Julie Driscoll Explained

Julie Driscoll Tippett
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Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Julie Driscoll
Birth Date:8 June 1947
Birth Place:London, England
Occupation:Singer, actress
Instrument:Vocals
Years Active:1960s–present
Label:Discus Music, Marmalade
Associated Acts:Brian Auger, Keith Tippett, Working Week, Martin Archer

Julie Driscoll Tippett (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress, known for her work with Brian Auger and her husband, Keith Tippett.

Career

Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's "Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger and the Trinity. Along with the Trinity, she was featured prominently in the 1969 television special 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee, singing "I'm a Believer" in a soul style with Micky Dolenz.[1] She and Auger had previously worked in Steampacket, with Long John Baldry and Rod Stewart.

"This Wheel's on Fire" reached number five in the United Kingdom in June 1968, number 13 in Canada,[2] and Bubbled Under the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States at #106 that August. With distortion, the imagery of the title and the group's dress and performance, this version came to represent the psychedelic era in British rock music. Driscoll recorded the song again in the early 1990s with Adrian Edmondson as the theme to the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous.[3]

Since the 1970s, Driscoll has concentrated on experimental vocal music. She married jazz musician Keith Tippett and collaborated with him and now uses the name Julie Tippetts, adopting the original spelling of her husband's surname. She took part in Keith Tippett's big band Centipede, and sang in Robert Wyatt's Theatre Royal Drury Lane concert in 1974.[4] She released a solo album, Sunset Glow, in 1975; was lead vocalist on Carla Bley's album Tropic Appetites; and performed on John Wolf Brennan's "HeXtet".[5]

Later in the 1970s, she toured with her own band and recorded and performed as one of the vocal quartet Voice, with Maggie Nichols, Phil Minton, and Brian Eley.[6] She reunited with Auger for the 1978 album Encore.[7]

In the early 1980s, Julie Tippetts was a guest vocalist on an early single by pop-jazz band Working Week, on the song "Storm of Light",[8] [9] which brought them to the attention of a wider audience. In 2009, she started collaborating with Martin Archer.[10] [11] The duo released six albums between 2009 and 2022.

Discography

LP/CD releases of note

Below is a selected list of Driscoll's work, sorted mostly by recording date:

Early UK singles

Parlophone (UK) Records:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll brainwash The Monkees – Voices of East Anglia. 2011-08-20. Voices of East Anglia. 2017-08-04. en-US.
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles – September 23, 1968.
  3. News: Pop: New name, new songs, but the voice remains the same. 1999-12-17. The Independent. 2017-08-04. en-GB.
  4. Web site: Robert Wyatt and friends, Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 OMM The Observer. The Guardian. en. 2017-08-04.
  5. Web site: HeXtet: Through the Ear of a Raindrop – John Wolf Brennan Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2017-08-04.
  6. Web site: Julie Driscoll Biography & History AllMusic. AllMusic. 2017-08-04.
  7. Web site: Encore. AllMusic. Thom. Jurek. 28 March 2022.
  8. Web site: Working Week – Storm of Light / Venceremos. October 1984 . Discogs. en. 2017-08-04.
  9. Web site: Working Week Biography & History AllMusic. AllMusic. 2017-08-04.
  10. Web site: Discus Music. Discus Music. 2017-08-04.
  11. Web site: Julie Tippetts: Didn't You Used To Be Julie Driscoll?. Jazz. All About. All About Jazz. 7 December 2016 . en. 2017-08-04.
  12. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums – August 22, 1970.

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