Live Events In Liverpool - Pier Head In And Around The City And Merseyside 

 Music On The Waterfront Concerts, Connie Lush, Jacki Graham, Russell Watson, Joycelyn Brown, Joe McElderry

Connie Lush

Sources and further reading: http://www.connielush.com/bio/  @connielushband

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb7xVP3ndCzc7_L8b7K9pNw

Connie Lush has been recognised as one of the finest Blues singers in the Uk today. The winner of “Best Female Vocalist Uk” no less than five times has earned Connie her place in the Gallery of Greats, alongside Alexis Corner and Eric Clapton to name just two. Her incredible stage presence and powerful vocal have also been recognized overseas as she was twice voted “European Blues Vocalist of the year” by the “Blues Trophies Awards” Pride of place is her award from the people of Liverpool for “Performing Arts”….and is still being nominated.

Connie grew up in Liverpool and was singing in her church and school choirs from the age of 5 yrs. Singing was never a career option, nor did Connie wish to until she met and married Bass Player Terry Harris who persuaded Connie to step on stage. Since that first night, Connie decided she never wanted to leave.

Together they have shared that stage since.

Connie burst onto the blues scene making her debut at the “Great British R&B Festival at Colne and never looked back.

Right I also photographed Connie Lush At The Spring Ball at St Georges Hall 21^st March 2009

I was kindly granted as press pass  to photograph The Spring Ball by the organizers, because my work raises awareness for Blood Cancer UK.

I actually spoke to Connie, who was a pleasure to meet.

Connie has since “liked” my work on social media, which is fantastic awareness for @bloodcancer_uk

Music On The Waterfront Concert Pier Head Liverpool  21st July 2012

Russell Watson

@russellthevoice

http://russellwatson.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0D3bz7uBtGgFoi_5FOGP2A

Russell Watson (born 24 November 1966) is an English tenor who has released singles and albums of both operatic-style and pop songs, had been singing since he was a child, and became known after performing at a working men's club. He came to attention in 1999 when he sang "God Save the Queen" at the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, "Barcelona" at the last match of the Premiership season between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford and a full set of songs at the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final in Barcelona between Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

Watson's debut album titled The Voice was released in May 2001; four others followed. However, an album planned for November 2006 was delayed due to the removal of a benign pituitary tumour. This album, titled That's Life, was eventually released on 5 March 2007.

On 24 October 2007, it was discovered that there had been a regrowth of his pituitary tumour and bleeding into his brain. He underwent emergency surgery and was discharged from hospital on 31 October. He underwent an extensive rehabilitation programme, including radiotherapy. His sixth studio album, Outside In, was released on 26 November 2007.

On 22 November 2010, Watson released La Voce, his first album since overcoming the brain tumour.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Watson

 At this concert Russel Watson 

kindly paused walking across the stage for a momet,

so I could take this picture more eaisly,

he could see I was disabled aided by my walking stick

and assisted by my chaperone at front of stage aka "The Pit".

I was kindly granted a press pass to photograph this event,

because my work raises awareness for Blood Cancer UK.

Jocelyn Brown

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Brown

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWznmJJyVOEuQSL91ol0kUg

Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25th 1950),

sometimes credited as Jocelyn shaw

is an American R&B and dance singer.

Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 chart entry in her name,

she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well known in the world of dance music.

Brown sang on 23 hit singles from the Official UK Singles Chart, 8 of which have reached the Top 20.

Brown was born on November 25, 1950 in Kinston, North Carolina into a musical family.

Her aunt, Barbara Roy, was a singer in a female group called 'Ecstasy, Passion and Pain' whilst her mother, two aunts,

cousin and grandmother were all accomplished singers.

She spent her pre-school years being looked after by her grandmother in Kinston.

However, it was her aunt's musical success which gave her the inspiration to become a singer herself.

She began singing with gospel choirs in church in Brooklyn and became a favourite soloist in Washington, D.C. at her uncle's church.

 She then left the gospel genre for a more secular form of music, singing along with a local band called 'Machine' and New York-based funk and disco group Kleeer.

Musical career[edit]

Brown further developed her musical career in the late 1970s singing on records by studio-created bands like Revanche, Musique, Inner Life, Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, Cerrone, Bad Girls, Chic, and Change,

later singing with the Salsoul Orchestra, Soiree or Dazzle in 1979.

In 1980, she appeared in Bette Midler's concert movie Divine Madness singing backup as a "Harlette" along with Ula Hedwig and Diva Gray.

In 1984, Brown released a number of singles in her own name, including "Somebody Else's Guy" (which she co-wrote and was later re-recorded in 1997 by CeCe Peniston), which reached #2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart (#75 on the Hot 100) and became the title track of her first album (a compilation of tracks from her career to date), released that same year.

Jocelyn Brown Music  On The Waterfront Concert  Pier Head Liverpool 21/7/2012

 ©David Lydiate @liverfocus Supporter Of Blood Cancer UK @bloodcancer_uk @BCUK_North

Jaki Graham

@Jaki_Graham

https://www.jakigraham.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtbRZrJ6UPjEkfsJCWB4H5g

Jacqueline Maureen Graham (born 15 September 1956) is a British singer-songwriter.

Following her hit version of "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" with David Grant in 1985,

Graham scored a further five UK Top 20 hits over a two-year period.

In 1994, her cover version of Chaka Khan's hit "Ain't Nobody" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart.

Graham was born in Birmingham to Jamaican immigrants.

In 1983 after recording a session for a jazz funk band called ‘Medium Heat Wave’,

Graham was spotted by a talent scout and signed to EMI Records.

Soon after signing with the company "What’s the Name of Your Game" was released and this gave Graham her first TV appearance on the highly rated BBC children’s programme Crackerjack in 1984.

Two further solo singles followed that year "Heaven Knows" (the title of her first album)

and "Once More with the Feeling".

The duet with David Grant, a cover version of the Detroit Spinners track "Could It be I’m Falling in Love", was released in early 1985 reaching No. 5 in March of that year.

Graham's fourth, and probably best known, solo single "Round and Around" saw her return to the UK top 10 a few months later.

As her first album reached completion in the summer of that year,

"Heaven Knows" was re-released and she toured the UK for the first time. A new song was recorded and released to end the year entitled "Mated".

The song received wide critical acclaim gaining significant airplay.

In 1989 she released her third and final album recorded on the EMI label called From Now On. This featured a more diverse sound than her two previous albums. The album includes two singles: the title track and ballad "The Better Part of Me", both of which failed to reach the UK top 40.^[2] Promotion for the album never truly got underway and Graham's time at EMI Records came to an end.

As the 80’s drew to a close, Billboard magazine established Graham as Britain’s most successful black female artist throughout the decade^[

Further Reading and text sourced from:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaki_Graham

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because this helps increase awareness for Blood Cancer UK,

the main objective of my photography 

Joe McElderry

@joemcelderry91

https://www.joemcelderryofficial.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPis-QtYs3T5xbhwhVWI5g

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