Yvonne Keeley Explained

Yvonne Keeley
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Yvonne Paaij
Birth Date:1952 9, df=y
Origin:Rotterdam, Netherlands
Instrument:Singing
Genre:Pop
Occupation:Singer, presenter
Years Active:1975–present
Associated Acts:Star Sisters

Yvonne Keeley (born Yvonne Paaij, 6 September 1952) is a Dutch pop music singer. She is the sister of Patricia Paay.

She began her career as a session singer in the music industry in London. She was the girlfriend of Steve Harley of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, and sang on the 1975 hit, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)". She also worked with Madeline Bell and Vicki Brown.

Most notably she performed as a duet with Scott Fitzgerald on the song "If I Had Words", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart[1] and Australia in 1978. It was also a hit in Ireland, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia and sold more than a million copies.[2]

Keeley was part of the group the Star Sisters which was popular in the Netherlands during the 1980s. She also worked as radio presenter at the Dutch regional broadcaster Radio Rijnmond.[3]

Discography

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
UK
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NED[5]
1971"One Way Ticket" (as Ivy Christie)align=center align=center
1974"Tumbling Down" align=center align=center
1975"Concrete and Clay" align=center align=center
1977"If I Had Words" (with Scott Fitzgerald)align=center 3align=center 1
1978"We Got Love" (with Steve Flanagan)align=center align=center
1981"Thank You"align=center align=center
1982"Dim the Light"align=center align=center
1992"United We Stand" (with Scott Fitzgerald)align=center align=center
2010"If I Had Words" (2010 re-recording) (with Scott Fitzgerald)align=center align=center 65
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Notes and References

  1. in 1977 video recording. Retrieved January 2009
  2. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Yvonne+Keeley Yvonne Keeley discography
  3. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.muziektheater-nederland.nl%2Fimpresariaat-tineke-ouwendijk%2Fyvonne_keeley.htm&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0= Yvonne Keeley biography
  4. Web site: Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley; full Official Chart History . . 12 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley - If I Had Words . dutchcharts.nl . 12 May 2024.