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Lynsey de Paul
12+ albums
pop70sfemale vocalistssinger-songwriteroldies
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Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin, on 11 June 1948 in London, UK – died 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. Renowned for her keyboard skills, ability to write catchy songs and sultry looks, de Paul first hit the UK charts in 1972, initially as the writer of the Fortunes hit, "Storm in a Teacup". A few months later she was propelled into the limelight as the performer of her very own song hit song "Sugar Me", which rapidly found it's way into the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart as well as the top of the singles charts in Holland and Belgium. She was the first woman to be awarded an Ivor Novello Award for her ballad, "Won't Somebody Dance With Me", another UK Top 20 hit. The BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Ed Stewart spoke the words "May I Have The Pleasure Of This Dance" near the end of the record (he often played the record on his Junior Choice programme on Saturday mornings) although Tony Blackburn said it when she appeared on BBC Television's Top of the Pops. De Paul recorded the female lyric to Mott The Hoople's hit, "Roll Away the Stone", but did not perform the song with the band when they were promoting the single. In 1973, when Mick Ralphs left Mott the Hoople, his replacement Luther Grosvenor was contractually obliged to change his name - de Paul suggested Ariel Bender. After appointing Don Arden, her new manager, de Paul released "Ooh I Do", which hit the charts in the UK, Netherlands and Japan. A second Ivor Novello award followed a year later for "
