Julie Grant
Julie Grant | |
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Birth name | Vivien Foreman |
Born | Blackpool, Lancashire, England | 12 July 1946
Genres | Pop music |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1960s |
Labels | Pye Records |
Julie Grant (born 12 July 1946)
Grant was a contemporary of
Early life
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Julie Grant was born Vivien Foreman in
Recording career
At age 15 Grant was discovered by
After five intervening single releases Grant was afforded a third and final UK chart hit with the August 1964 release "Come to Me", an orchestral ballad (as opposed to Grant's earlier Merseybeat-style hits) which reached No. 31. Grant had no further single releases until January 1965. It has been alleged that Grant turned down the opportunity to record the Tony Hatch composition, "Downtown", recorded by Petula Clark on 16 October 1964 to become an international hit.[1] However, Hatch has said that he only completed the lyrics of "Downtown" after Clark had heard the melody and asked to record it, and also said that prior to Clark's involvement he had thought to place the song with the Drifters: "it never occurred to me [originally] that a white woman could even sing it."[6] From January 1965 Pye issued four singles by Grant with the fourth: "Stop" released 17 September 1965, bringing Grant's Pye Records tenure to a close.[7] Tony Hatch would later recall: "I thought Julie Grant was great and I’m sorry I never managed to help her achieve her full potential. No doubt I was producing too many artistes at this time, especially girls. In those years, in-house producers often faced this problem and I could never give her the attention she deserved."[8]
Later career and life
In 1967, Grant's manager suggested that she join the Zaras, a Spanish-based lounge act who, prior to Grant's recruitment, comprised the Zaratiegui family: four brothers and two sisters from Tafalla. Grant first toured Europe with the Zaras under the aegis of the USO: in 1969 the Zaras accepted an offer for a three-month engagement in the United States where subsequent engagements resulted in the group's members including Grant making Las Vegas their home base from 1970, which year Grant married Marino Zaratiegui of the Zaras with whom she has a daughter.[9] Until 1975 Grant performed as female lead for the Zaras throughout the Caribbean, Canada, and the US, playing casinos, resorts and cruise ships.
From 1975 Grant performed as a solo act at the behest of David Connelly the road manager for
Grant, who was featured on recordings by the Zaras, also recorded in 1985 for Estate Records, a label headed by Paul Leka. In 2010, Grant self-released a live album that had been recorded at the Hilton Hotel in Springfield, Virginia, in 1978.[4]
She currently lives in Gilford, New Hampshire.[4]
Discography
Chart singles
Year | Title Songwriters |
UK Singles Chart[2]
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1962 | "Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin / Carole King) |
Number 33 |
1963 | "Count on Me" (Tony Hatch) |
Number 24 |
1964 | "Come to Me" (John Beveridge / Charles Pryor) |
Number 31 |
Compilation albums
Year | Title | Note |
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1994[12] | Count on Me (RPM Records) | Come to Me has the same track listing and order as Count on Me |
2004[13] | Come to Me: The Pye Anthology (Castle Music) |
References
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Blackpool History". Blackpool4me.com. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ a b c John Koziol (6 July 2010). "'Live' after all these years". Foster's Daily Democrat. Fosters.com. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ISBN 0-670-82894-7.
- ISBN 978-0-9816453-6-0
- ^ a b "Julie Grant". 45-rpm.org.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Tony Hatch – The man, the myth, the tacos". Tonyhatch.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ "Julie Grant". Schenectady Gazette (26 October 1970): 16.
- ^ "Julie Grant Revives Cabaret Atlantic City – Morning Call". Articles.mcall.com. 19 June 1988. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "English Wolf Music LLC". Englishwolfmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ Richie Unterberger. "Count on Me – Julie Grant | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Come to Me – Julie Grant | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2014.