Music). She has sung on albums by Donovan, Rick Wakeman, Genesis and Phil Manzanera, and in the 90s she sang and played lead guitar with Scottish actor and singer Barbara Dickson.
(Ike Turner)
UK
Single on HMV label, B-side of Poison Ivy.
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