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Carol Kidd MBE (born 19 October 1945) is a Scottish
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singer. Kidd was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She came to prominence in the mid-1970s, as the vocalist in the band led by
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Jimmy Feighan. In 1990, she released her award-winning album ''The Night We Called It a Day''. She has subsequently performed and recorded extensively on her own. She has won several awards at the British Jazz Awards. In 1998, she was appointed an MBE.


Discography

* ''Carol Kidd'' (Aloi, 1984) * ''All My Tomorrows'' (Aloi, 1985) * ''Nice Work'' (Linn, 1987) * ''The Night We Called It a Day'' (Linn, 1990) * ''I'm Glad We Met'' (Linn, 1991) * ''Crazy for Gershwin'' (Linn, 1994) * ''That's Me'' (Linn, 1995) * ''A Singer for All Seasons'' (Jazz Arena, 1998) * ''A Place in My Heart'' (Jazz Arena, 1999) * ''Debut'' (Linn, 1984 - remastered 2004) * ''Dreamsville'' (Linn, 2008) * ''Tell Me Once Again'' (Linn, 2010) * ''Auld Lang Syne'' (Aurora Music, 2015)


References


Further reading

*Young, Andrew
"Watch This!; Bull's Kidd"
''
The Glasgow Herald ''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in ...
''. 2 December 1978. *Crumley, James
"A Whole Lot of Jazz - But Still Not Enough"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 31 March 1989. (Begin at last paragraph, next-to-last column.) *Young, Andrew
"Bubble Of Jazz Effervescence Is Taking London By Storm"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 16 June 1979. *Batchelor, David
"Third Eye Centre, Glasgow: Jazz"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 22 October 1981. *Batchelor, David
"Ronnie Scott's, London: Carol Kidd"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 10 March 1982. *Batchelor, David
"Third Eye Centre, Glasgow: Martin Taylor and Carol Kidd"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 2 December 1982. *Young, Andrew
"Singer Takes Plunge"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 8 December 1984. *Mathieson, Kenny
"Queen's Hall, Edinburgh: Carol Hall"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 30 March 1987. *Meadow, Elliot
"Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Carol Hall"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 4 July 1987. *Meadow, Elliot
"Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow: Carol Hall"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 30 June 1988. *Adams, Rob
"The Jazz Singer Puts Career Back In Full Swing"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 23 June 1989. *Buie, Elizabeth
"Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Carol Kidd and Humphrey Lyttleton"
''The Glasgow Herald''. 23 June 1989. *Wilson, Caroline
"Singer Carol Kidd Recovers from Breast Cancer"
'' The Evening Times''. 16 June 2013.


External links


Linn Records - Carol Kidd
1945 births Living people Scottish jazz singers Members of the Order of the British Empire Scottish women jazz singers Singers from Glasgow {{Scotland-musician-stub