Annabel Lamb (born 1955) is an English singer-songwriter.
Career
Annabel Lamb has released eight albums to date. She had a British Top 30 hit in 1983 with her
cover version of
The Doors song, "
Riders on the Storm", her only
hit in the
UK Singles Chart.
She appeared performing the song on ''
Top of the Pops'' later that year.
Her debut album, ''
Once Bitten
Once Bitten may refer to:
Music
* ''Once Bitten'' (Annabel Lamb album) (1983)
* ''Once Bitten'' (The Snakes album) (1998)
* ''Once Bitten'' (Great White album)
* "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", an Ian Hunter song from the 1975 album ''Ian Hunter'', ...
'', included a guest appearance by
Marillion
Marillion are a British rock music, rock band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979. They emerged from the post-punk music scene in Britain and existed as a bridge between the styles of punk rock and classic progressive rock, becomin ...
vocalist,
Steve Hogarth on keyboards. Her second album, ''
The Flame'', spent one week at Number 84 in the
UK Albums Chart in April 1984.
She has been diverse at times, her earlier albums showing
new wave,
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
,
experimental rock,
jazz and ethnic influences.
Lamb has been a
session singer and musician for
Toni Basil and
Tina Charles. As well as her
recording and touring career, Lamb has co-written songs with many other artists, notably the song "Amazed Are We" for
Maxi Priest.
Amongst her influences, she lists
James Taylor,
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer and guitarist. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated ...
,
Jane Siberry,
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) They started o ...
, and
Paul Brady.
Lamb has a son, Henry Brill, with her former producer and husband, Wally Brill.
She toured throughout Europe since 2008 with
Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri as a backing vocalist.
Discography
Albums
* ''
Once Bitten
Once Bitten may refer to:
Music
* ''Once Bitten'' (Annabel Lamb album) (1983)
* ''Once Bitten'' (The Snakes album) (1998)
* ''Once Bitten'' (Great White album)
* "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", an Ian Hunter song from the 1975 album ''Ian Hunter'', ...
'' (1983) – including "Red for Danger"
* ''
Once Bitten
Once Bitten may refer to:
Music
* ''Once Bitten'' (Annabel Lamb album) (1983)
* ''Once Bitten'' (The Snakes album) (1998)
* ''Once Bitten'' (Great White album)
* "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", an Ian Hunter song from the 1975 album ''Ian Hunter'', ...
'' (1983) – second release, different cover, including "Riders on the Storm"
* ''
The Flame'' (1984) – reissued on CD in 2010 by
Cherry Red, including bonus tracks and B-sides
[ Annabel Lamb, Discography AllMusic]
* ''When Angels Travel'' (1986)
* ''
Brides
A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is newlywed.
When marrying, the bride's future spouse, (if male) is usually referred to as the ''bridegroom'' or just ''groom''. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, brides ...
'' (1987)
* ''Justice'' (1988)
* ''Heartland'' (1988) –
compilation album
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* ''Refugee'' (1989)
* ''Flow'' (1993)
Singles
See also
*
List of new wave artists and bands
*
List of former A&M Records artists
*
List of performers on Top of the Pops
References
External links
Annabel Lamb official website
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1958 births
Living people
English new wave musicians
English women singer-songwriters
People from Surrey
Women new wave singers