Linda Lewis, singer with five-octave vary who offered backing vocals for David Bowie, dies aged 72

Singer-songwriter Linda Lewis, who was recognized for her five-octave vocal vary and talent to carry out a wide selection of genres, has died on the age of 72, her household has confirmed.

Lewis, whose profession spanned greater than 4 a long time, loved solo success within the Seventies and offered backing vocals for artists corresponding to David Bowie and Rod Stewart.

“It is with the greatest sadness and regret we share the news that our beloved beautiful sister Linda Lewis passed away today peacefully at her home,” her sister Dee Lewis Clay mentioned on social media.

“The family asks that you respect our privacy and allow us to grieve at this heartbreaking time.”

She was born Linda Ann Fredericks in West Ham and attended stage college and taught herself to play guitar and keyboard.

She appeared in a non-speaking function within the British movie A Taste Of Honey in 1961 and as a screaming fan within the first Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night three years later.

Lewis appeared on the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and had 4 high 40 hits all through the following decade.

Her first was Rock-a-Doodle-Doo, which reached quantity 15 within the UK in 1973.

Her greatest hit was It’s In His Kiss, a canopy of Cher’s The Shoop Shoop Song, which reached quantity six in 1975.

She additionally toured with Kat Stevens and offered backing vocals for Bowie on his Aladdin Sane album, in addition to Stewart, Steve Harley and Cockney Revel, Rick Wakeman, Joan Armatrading and Jamiroquai.