Madeline Bell
Madeline Bell (born 23 July 1942, Newark, New Jersey) is an American soul s… Read Full Bio ↴Madeline Bell (born 23 July 1942, Newark, New Jersey) is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in Britain during the 1960s, having arrived from the U.S. in the Gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers.
She worked as a session singer, most notably backing for Dusty Springfield, and can be found on early Donna Summer material as well. Her first major solo hit was a cover version of Dee Dee Warwick's single "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", which performed better on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart than the original.
Madeline then joined contemporary pop combo Blue Mink, with whom she had a number of Top 20 hits with Philips Records in the UK, including "Melting Pot", "Our World", "Randy", "Banner Man", "Good Morning Freedom", "Sunday", "By The Devil I Was Tempted" and "Stay With Me". Before joining Blue Mink in late 1969 she sang solo, and her cover version of "Picture Me Gone" is still a Northern Soul favourite today, as is "What Am I Supposed To Do", from 1968, a two-minute B-side tune co-written with future Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones, then working as one of London's most in-demand session bassists (Bell also sang backup on Joe Cocker's Bye Bye Blackbird in 1969, which featured a guitar solo from another Led Zeppelin member, Jimmy Page) Jones later arranged, produced and recorded Bell's 1973 RCA album Comin' Atcha. She also contributed to the soundtrack of the romance film A Touch of Class (1973).
Bell has also provided backing vocals on a number of other artists' recordings notably Tom Parker's neo-classical arrangements and in 1975 performed with Sunny and Sue (originally members of Brotherhood of Man) at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, providing backing vocals for the German entry Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein performed by Joy Fleming. In 1976 she sang backing vocals on "We can't go on meeting like this", the second album by the band Hummingbird.
Since the 1970s, Madeline Bell has continued singing solo and also performed in a number of stage shows. She lives in Spain with her husband, drummer Barry Reeves, and regularly tours Europe singing jazz and popular songs. In 1982, she added background vocals to the fantasy film Alicja. She then again teamed up with John Paul Jones in 1985, contributing performances ("Take It or Leave It" and "Here I Am") to the soundtrack album Scream for Help.
Solo discography:
Bell's a Poppin (1967)
Doin' Things (1968)
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1968)
Comin' Atcha (1973)
This Is One Girl (1976)
Beat out That Rhythm on a Drum (1998)
Blessed (2000)
She worked as a session singer, most notably backing for Dusty Springfield, and can be found on early Donna Summer material as well. Her first major solo hit was a cover version of Dee Dee Warwick's single "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", which performed better on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart than the original.
Madeline then joined contemporary pop combo Blue Mink, with whom she had a number of Top 20 hits with Philips Records in the UK, including "Melting Pot", "Our World", "Randy", "Banner Man", "Good Morning Freedom", "Sunday", "By The Devil I Was Tempted" and "Stay With Me". Before joining Blue Mink in late 1969 she sang solo, and her cover version of "Picture Me Gone" is still a Northern Soul favourite today, as is "What Am I Supposed To Do", from 1968, a two-minute B-side tune co-written with future Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones, then working as one of London's most in-demand session bassists (Bell also sang backup on Joe Cocker's Bye Bye Blackbird in 1969, which featured a guitar solo from another Led Zeppelin member, Jimmy Page) Jones later arranged, produced and recorded Bell's 1973 RCA album Comin' Atcha. She also contributed to the soundtrack of the romance film A Touch of Class (1973).
Bell has also provided backing vocals on a number of other artists' recordings notably Tom Parker's neo-classical arrangements and in 1975 performed with Sunny and Sue (originally members of Brotherhood of Man) at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, providing backing vocals for the German entry Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein performed by Joy Fleming. In 1976 she sang backing vocals on "We can't go on meeting like this", the second album by the band Hummingbird.
Since the 1970s, Madeline Bell has continued singing solo and also performed in a number of stage shows. She lives in Spain with her husband, drummer Barry Reeves, and regularly tours Europe singing jazz and popular songs. In 1982, she added background vocals to the fantasy film Alicja. She then again teamed up with John Paul Jones in 1985, contributing performances ("Take It or Leave It" and "Here I Am") to the soundtrack album Scream for Help.
Solo discography:
Bell's a Poppin (1967)
Doin' Things (1968)
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1968)
Comin' Atcha (1973)
This Is One Girl (1976)
Beat out That Rhythm on a Drum (1998)
Blessed (2000)
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Madeline Bell Lyrics
After All is Said and Done To be corrected - thanks) Runnig away from life is hard…
Can't Get Used to Losing You Guess there's no use in hanging around Guess I'll get dress…
I'm Gonna Leave You I've been trying hard to see Just what you want of…
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me I'm gonna do all the things for you a man…
It's Up To You You've got what it takes And I'm gonna take it And I'll…
Love Ain't Love Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five h…
Make It With You Hey have you ever tried Really reaching out for the other…
Step Inside Love Step inside love and stay, Step inside love. Step inside l…
That's The Way Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh…
That's What Friends Are For Runnig away from life is hard to do, Specialy when there's…
To Sir With Love Those schoolgirl days of telling tales And biting nails ar…
You Don't Love Me No More You Don't love me no more Don't call me no more; you…
You're the Fool Look at yourself, And tell me who do you think you…
You've Got What It Takes You've got what it takes And I'm gonna take it And I'll…
Your Smile Your smile is like a sun through clouds shining over…