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Helen Shapiro

ヘレン・シャピロ　/　へれん・しゃぴろ

Singer from United Kingdom

September 28, 1946 (age 79)　・　Bethnal Green, United Kingdom

singer
film actor
musician

My Take

Helen Shapiro amazes me because of just how young she was when she conquered Britain. At fourteen she had a voice with the depth of a grown woman, and by fifteen she'd scored two UK number ones with "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness." Here's the detail I love most, in 1963 The Beatles were her opening act on tour, that's how big she was. The Bethnal Green singer later moved into jazz, which suited that rich, mature tone perfectly. To me she's a reminder of how quickly fame burned in the early 60s, but her early records remain genuinely classic.

Overview

Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years", Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", when she was j…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Helen Shapiro
Name (Japanese): ヘレン・シャピロ
Reading: へれん・しゃぴろ
Born: September 28, 1946 (age 79)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dog
Origin: Bethnal Green, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
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Occupation: singer / film actor / musician

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%94%E3%83%AD

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